Torstein Sjøvold
Biographic Data
| ID | 128440 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Torstein Sjøvold |
| GIVEN NAMES | Torstein |
| FAMILY NAME | Sjøvold |
| SIGNATURE | SJØVOLD T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stockholm University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5978-4303 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 172 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Evolution of infant mortality and family-based risk factors in a preindustrial Austrian population: 1630–1908
Infant mortality, a reflection of socioeconomic and health conditions of a population, is shaped by diverse factors. This study delves into a pre-industrial population, scrutinizing neonatal and post-neonatal deaths separately. Family factors such as mortality crises, religion, and legitimacy are also explored. Data of 9,086 people obtained through multigenerational information from ecclesiastic records from 1603 to 1908 were analysed by means of…
Female skeletal health and socioeconomic status in medieval Norway (11th-16th centuries AD): Analysis of bone mineral density and stature
Little is known about the possible impact of socioeconomic status on bone health in medieval Norway. We measured bone mineral density in the skeletal remains of 101 females from five medieval burial sites in Eastern Norway representing distinct socioeconomic groups by comparing results from dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and osteological analysis. Young adult females of high status were taller than parish population females (5.3 cm,p = 0.01), a…
Religion and fertility patterns: Comparison of life history traits in Catholics and Protestants, Hallstatt (Austria) 1733–1908
Catholicism and Protestantism have different ways of promoting the family unit that could influence survival and fertility at a population level. Parish records in the Austrian village of Hallstatt allowed the reconstruction of Catholic and Protestant genealogies over a period of 175 years (1733–1908) to evaluate how religion and social changes affected reproduction and survival. Life history traits such as lifespan beyond 15 years, number of off…
Bone mineral density through history: Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in archaeological populations of Norway
Information regarding bone mineral density (BMD) and related variations through prehistoric and historic time periods in Norway is scarce. We present results of BMD measurements of 222 individuals from four rural and urban burial sites representing the medieval and post-Reformation period using osteological analysis and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Existing BMD data from 137 individuals dating to the Late Iron Age and medieval period were in…
Who was Peter Karlsson of Helsingborg? An Attempt to Identify a Medieval Seal Stamp Find
Finds of seal stamps in graves from the Middle Ages are very rare, especially if they are undamaged. The owner of the well-preserved stamp in grave 207 in the Church of St. Clement in Helsingborg was a nobleman, called Peter Karlsson. His coat of arms, which is quartered, restricted the searching for his relationships geographically. A ’terminus ante quem' was set by the archaeological investigation. The individual age was determined by means of …
Calculation of Smith’s Mean Measure of Divergence for Intergroup Comparisons Using Nonmetric Data
The Mean Measure of Divergence (MMD) is a formula that converts a battery of trait frequencies into a numerical value such that the more dissimilar two samples are, the greater the value. This measure of phenetic distance was developed by the statistician Cedric A. B. Smith and has become popular among dental anthropologists and osteologists for estimating the dissimilarity among groups in order to help reconstruct populations’ movements and stru…
Measuring fitness heritability: Life history traits versus morphological traits in humans
Objectives Traditional interpretation of Fisher's Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection is that life history traits (LHT), which are closely related with fitness, show lower heritabilities, whereas morphological traits (MT) are less related with fitness and they are expected to show higher heritabilities. In humans, although few studies have examined the heritability of LHT and MT, none of them have analyzed the same sample for comparative pur…
The stone age iceman from the Alps: The find and the current status of investigation
On September 19, 1991, a body protruding from glacial ice was discovered in the Alps between Austria and Italy. Considered a forensic case, and having been found on Austrian soil according to initial information, it was transported to the Department of Forensic Medicine in Innsbruck. Rumors about the body not being recent were readily confirmed, and news about the body and accompanying equipment immediately spread all over the world. The body its…
Estimation of stature from long bones utilizing the line of organic correlation
A Report on the Heritability of Some Cranial Measurements and Non-Metric Traits
Some notes on the distribution and certain modifications of Mahalanobis' generalized distance (D2)
Estimation of stature from long bones utilizing the line of organic correlation
Calculation of Smith’s Mean Measure of Divergence for Intergroup Comparisons Using Nonmetric Data
The Mean Measure of Divergence (MMD) is a formula that converts a battery of trait frequencies into a numerical value such that the more dissimilar two samples are, the greater the value. This measure of phenetic distance was developed by the statistician Cedric A. B. Smith and has become popular among dental anthropologists and osteologists for estimating the dissimilarity among groups in order to help reconstruct populations’ movements and stru…
Bone mineral density through history: Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in archaeological populations of Norway
