Two of the boys had been subjected to artificial skull deformation.
The ancient remains of two teenage boys whose skulls were artificially deformed have been discovered in a Croatian burial pit. One of the boys was found to have had his skull lengthened using hard and rigid tools, while the other's skull had been compressed and heightened, likely with the use of bandages and tape.
Kovak, Ron Pinhasi of the University of Vienna and other colleagues have now published research into ACD being practiced in Croatia in the fourth and fifth centuries AD—a time when a great migration was taking place across Europe. SU 750, who was 12 to 14 at the time of death, was found to have been subjected to a different type of ACD. In his case , the skull had been flattened at the front, which had resulted in"a remarkable growth in cranium height." The team say this shape was likely achieved with"flexible tools such as bandages, bands, tapes, and/or headdress."
Pinhasi and Kovak believe the different skull shapes found indicates ACD was used as a visual indicator to show association with different cultural groups."So, in this case we probably have a Hun with an elongated head, maybe an Alan [nomadic Iranian tribe) with a skull with increased cranium height, and probably a member of some Germanic tribe [Ostrogoth or Gepid] with a normal-shaped head," Kovak said.
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