Tracing prehistoric activities: Musculoskeletal stress marker analysis of a stone-age population on the Island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-23

  Molnar, Petra ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gotland; Musculoskeletal stress markers; Neolithic; Pitted Ware culture; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMY; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARCHERY; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CHILD; CIVILIZATION; CLAVICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FISHING; HARPOONING; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGAMENT; MALE; MIDDLE NEOLITHIC; MUSCULOSKELETAL STRESS MARKER; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ROWING; SCORING SYSTEM; SKELETON; STRESS; SWEDEN; TENDON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE AND BONES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE STYLE; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 29244488257     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20234     Document Type: Article

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