Skull Shape Asymmetry and the Socioeconomic Structure of an Early Medieval Central European Society

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/13:10133967

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Skull Shape Asymmetry and the Socioeconomic Structure of an Early Medieval Central European Society

Original language description

The socioeconomic structure of an early medieval society from the Mikulcvice 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 Mikulcvice castle and sub-castle regions. DA is consistent with biomechanical loading, and it was expected to reflect different subsistence patterns. The material consisted of 129 crania from what was presumed to be a higher socioeconomic class (Mikulcvice castle) and 71 crania from middle and lower socioeconomic classes (Mikulcvice 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 va

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AC - Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GA206%2F07%2F0699" target="_blank" >GA206/07/0699: The biological variability, health and social stratification of the early medieval population of Great Moravia: micro evolutionary changes</a><br>

Continuities

Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2013

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

ISSN

0002-9483

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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

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