Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (19.2007(2010))

BANGANARTI

SUDAN

APPENDIX 1
EXAMINATION OF HUMAN BONES FROM
BANGANARTI AND TANQASI, 2007
Karol Piasecki

SKELETAL REMAINS FROM BANGANARTI

1. SECTOR IV
(For the location, see below, contribution by
M. Drzewiecki, page 345-346, in this
volume).
Fragment of the post-cranial skeleton of
a late subadultus individual, the sex
indeterminable owing to transitional build of
the pelvis. Preserved right femur and tibia,
fragment of the humerus, ulna, pieces of ribs,
feet and upper part of the body of the first
sacral vertebra [Table 1).
Intrusive in this context, shaft of the left
humerus of an infans I/II, 120* long.
Animal remains found in context with
the human bones: four fragmentary pig teeth
(including one from a young specimen),

epiphysis of the long bone of an immature
individual identified as an ovicaprine, patella
of a donkey(?), fragments of the femoral
bone of a mature pig and a few minor pieces
difficult to identify.
2. SECTOR VIII (ROOM 17)
(For the location, see below, contribution by
M. Drzewiecki, page 357 in this volume).
Right pelvic plate, rather female. Adult
individual, fairly low height. Also fragment
of the talus, rib and metatarsus, most likely
from a single individual.
Moreover, fragment of the shaft and distal
epiphysis of the right tibia of another adult
individual, tall(l), most probably also a female.

Table L Long bone measurements for materialfound in Sector IV at Banganarti (2007)

h/1
tr
sg
bic
ob
remarks
clavicula 5
116
-
-
-
-
no epiphysis
ulna d
237
-
-
-
-
without distal socket
femur d
417(393)
20
23
70
413
(without distal socket)
tibia d
334
19
26
-
-
shaft only

d - right; 5 - left; h/1 - maximum height/length; tr - transverse midshaft diameter; sg - sagittal midshaft
diameter; bic - bicondylar breadth; ob - oblique (bicondylar) length

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