Антропологічні матеріали з розкопок цвинтаря 17–18 ст. в місті Черкаси

Tetyana Rudych; Dmytro Kushtan; Veronika Unhurian

doi:10.28925/2524-0757.2026.19

Authors

Tetyana Rudych Doctor of History, Lead Researcher, Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9046-957X
Dmytro Kushtan PhD in History, Senior Researcher, Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6411-2154
Veronika Unhurian PhD student, Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0809-1299

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.28925/2524-0757.2026.19

Keywords:

late medieval period, early modern period, Central Ukraine, anthropology, craniology

Abstract

Anthropological material came from excavations of the 17th–18th-century cemetery of the Holy Trinity Church in Cherkasy Podil. The male series from Cherkasy, when considering the process of brachycephalization, demonstrates anthropological parallels with individual series from the Ancient Rus period in the Middle Dnipro region. Notably, the male series also shows similarities with rural populations from territories formerly inhabited by the Polianian tribes, such as Buchak and Kozarovychi. Morphologically and statistically, the Cherkasy male series is closely related to specific right-bank groups (Kyiv Podil) and left-bank series (Sumy, Lyutenka, Baturyn) from the early modern period. This pattern may reflect the resettlement of right-bank populations to left-bank Dnipro territories. In contrast, the craniological characteristics of females from this cemetery suggest reverse migration patterns. Female skulls are statistically similar to several left-bank series from the Cossack period and Ancient Rus (Chernihiv) groups in the region. The inhabitants of Cherkasy do not exhibit significant nomadic craniological traits, which are present in populations buried in the cemeteries of Chyhyryn, Subotiv, and Vyshhorod.

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