Sagittal suture morphological variation in human archaeological populations
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14310/21:00123633
Result on the web
<a href="https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.24627" target="_blank" >https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.24627</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.24627" target="_blank" >10.1002/ar.24627</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Sagittal suture morphological variation in human archaeological populations
Original language description
Cranial sutures join the many bones of the skull. They are therefore points of weakness and consequently subjected to the many mechanical stresses affecting the cranium. However, the way in which this impacts their morphological complexity remains unclear. We examine the intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms of human sagittal sutures by quantifying the morphology from 107 individuals from archaeological populations spanning the Mesolithic to Middle ages, using standardized two-dimensional photographs. Results show that the most important factor determining sutural complexity appears to be the position along the cranial vault from the junction with the coronal suture at its anterior-most point to the junction with the lambdoid suture at its posterior-most point. Conversely, factors such as age and lifeways show few trends in complexity, the most significant of which is a lower complexity in the sutures of Mesolithic individuals who consumed a tougher diet. The simple technique used in this study therefore allowed us to identify that, taken together, structural aspects play a more important role in defining the complexity of the human sagittal suture than extrinsic factors such as the mechanical forces imposed on the cranium by individuals' diet.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60102 - Archaeology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
The Anatomical Record
ISSN
1932-8486
e-ISSN
1932-8494
Volume of the periodical
304
Issue of the periodical within the volume
12
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
2811-2822
UT code for WoS article
000636802400001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85103573540