MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE FORAMEN MAGNUM OF BYZANTINE DOGS EXCAVATED IN ISTANBUL YENIKAPI AT THE SITE OF THEODOSIUS HARBOUR
MEDITERRANEAN ARCHAEOLOGY & ARCHAEOMETRY, cilt.13, sa.1, ss.135-142, 2013 (AHCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2013
- Dergi Adı: MEDITERRANEAN ARCHAEOLOGY & ARCHAEOMETRY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.135-142
- Anahtar Kelimeler: foramen magnum, Byzantine dogs, Theodosius harbour, Yenikapi-Istanbul, MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS, SKELETAL REMAINS, EASTERN ANATOLIA, IRON-AGE, NECROPOLIS, SKULL, BONE
- İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Adresli: Evet
Özet
This study presents the results of morphometric analysis of a total of 473 skulls ascribed to adult animals were sufficiently complete to allow the measurement of their foramen magnum; and for 472 of them the foramen magnum index could be calculated. The dorsal notch was only seen in the group of mesocephalic dogs where about 17% of all skulls exhibited this feature. The average length of the dorsal notch was found to be 2.59 mm. Not a single skull in the dolichocephalic dog group showed any sign of a dorsal notch. The results of this study show that the dorsal notch in the foramen magnum widely seen dogs of the Middle Ages, and point to a morphological variation.