Özet:

The Hittites is an Indo European clan that came to Anatolia in about 2000 BC as a small society settled to the edges of Kızılırmak Slaughterhouse and established great empires The most important settlements of the Hittites are as follows; Boğazköy Hattuşa Alacahöyük Ortaköy Şapinuva Boyalıhöyük Eski Yapar Konya Karahöyük Acemhöyük Archaelogical studies in these areas are still carried on However the detailed paleoanthropological analysis on the obtained skeletons has not been carried out yet The anthropological analysis on the Hittites is really necessary as they are also one of the most important old Anatolian folks Our aim is to introduce the anthropological structure of the skeleton populations in the direction of studies carried out in that field before Thus the morphologic and metric characteristics of the skeleton findings present the population form paleodemography health status nutrition regimes and relationships of these societies Moreover the variations of these materials will be a guide for the genetic relationships between the individuals and the societies Keywords:Hittite paleoantropology paleodemography morphology

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