Paleobiologia di una sepoltura terragna della seconda metà del V sec. rinvenuta nel Battistero di San Giovanni, a Canosa, Bari

The authors presents the case of an adult male (40-44 years) with a stature of 172 cm and a mass of 80 kg, showing mant wounds caused by cutting weapons. The subject was found in a tomb in the archaeological area of Battistero di San Giovanni (Canosa, Bari), in a Paleo-Christian site dating second half of 5th century A.D., and shows skeletal characteristics of Mongolian peoples, as a short, wide cranium (brachycranium), a narrow forehead as compared with the width of the cranium (stenometopia), and a flattened face (platopia), with the zygomatic bones projecting laterally.