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A tale of the tall : A short report on stature in Late Neolithic–Early Bronze Age southern Scandinavia

Tornberg, Anna LU orcid (2015) 65. p.107-114
Abstract
Human stature as a measurement for evaluating physical status is used by the World Health Organiza-tion (WHO) as well as bioarchaeologists. The reason for this is that only about 80% depends on genetic factors, while 20% depend on the environment. Bad living conditions decrease stature in a population. This paper aims to make a short review of earlier reports on stature in Late Neolithic–Early Bronze Age Southern Scandinavia and to provide some new data. It is clear that stature in Late Neolithic–Early Bronze Age Scandinavia was very high, equal to modern statures.
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Stature, Late Neolithic, Early Bronze Age, Southern Scandinavia, health
host publication
Neolithic Diversities : Perspectives from a conference in Lund, Sweden
editor
Brink, Kristian ; Hydén, Susan ; Jennbert, Kristina ; Larsson, Lars and Olausson, Deborah
volume
65
pages
107 - 114
publisher
Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Lund University
ISSN
0065-0994
language
English
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yes
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b3f18a1b-5cbc-458d-978c-16dddf9a8710 (old id 7853656)
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2016-04-01 14:19:41
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  abstract     = {{Human stature as a measurement for evaluating physical status is used by the World Health Organiza-tion (WHO) as well as bioarchaeologists. The reason for this is that only about 80% depends on genetic factors, while 20% depend on the environment. Bad living conditions decrease stature in a population. This paper aims to make a short review of earlier reports on stature in Late Neolithic–Early Bronze Age Southern Scandinavia and to provide some new data. It is clear that stature in Late Neolithic–Early Bronze Age Scandinavia was very high, equal to modern statures.}},
  author       = {{Tornberg, Anna}},
  booktitle    = {{Neolithic Diversities : Perspectives from a conference in Lund, Sweden}},
  editor       = {{Brink, Kristian and Hydén, Susan and Jennbert, Kristina and Larsson, Lars and Olausson, Deborah}},
  issn         = {{0065-0994}},
  keywords     = {{Stature; Late Neolithic; Early Bronze Age; Southern Scandinavia; health}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{107--114}},
  publisher    = {{Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Lund University}},
  title        = {{A tale of the tall : A short report on stature in Late Neolithic–Early Bronze Age southern Scandinavia}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/3913084/7853683.pdf}},
  volume       = {{65}},
  year         = {{2015}},
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