Asupra unui craniu preistoric dintr-o descoperire întâmplătoare de la Schela Cladovei (jud. Mehedinţi)

The skull was found by Gabriel and Marius Chiliban, two amateur speleologists from Speo – Alpin Club Mehedinţi and it was gave us to study by Cristian Lascu, chief editor of “National Geographic – Romania”. During the last 35 years have made archaeological excavations at Schela Cladovei and it was discovered artifacts of a hunter – gathers population who lived on the both banks of Danube, in Iron Gates, between IX – VIII B.P. (Map. 1). State of preservation and available skeletal elements. The skull was restored but incompletely because of old missing parts. The bone’s skull is very good preserved and covered by a calcareous crust. Method. For dimension and morphoscopic observation was used Martin technique with Brauer addition. The angles were measured through personal method and the cranial capacity calculated after Lee and Pearson formulas. Classification of absolute dimensions was made after Alexeev and Debetz scale and the index after Bräuer. Epigenetic traits were recognize and pooled after Beery and Berry and Hauser and De Stefano.