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Body mass reconstruction on the basis of selected skeletal traits

MYSZKA, Anna, Janusz PIONTEK and Václav VANČATA

Basic information

Original name

Body mass reconstruction on the basis of selected skeletal traits

Authors

MYSZKA, Anna (guarantor), Janusz PIONTEK and Václav VANČATA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Anthropologischer Anzeiger, Schweizerbart, 2012, 0322-8355

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10700 1.7 Other natural sciences

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

UT WoS

000307426500005

Keywords in English

body mass reconstruction; mechanical method; non-mechanical method; femoral head; pelvis; bi-iliac breadth

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 3/7/2020 13:48, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.

Abstract

V originále

The objective of this paper is: to estimate the body mass of the skeletons with the mechanical method (femoral head body mass estimation method - FH) and non-mechanical method (stature/living bi-iliac breadth body mass estimation method - ST/LBIB); to compare the reliability and potential use of results obtained with both methods. The material (46 skeletons, 26 males, 20 females) used in the study came from the medieval burial ground in Cedynia, Poland. Body mass reconstruction according to non-mechanical method was made using equations proposed by Ruff et al. (2005). Body mass estimation based on the mechanical method was calculated using formulas proposed by Ruff et al. (1995). In the mechanical body mass reconstruction method, femoral superoinferior breadth was used. Reconstruction of body weight using the non-mechanical method was based on maximum pelvic breadth and reconstructed body height. The correlation between bi-iliac breadth and femoral head measurements and the correlation between femoral head and reconstructed body height were also calculated. The significance of differences between the body mass of male and female individuals was tested with the Mann-Whitney U-test. The significance of differences between body mass values obtained with the mechanical (FH) and the non-mechanical method (ST/LBIB) was tested using Pearson's correlation. The same test was used for the calculation of the relationship between bi-iliac breadth and femoral head measurements and between femoral head and reconstructed body height. In contrast to females, in males there is no statistically significant correlation between body mass estimated with the mechanical method (FH) and the non-mechanical method (ST/LBIB). In both sexes there was not statistically significant correlation between bi-iliac breadth and femoral head measurements. Only in the females group the correlation between femoral head and reconstructed body height was statistically significant. It is worth to continue the research. The obtained results would be a valuable contribution to the knowledge on body mass reconstruction methods.