Lesions attributable to Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna (HFI) were examined in two skulls (from graves 100 and 113) from the Early Middle Ages necropolis of Vicenne-Campochiaro (Molise, Italy). Both skeletons were of aged individuals and it was difficult to sex them using standard anthropological methods. We discuss the sex identification of the skeletons in relation to the presence of HFI, as well as the usefulness of this pathological condition as a sex marker, underlining the importance of the relationship between palaeopathological and clinical-forensic studies. Our study is a further contribution to the case-history of HFI in osteoarchaeological material.
Hyperostosis fronatlis interna and sex identification of two skeletons from the Early Middle Ages necropolis of Vicenne-Campochiaro (Molise, Italy)
BELCASTRO, MARIA GIOVANNA;FACCHINI, FIORENZO;
2006
Abstract
Lesions attributable to Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna (HFI) were examined in two skulls (from graves 100 and 113) from the Early Middle Ages necropolis of Vicenne-Campochiaro (Molise, Italy). Both skeletons were of aged individuals and it was difficult to sex them using standard anthropological methods. We discuss the sex identification of the skeletons in relation to the presence of HFI, as well as the usefulness of this pathological condition as a sex marker, underlining the importance of the relationship between palaeopathological and clinical-forensic studies. Our study is a further contribution to the case-history of HFI in osteoarchaeological material.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
