Craniological Materials from the Gotsatlinsky 3rd (Ortokolinsky) Burial Ground (Khunzakhsky District, Republic of Dagestan)

Abstract

. The article deals with a craniological series from the 3rd (Ortoklinsko-ye) Gotsatlinskoye burial ground located in Mountainous Dagestan and dating back to the 10th–12th centuries. Based on the results of intragroup and intergroup comparisons, a conclusion is made about the differences between this sample and known paleoanthropological series from the territory of North Ossetia, Ingushetia, Chechnya, Dagestan and Georgia. The reason for this difference is a strong morphological heterogeneity, which, taking into account the peculiarities of the archaeological material, allows us to conclude that this burial ground was a necropolis of a Lag farm (captives, a group of the population with limited rights).