Skeletal analysis and comparison of bog bodies from Northern European peat bogs

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 393-402

  Pestka, Jan M ^a   Barvencik, Florian ^a   Beil, Frank T ^a   Marshall, Robert P ^a   Jopp, Eilin ^a   Schilling, Arndt F ^b   Bauerochse, Andreas ^c   Fansa, Mamoun ^d   Püschel, Klaus ^a   Amling, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Lower Saxony State Service for Cultural Heritage   (Germany)

^d Oldenburg Nature and Folk Museum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bog body; Bone; Bone mineral density; Immobilization osteoporosis; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BOG; BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IRON AGE; MIDDLE AGES; OSTEOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PEATLAND; RADIOGRAPHY; SKELETAL REMAINS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; SKELETON; SOIL; WETLAND;

BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GERMANY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; SKELETON; SOIL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WETLANDS;

EID: 77952089419     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0653-3     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. A Bauerochse A Metzler U Bartelt J Scheschkewitz 2005 Das Mädchen aus dem Uchter Moor Archäol Dtschl 5 34 36
2. KR Chin FD Kharrazi BS Miller HJ Mankin MC Gebhardt 2000 Osteochondromas of the distal aspect of the tibia or fibula. Natural history and treatment J Bone Joint Surg Am 82 9 1269 1278 1:STN:280:DC%2BD3cvltVGgtg%3D%3D 11005518
3. GH Doran DN Dickel WE Ballinger Jr OF Agee PJ Laipis WW Hauswirth 1986 Anatomical, cellular and molecular analysis of 8,000-yr-old human brain tissue from the Windover archaeological site Nature 323 30 803 806 10.1038/323803a0 1:CAS:528:DyaL28Xmt1Ggt7g%3D 2430186 (Pubitemid 17168631)
4. K Erler E Oguz M Komurcu S Atesalp M Basbozkurt 2003 Ankle swelling in a 6-year-old boy with unusual presentation: report of a rare case J Foot Ankle Surg 42 4 235 239 10.1016/S1067-2516(03)70035-0 12907936 (Pubitemid 37448614)
5. G Glogowski 1962 Die Pathophysiologie des oberen Femurendes Beih Z Orthop 95 1 61
6. K Gumustekin S Akar S Dane M Yildirim B Seven E Varoglu 2004 Handedness and bilateral femoral bone densities in men and women Int J Neurosci 114 1533 1547 10.1080/00207450490509186 15512837 (Pubitemid 39551508)
7. Haas-Gebhard B, Pueschel K (2009) Die Frau aus dem Moor-Teil 1. Neue Untersuchungsergebnisse an der Moorleiche aus dem Weiten Filz bei Peiting (Oberbayern). Bayerische Vorgeschichtsblätter. C.H. Beck-Verlag, München, 74:239-269
8. MA Hughes DS Jones RC Connolly 1986 Body in the bog but no DNA Nature 323 6085 208 10.1038/323208c0 1:STN:280:DyaL2s%2FhsVOmug%3D%3D 3762670
9. C Hughes DJ Heylings C Power 1996 Transverse (Harris) lines in Irish archaeological remains Am J Phys Anthropol 101 115 131 10.1002/(SICI)1096- 8644(199609)101:1<115::AID-AJPA8>3.0.CO;2-U 1:STN:280: DyaK2s%2FjtVyktA%3D%3D 8876817 (Pubitemid 26295316)
10. AF Jansson TH Müller L Gliera DP Ankerst U Wintergerst BH Belohradsky V Jansson 2009 Clinical score for nonbacterial osteitis in children and adults Arthritis Rheum 60 4 1152 1159 10.1002/art.24402 19333943
11. E Jopp K Pueschel M Amling AF Schilling K Helmke A Kahler A Bauerochse 2006 Antropologie und Archäologie-"Mooras" Harris-Linien- ein besonderer Befund? Berichte zur Denkmalpflege in Niederrsachsen Rechtsmedizin 2 38 39
12. G Kandzierski 2004 Remarks on the etiology and pathogenesis of Perthes disease: an experiment-based hypothesis Ortop Traumatol Rehabil 6 5 553 560 17618202
13. G Kandzierski T Karski K Czerny J Kisiel J Kalakucki 2006 In-vitro mechanical impacts on calves' proximal femurs: significance of mechanical weakening of the femoral head in the etiology of Perthes disease in children J Pediatr Orthop B 15 2 120 125 16436947
