Mobility in Central European Late Eneolithic and Early Bronze Age: Femoral cross-sectional geometry

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 320-332

  Sládek, Vladimír ^a,b   Berner, Margit ^c   Sailer, Robert ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bone strength; Early Bronze Age; Late Eneolithic; Mobility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BONE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHYSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FEMUR; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SKELETON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FEMUR; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33744956739     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20372     Document Type: Article

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