Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Dwarfs in Ancient Armenia

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2015 8 (11)
Authors
Khudaverdyan, Anahit Yu.
Contact information
Khudaverdyan, Anahit Yu.:Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography National Academy of Science, Republic of Armenia 15 Charents Str., Yerevan, 0025, Armenia; E-mail:
Keywords
Armenia; Late Antiquity period; dwarfism; osteoarthritis; non-specific lesions
Abstract

In modern publications dwarfism is uncommon. Here I report a case of possible pituitary dwarfism encountered in a routine analysis of the Beniamin site from the Armenia (Classical/Late Antiquity period). I have also interpreted some of the information with the goal of presenting some information about the life histories of individual

Pages
2201-2211
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/19871

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