Skull Shape Asymmetry and Socioeconomic Structure of Early Medieval Central European Society
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22210" target="_blank" >10.1002/ajpa.22210</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Skull Shape Asymmetry and Socioeconomic Structure of Early Medieval Central European Society
Original language description
The socioeconomic structure of an early medieval society from the Mikulcice settlement (Czech Republic) was studied on the basis of an evaluation of the fluctuating and directional asymmetry (DA) of skulls. Two distinct inhabited regions, castle and sub-castle, were compared. Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) was used as a bioindicator of environmental stress, which is thought to have been different in the Mikulcice castle and sub-castle regions. DA is consistent with biomechanical loading, and it was expectedto reflect different subsistence patterns. The material consisted of 129 crania from what was presumed to be a higher socioeconomic class (Mikulcice castle) and 71 crania from middle and lower socioeconomic classes (Mikulcice sub-castle). As a comparative sample, 138 crania from modern, lower socioeconomic classes (Pachner Collection) were used. The three-dimensional coordinates of 68 landmarks were digitized and analyzed using geometric morphometrics. In terms of DA, the highest values
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AC - Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
ISSN
0002-9483
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
150
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
349-364
UT code for WoS article
000318038700002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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