Metric Differences in Adult Second Metacarpal Bones Related to
Age-at-Death and Their Comparison Between Recent and Historical
Populations

J 2022

Metric Differences in Adult Second Metacarpal Bones Related to Age-at-Death and Their Comparison Between Recent and Historical Populations

ŠKULTÉTYOVÁ, Anna, Marta KRENZ-NIEDBAŁA, Miroslav KRÁLÍK, Pavel FOJTÍK, Lenka SEDLÁČKOVÁ et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Metric Differences in Adult Second Metacarpal Bones Related to Age-at-Death and Their Comparison Between Recent and Historical Populations

Authors

ŠKULTÉTYOVÁ, Anna (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Marta KRENZ-NIEDBAŁA (616 Poland), Miroslav KRÁLÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Pavel FOJTÍK (203 Czech Republic) and Lenka SEDLÁČKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Anthropologie, Brno, Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic, 2022, 0323-1119

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10700 1.7 Other natural sciences

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

oficiální stránka časopisu

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.200

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/22:00126997

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.26720/anthro.22.06.07.1

UT WoS

000920962700006

Keywords (in Czech)

záprstní kosti; věkové změny; životní historie; věk v době smrti; osteometrie

Keywords in English

metacarpal bones; age-related changes; life history; age at death; osteometry

Abstract

V originále

Hand bones can reflect external factors during ontogenesis and individual life history. The goal of this study was to examine age-related changes in the 2nd metacarpal in adulthood. Metacarpal bones of archaeologically excavated adult skeletons from three different medieval burial sites – Cedynia (Poland), Brno–Vídeňská Street (Czech Republic), and Dětkovice–Za zahradama (Czech Republic) –were collected, described, and scanned by means of a flatbed scanner in standardized dorsal and radial positions into two-dimensional images. On them, four measurements (one length and three widths) were taken on each view and subsequently subjected to statistical regression methods in order to quantify their relationship with age at death. These trends were compared with those in a documented sample of the Athens Human Skeletal Reference Collection of the recent Greek population. In females, no significant relationship between the length of the 2nd metacarpal and age at death (AAD) was observed. In females, mostly positive relationships between width measurements and AAD were observed, ranging typically between 3 to 7% over 30 years, with maximum of ca. 9% in midshaft width in the right hand in dorsal view. These relationships were more statistically significant for the recent than for the medieval sample which might be attributed to differences in sample size, and the nature of AAD (documented vs. estimated). In males, relationships between width measurements and AAD (i.e., an increase with age) were also prevalently positive but much lower than in females and mostly not statistically significant. The systematic increase of the width measurements in females and the differences from males of the same samples suggest certain specificities of women´s life histories in adulthood that would be worth further investigation in terms of the influence of external factors. Potential methodological biases due to the cross-sectional nature of the samples and sampling selectivity are further discussed.

Links

EF19_073/0016943, research and development project

Name: Interní grantová agentura Masarykovy univerzity

Citovat

ŠKULTÉTYOVÁ, Anna, Marta KRENZ-NIEDBAŁA, Miroslav KRÁLÍK, Pavel FOJTÍK and Lenka SEDLÁČKOVÁ. Metric Differences in Adult Second Metacarpal Bones Related to Age-at-Death and Their Comparison Between Recent and Historical Populations. Anthropologie. Brno: Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic, 2022, vol. 60, No 2, p. 265-303. ISSN 0323-1119. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.26720/anthro.22.06.07.1.

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ŠKULTÉTYOVÁ, Anna, Marta KRENZ-NIEDBAŁA, Miroslav KRÁLÍK, Pavel FOJTÍK and Lenka SEDLÁČKOVÁ. Metric Differences in Adult Second Metacarpal Bones Related to Age-at-Death and Their Comparison Between Recent and Historical Populations. \textit{Anthropologie}. Brno: Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic, 2022, vol.~60, No~2, p.~265-303. ISSN~0323-1119. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.26720/anthro.22.06.07.1.

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