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Molenaar, Lara (2023)

Do Feet Really Tell All? Comparing the Stature Estimation Method of Pablos et al. (2013) to the Established Fully Method and Trotter and Gleser Method with Skeletal Analysis of the Middenbeemster Collection from the 16th till 18th Century AD

Bachelor thesis | Archeologie (BA)

Estimation of stature is important because it can indicate health trends, diet, and evolution. Pablos et al. (2013) devised a new method using talar bones but has yet to be compared to the well-used method of Trotter and Gleser or the Fully method. This thesis compares these three methods using a Wilcoxon-signed rank test and descriptive analysis. The comparison shows that the Fully method statistically compares to the Trotter and Gleser method for the female sex, while not for the male sex. When comparing the Pablos et al. (2013) method test shows that the method does not compare statistically to the Trotter and Gleser method or the Fully method. When looking at the standard error range for both sexes the Trotter and Gleser method overlaps with both the Fully method and the Pablos et al. (2013). But the Pablos et al. (2013) method and the Fully method do not overlap.

Osteology

Osteoarchaeology

Stature estimation

Talar bones

Long bones

Anatomical method

Mathematical method

Author

Molenaar, Lara

Faculty

Faculty of Archaeology

Specialisation

Osteoarchaeology

Supervisors

Schats, R.

ECTS Credits

10

Language

en