book chapter

Report on human remains

El Omari : a neolithic settlement and other sites in the vicinity of Wadi Hof, Helwan, by Fernand Debono and Bodil Mortensen • Mainz Am Rhein • Published In 1990 • Pages: 95-98

By: Derry, Douglas Erith.

Abstract
Derry analyzed more than one dozen burials, five men, two women, five children, and four unidentifiable. Of these burials only two were complete skeletons. Although he doesn't have positive evidence as to the 'race' of the skeletons he does state they don't differ from the predynastic or Southern 'race'. Four of a possible six tibiae show flattening of the tibia shaft or platycnemia. One man's skull also showed evidence of a depressed fracture injury.
Subjects
Organization and analysis of results of research
Anthropometry
Racial identification
Morbidity
Mortality
Burial practices and funerals
tradition
Lower Egypt Predynastic
HRAF PubDate
2005
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Northern Africa
Document Type
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator Type
Physical Anthropologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
Analyst
Sarah Berry ; 2003
Field Date
not specified
Coverage Date
Neolithic
Coverage Place
El Omari, Wadi Hof, Helman, Egypt
Notes
D. E. Derry
LCSH
Neolithic Period--Egypt
Egypt--Antiquities