Estimation of stature and body mass from the skeleton among coastal and mid-altitude andean populations

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 264-279

  Pomeroy, Emma ^a   Stock, Jay T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

archaeology; body size estimation; South America

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BONE STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; SKELETON; SKULL; TIBIA;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BONE AND BONES; CHILE; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PALEONTOLOGY; PERU; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETON; SKULL;

EID: 84855790834     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21644     Document Type: Article

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