Stature and body mass estimation from skeletal remains in the European Holocene

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 601-617

  Ruff, Christopher B ^a   Holt, Brigitte M ^b   Niskanen, Markku ^c   Sladék, Vladimir ^d   Berner, Margit ^e   Garofalo, Evan ^a   Garvin, Heather M ^a   Hora, Martin ^d   Maijanen, Heli ^c   Niinimäki, Sirpa ^c   Salo, Kati ^f   Schuplerová, Eliŝka ^d   Tompkins, Dannielle ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

anatomical stature technique; body size; femoral head; long bones

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HOLOCENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG BONE; MALE; SKELETON;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIBIA;

EID: 84863721730     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22087     Document Type: Article

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