14. HS Kemp JL Boldero 1966 Radiological changes in Perthes' disease Br J Radiol 39 466 744 760 10.1259/0007-1285-39-466-744 1:STN:280: DyaF2s%2FkvFCjtw%3D%3D 5926614
15. HT Kim DR Wenger 1997 Functional retroversion of the femoral head in Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease and epiphyseal dysplasia: analysis of head-neck deformity and its effect on limb position using three-dimensional computed tomography J Pediatr Orthop 17 2 240 246 10.1097/00004694-199703000- 00019 1:STN:280:DyaK2s3ivFWjtA%3D%3D 9075103 (Pubitemid 27118510)
16. DA Lawlor CD Dickel WW Hauswirth P Parham 1991 Ancient HLA genes from 7,500-year-old archaeological remains Nature 349 785 788 10.1038/349785a0 1:CAS:528:DyaK3MXit1amtbs%3D 2000147
17. Lynnerup N (2007) Mummies. Am J Phys Anthropol 134(Suppl 45):162-190
18. Lynnerup N (2009) Medical imaging of mummies and bog bodies. Gerontology. doi: 10.1159/000266031
19. K Mihara T Hirano 1998 Standing is a causative factor in osteonecrosis of the femoral head in growing rats J Pediatr Orthop 18 665 669 10.1097/00004694-199809000-00022 1:STN:280:DyaK1cvhslGjtg%3D%3D 9746422 (Pubitemid 28446822)
20. CM Neu F Manz F Rauch A Merkel E Schoenau 2001 Bone densities and bone size at the distal radius in healthy children and adolescents: a study using peripheral quantitative computed tomography Bone 28 2 227 232 10.1016/S8756-3282(00)00429-4 1:STN:280:DC%2BD3M3hsVSqsw%3D%3D 11182383 (Pubitemid 32140979)
21. R Nikander H Sievanen K Uusi-Rasi A Heinonen P Kannus 2006 Loading modalities and bone structures at non-weight-bearing upper extremity and weight-bearing lower extremity: a pQCT study of adult female athletes Bone 39 886 894 10.1016/j.bone.2006.04.005 16731064 (Pubitemid 44322072)
22. K Pueschel A Bauerochse A Fuhrmann S Hummel E Jopp A Kettner U Lockemann A Metzler D Schmid KD Schmidt 2005 Rechtsmedizin, Anthropologie und Archäologie-Ein "vermisstes" Mädchen entpuppt sich als über 2700 Jahre alte Moorleiche Rechtsmedizin 15 202 205 10.1007/s00194-005-0329-z (Pubitemid 41186008)
23. FB Pyatt EH Beaumont PC Buckland D Lacy EE Storm 1991 An examination of the mobilisation of elements from the skin and bone of the bog body Lindow II and a comparison with Lindow II Environ Geochem Health 13 153 159 10.1007/BF01758554 1:CAS:528:DyaK38XhtVGiu7k%3D
24. AF Schilling T Kummer RP Marshall A Bauerochse E Jopp K Pueschel M Amling 2007 Brief communication: two and three-dimensional analysis of bone mass and microstructure in a bog body from the Iron Age Am J Phys Anthropol 135 4 479 483 10.1002/ajpa.20751
25. Schlabow K (1983) Der Moorleichenfund von Peiting. Verö ffentlichungen des Fördervereins Textilmuseum Neumünster. Karl Wacholtz, Neumünster
26. Stead IM, Bourke JB, Brousse N (1986) Lindow man, the body in the bog. British Museum Publications, London
27. M Stücker FG Bechara M Bacharach-Buhles P Pieper P Altmeyer 2001 What remains of the skin after 2000 years in a bog? Hautarzt 52 4 316 321 10.1007/s001050051314 11382122 (Pubitemid 32428300)
28. M Suehiro T Hirano H Shindo 2005 Osteonecrosis induced by standing in growing Wistar Kyoto rats J Orthop Sci 10 501 507 10.1007/s00776-005-0927-3 16193363 (Pubitemid 41414159)
29. Tauber H (1956) Copenhagen natural radiocarbon measurements II. Science 124(3227):879 - 881
30. 14C-AMS J Archaeol Sci 31 471 491 10.1016/j.jas.2003.09.012
31. Van der Sanden WAB (1996) Through nature to eternity-the bog bodies of Northwest Europe. Batavian Lion International, Amsterdam
32. KA Ward SA Roberts JE Adams MZ Mughal 2005 Bone geometry and density in the skeleton of pre-pubertal gymnasts and school children Bone 36 1012 1018 10.1016/j.bone.2005.03.001 1:STN:280:DC%2BD2M3pslKgsA%3D%3D 15876561 (Pubitemid 40798002)