Reconstructing the manual activities of a fully documented individual of advanced age

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dc.contributor.author Karakostis, Fotios Alexandros
dc.contributor.author Hotz, Gerhard
dc.contributor.author Zulauf-Semmler, Marina
dc.contributor.author Harvati, Katerina
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-22T06:48:55Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-22T06:48:55Z
dc.date.issued 2023-06
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10900/125491
dc.identifier.uri http://dx.doi.org/10.15496/publikation-66854
dc.description.abstract Reconstructing habitual physical activities in the past constitutes a fundamental objective of anthropological sciences. The morphology of muscle attachment sites (entheses) is widely utilized for this purpose, but their reliability has been previously questioned due to important methodological downsides of traditional methodological approaches. Recently, our group in Tübingen put forth a novel methodology relying on the multivariate analysis of precisely obtained three-dimensional measurements. The accuracy of this method in reconstructing activity using hand entheses was demonstrated using a mid-19th century sample with uniquely detailed long-term occupational documentation (Basel Collection, Basel, Switzerland). Nevertheless, all individuals used in our previous research were relatively young (below 48 years old or less), while the extensive effects of old age on entheseal morphology are widely demonstrated in the literature. Consequently, the applicability of entheseal methods on individuals whose age is either advanced or uncertain is currently questionable. This pilot case study focuses on an old individual originating from the same population (STJ-1734) as our comparative sample from Basel, in order to evaluate the efficiency of our method for old individuals. Even though the resulting entheseal patterns were in agreement with the individual’s lifestyle, they also seemed influenced by the presence of arthritic lesions in the thumb’s metacarpophalangeal joint. The results of this pilot case-study suggest that the activities of an old individual can potentially be accurately reconstructed using our novel 3D methodology. Nevertheless, researchers should always take into consideration that the resulting patterns may be biased by pathological conditions which may also not always be traceable on skeletal remains. de_DE
dc.language.iso en de_DE
dc.publisher Tübingen University Press
dc.relation.ispartofseries Tuebingen Paleoanthropology Book Series;2
dc.rights cc_by-nc-nd
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
dc.subject.other muscle attachments de_DE
dc.subject.other old age de_DE
dc.subject.other musculoskeletal stress de_DE
dc.subject.other precise 3D quantification de_DE
dc.subject.other collection Basel-Spitalfriedhof de_DE
dc.subject.other hand entheses de_DE
dc.title Reconstructing the manual activities of a fully documented individual of advanced age de_DE
dc.type BookPart de_DE

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