Anthropological description of skeletons from graves no. 123, 124 ...

Grave 125
Only lower limbs are present.
Sex: Male (femur head and
condyles dimensions).
Age at death: Mature adult
(slight arthritis signs at the at the
femur head and knee joints).
Stature: Cm 160.
Occupational stress indicators
and pathological aspects:
On femurs: enthesopathies of the
ligament of the head (Fig.125.2)
Fig. 125.1
and gluteus maximus (Fig.125.3).
Arthritis signs at the head: marginal osteophytosis and endoarticular neoapposition
(Fig. 125.2) and at the knee joint. Platimeria.
Both tibiae show periostitis all over the diaphysis, and vascular imprints on the
antero-lateral face (Fig.125.4). Also the fibulae are periostitic.
The right fibula is
curved, with medial
convessity (Fig.125.5,
125.6) causing
twisted relations and
osteophytosis at the
ankle joint (Fig
Fig. 125.2 Fig. 125.3
125.7), and osteophytosis at the foot joints, in particular
the right first metatarsal (Fig 125.8, 125.9) and first
phalanx (Fig. 125.10). The whole foot trim is altered.
Also the soleus muscle attachment on the right tibia is
more expressed than left, indicating an anomalous
deambulation (Fig.125.11).
Both patellae show the quadriceps tendon
enthesopathy (Fig. 125.12).
Fig. 125.4
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