Mafart, B. (2005). Description, significance and frequency of the acetabular crease of the hip bone. Internat J Osteoarchaeol 15 (3). Vol 15(3), pp. 208-215.
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Description, significance and frequency of the acetabular crease of the hip bone | |||||||||
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Internat J Osteoarchaeol 15 (3) | |||||||||
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology | |||||||||
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15 (3) | |||||||||
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208 - 215 | |||||||||
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The acetabular crease is a linear indentation located in the antero-superior quadrant of the surface of the acetabulum at the level of the Byers Feature 17. Considered by palaeoanthropologists as a discrete trait, it is argued that it has received scarce attention and that the mechanisms underlying its formation and variations according to sex and age remain largely unclear. The purpose of the study, carried out on a large sample from a historic population in France, was to analyse variations according to side, sex and estimated age at death; to assess diachronic variations; and to compare prevalence in various prehistoric and historic populations. Hip bones from a total of 425 subjects of both sexes and all ages were studied. Specimens were from two French historic samples dating from the eleventh to thirteenth centuries and sixteenth to seventeenth centuries. The proportion of subjects that died young was higher in the eleventh- to thirteenth-century group, but the prevalence of the acetabular crease was comparable between the two groups regardless of site or laterality (unilateral or bilateral). No sexual dimorphism or correlation with age was noted at either period. The acetabular crease appears to be a stable anatomical trait throughout adult life, with no predominant side and no correlation with sex. The significantly higher prevalence of the acetabular crease in some historic French samples and in prehistoric native Canadian populations could be linked to greater biomechanical stress during childhood in rural medieval populations and in the prehistoric period. | |||||||||
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2005 | |||||||||
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04 May 2007 |
