Reconstruction of facial soft tissues was done as a sculptural portrait, or as a graphic image. Sculptural reconstruction is more informative than graphic due to its volume but at the same time it is much more complicate.
Graphic reconstruction is based on the skull craniogram. Soft tissues of a head are reproduced by special methods according to craniogram. Firstly, the light-copy of craniogram is obtained. The copy is taken in such a way that only the reconstructed profile without skull details is traced clearly. Relief of the skull, degree of visceral cranium impression, zygoma projection and other facial features were taken into account during shadows' plotting. Graphic reconstruction always precedes sculptural reconstruction as a control.
For sculptural reconstruction firm plasticine is used. It is applied directly on a skull or on its copy. The method was developed in the Laboratory of Plastic Reconstruction of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of RAS.
A sculptural reconstruction based on a male skull from the grave 1 (Sunghir 1) was performed by M.M.Gerassimov in 1968. (view picture).
Later in 1999 G.V.Lebedinskaya presented graphic reconstruction of Sunghir 1 based on the skull craniogram.(view picture).
The reconstruction of appearance Sunghir 5 female was proposed by G.V.Lebedinskaya in 1998.(view picture).
In 1974 the reconstruction of physical appearance of the boy (Sunghir 2) was performed by G.V.Lebedinskaya , (view picture) and that one of the girl Sunghir 3 was done by T.S.Surnina.(view picture).
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