Anthropomorphic Figurines with Hunched Backs and Deformed Breasts in Kodjadermen–Gumelniţa–Karanovo VI Culture

A number of unusual anthropomorphic figurines featuring hunched backs and conical protrusions on their chests have been unearthed in several settlements that belong to the area Kodjadermen–Gumelniţa–Karanovo VI culture. The not subject a special study scholarly literature so far hence, no attempt at interpretation has ever made.The discusses possibility these images reflect physical disability caused by Pott’s disease. Anthropologic research skeletal remains Eneolithic population Europe established pathological changes are consistent with this Its cause, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, identified also through biomolecular human bones, which confirms spread tuberculosis period. author furthermore argues about possible use type magic rituals. In addition, some ethnographic data is supplied for clay health-bringing healing rites.