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Internat J Osteoarchaeol 15 (2)
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Internat J Osteoarchaeol 15 (2)
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
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15 (2)
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Journal
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G J R Maat
Shelley Saunders
Terry P O'Connor
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John Wiley & Sons Ltd
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2005
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jissue/110477899
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04 May 2007
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On the accuracy of estimating living stature from skeletal length in the grave and by linear regression
H C Petersen
106 - 114
This study evaluates a method for obtaining stature estimates for populations represented by skeletal material, with individuals buried in a supine position. During the excavation of a Danish medieval cemetery, in situ skeletal length in the grave was measured from a point above the cranial point farthest from the body to the most distal point of the talus. The measurement was made with a folding rule placed on the sagittal midline of the skeleton, allowed to follow any curvature of the skeleton in situ. In the laboratory, stature was reconstructed anatomically, and this stature was regarded as an accurate estimate of living stature. Stature was also reconstructed from femur length by two linear regression procedures: firstly by sample and sex specific formulae, employing a leave-one-out approach, and secondly by sex wise formulae for Euro-Americans from Trotter & Gleser (1952, \\emph{American Journal of Physical Anthropology 10: 463-514). Skeletal length in the grave and the two stature estimates based on linear regression were compared to anatomically reconstructed stature. Skeletal length in the grave estimated anatomically reconstructed stature with practically no bias (95% CI: -1.3-1.5 cm). Sample specific regression formulae estimated anatomically reconstructed stature also with no bias (95% CI: -1.2-1.1 cm). In contrast, statures calculated from Trotter & Gleser's regression formulae estimated anatomically reconstructed stature with a bias of about 4 cm (95% CI: 3.3-5.0 cm). Estimates of stature variance were biased for all three estimation procedures. However, for samples of adults, an adjusted variance estimate can be obtained by subtracting 8.7 cm2 from the variance obtained from skeletal lengths in the grave. It is recommended to measure skeletal length in the grave whenever possible, and use this measurement for estimating statures for prehistoric and early historic populations.
A simple method for calculating the prevalence of disease in a past human population
A Law
146 - 147
A simple method for calculating the prevalence of disease in a past human population is described with particular reference to osteoarthritis. It is suggested that it can be applied to diseases other than osteoarthritis, and should prove particularly useful when studying the epidemiology of other diseases which affect numerous sites within the body and where the overall prevalence cannot be obtained simply by adding the prevalences of the individual sites, because more than one may be affected in the same skeleton.