title: The Osteological Collection of the University of Cagliari: From Early Neolithic to Modern Age.
abstract: The Osteological Collection described in this paper is located at the Anthropology Laboratory annexed to the Sardinian Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the University of Cagliari. It has been created in 1953 by Carlo Maxia and comprises a large number of skeletal remains. At present the Collection consists of 11,854 human bones and continues to grow. The remains belong to different periods, beginning from the Early Neolithic and continuing to the Modern Age. The aim of this work is to provide information on the composition of this collection after the reorganization carried out in the last years.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, SS 554, Km 4,500, I-09042 Monserrato CA, Italy. Electronic address: msarigu@unica.it.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sarigu
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, SS 554, Km 4,500, I-09042 Monserrato CA, Italy.
authors.forename: G U
authors.initials: GU
authors.lastname: Floris
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, SS 554, Km 4,500, I-09042 Monserrato CA, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Floris
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, SS 554, Km 4,500, I-09042 Monserrato CA, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pusceddu
mesh_terms: D005580:Fossils / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000266:history*; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D059166:Osteology; D010163:Paleontology; D014495:Universities