The lifestyles of Bronze Age Zagros highlanders at Deh Dumen, Iran: Insights from midshaft femur cross?sectional geometry and histology

Late Bronze Age multiple human burials from Deh Dumen, Iran, were uncovered in the Zagros Mountains. Using cross-sectional geometry and histology, a sample (n = 23) of fragmented femora these was examined to test for possible adaptation transhumant pastoralism. Midshaft femur remodelling modelling characteristics across males, females age-at-death groups partly indicated sex-specific pastoralist behaviours experiences walking on rugged terrain this small sample. We discuss value combining histology techniques when attempting reconstruct past burial contexts.