Annales Musei historico-naturalis hungarici

Author(s): Bernert, Zs.
Title: Data for the calculation of body height on the basis of extremities of individuals living in different historical periods in the Carpathian Basin
Year: 2008
Publication date: 2008-11-30
Volume: 100
Pages: 385-397.

Abstract: On the basis of individual data of several thousands of human bones excavated in the Carpathian Basin, 1) numerical correlations of the length of bones of the same individual was described. This can help us for instance when assorting bones found in ossuaries; 2) a body height calculation method considering figure and sex differences of individuals living in the Carpathian Basin was proposed; 3) tables were created showing the chances that various postcranial bones belonged to males or females based on the length; 4) stature categories were proposed corresponding to height estimation methods. With 8 tables and 5 figures.
Keywords: Carpathian Basin, age estimation, body height, human skeletal remains, ossuary, physical anthropology, stature categories
Subject: anthropology

Journal: Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici
Journal abbreviation: Annls hist.-nat. Mus. nat. hung.
ISSN: 0521-4726
Publisher: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
Editor(s): Matskási, I. & Merkl, O.