Urban-rural differences in stature in the population of medieval Bohemia

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ID4965727
AutoresSylva Kaupová (0000-0002-7050-3573, Charles University), Jaroslav Brůžek (0000-0002-2478-9662, De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie), Petr Velemínský (0000-0003-3691-7817, National Museum), Alena Černíková (0000-0001-6954-9075, Charles University)
Año2013
Volumen70
Número1
Páginas43-55
Fecha de publicación2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAnthropologischer Anzeiger (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0003-5548 • E-ISSN: 2363-7099
EditorialS ch we iz er ba rt (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1127/0003-5548/2012/0276
PMID23590112
OpenAlexW2314733051
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5

This study explores differences in stature and their diachronic trends between the urban and rural medieval populations of Bohemia. We estimated stature from the lengths of the long bones of subjects living in Prague (urban) and rural areas of present Czech territory. Our results indicate the absence of significant urban/rural differences in stature in the population living between the 11th and 14th century. For both sexes, the temporal variations in stature in this period show a statistically non-significant decrease in the rural, and increase in the urban, population samples. These findings suggest a uniformity of living conditions in the medieval population in this area of Central Europe. Economic factors causative for urban versus rural stature differences appear later in the Modern Age, probably in relation to industrialization.

Geography · Industrialisation · Political science · Population · Rural area · Rural population · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demography · Historical and Archaeological Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies of British Isles · Medicine