Information regarding bone mineral density (BMD) and related variations through prehistoric and historic time periods in Norway is scarce. We present results of BMD measurements of 222 individuals from four rural and urban burial sites representing the medieval and post-Reformation period using osteological analysis and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Existing BMD data from 137 individuals dating to the Late Iron Age and medieval period were in…
Some notes on the distribution and certain modifications of Mahalanobis' generalized distance (D2)
Measuring fitness heritability: Life history traits versus morphological traits in humans
Objectives Traditional interpretation of Fisher's Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection is that life history traits (LHT), which are closely related with fitness, show lower heritabilities, whereas morphological traits (MT) are less related with fitness and they are expected to show higher heritabilities. In humans, although few studies have examined the heritability of LHT and MT, none of them have analyzed the same sample for comparative pur…
Female skeletal health and socioeconomic status in medieval Norway (11th-16th centuries AD): Analysis of bone mineral density and stature
Little is known about the possible impact of socioeconomic status on bone health in medieval Norway. We measured bone mineral density in the skeletal remains of 101 females from five medieval burial sites in Eastern Norway representing distinct socioeconomic groups by comparing results from dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and osteological analysis. Young adult females of high status were taller than parish population females (5.3 cm,p = 0.01), a…
Some notes on the distribution and certain modifications of Mahalanobis' generalized distance (D2)
A Report on the Heritability of Some Cranial Measurements and Non-Metric Traits
Estimation of stature from long bones utilizing the line of organic correlation
The stone age iceman from the Alps: The find and the current status of investigation
On September 19, 1991, a body protruding from glacial ice was discovered in the Alps between Austria and Italy. Considered a forensic case, and having been found on Austrian soil according to initial information, it was transported to the Department of Forensic Medicine in Innsbruck. Rumors about the body not being recent were readily confirmed, and news about the body and accompanying equipment immediately spread all over the world. The body its…
Measuring fitness heritability: Life history traits versus morphological traits in humans
Objectives Traditional interpretation of Fisher's Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection is that life history traits (LHT), which are closely related with fitness, show lower heritabilities, whereas morphological traits (MT) are less related with fitness and they are expected to show higher heritabilities. In humans, although few studies have examined the heritability of LHT and MT, none of them have analyzed the same sample for comparative pur…
Calculation of Smith’s Mean Measure of Divergence for Intergroup Comparisons Using Nonmetric Data
The Mean Measure of Divergence (MMD) is a formula that converts a battery of trait frequencies into a numerical value such that the more dissimilar two samples are, the greater the value. This measure of phenetic distance was developed by the statistician Cedric A. B. Smith and has become popular among dental anthropologists and osteologists for estimating the dissimilarity among groups in order to help reconstruct populations’ movements and stru…
Religion and fertility patterns: Comparison of life history traits in Catholics and Protestants, Hallstatt (Austria) 1733–1908
Catholicism and Protestantism have different ways of promoting the family unit that could influence survival and fertility at a population level. Parish records in the Austrian village of Hallstatt allowed the reconstruction of Catholic and Protestant genealogies over a period of 175 years (1733–1908) to evaluate how religion and social changes affected reproduction and survival. Life history traits such as lifespan beyond 15 years, number of off…
Bone mineral density through history: Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in archaeological populations of Norway
Information regarding bone mineral density (BMD) and related variations through prehistoric and historic time periods in Norway is scarce. We present results of BMD measurements of 222 individuals from four rural and urban burial sites representing the medieval and post-Reformation period using osteological analysis and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Existing BMD data from 137 individuals dating to the Late Iron Age and medieval period were in…
Who was Peter Karlsson of Helsingborg? An Attempt to Identify a Medieval Seal Stamp Find
Finds of seal stamps in graves from the Middle Ages are very rare, especially if they are undamaged. The owner of the well-preserved stamp in grave 207 in the Church of St. Clement in Helsingborg was a nobleman, called Peter Karlsson. His coat of arms, which is quartered, restricted the searching for his relationships geographically. A ’terminus ante quem' was set by the archaeological investigation. The individual age was determined by means of …
Female skeletal health and socioeconomic status in medieval Norway (11th-16th centuries AD): Analysis of bone mineral density and stature
Little is known about the possible impact of socioeconomic status on bone health in medieval Norway. We measured bone mineral density in the skeletal remains of 101 females from five medieval burial sites in Eastern Norway representing distinct socioeconomic groups by comparing results from dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and osteological analysis. Young adult females of high status were taller than parish population females (5.3 cm,p = 0.01), a…
Evolution of infant mortality and family-based risk factors in a preindustrial Austrian population: 1630–1908
Infant mortality, a reflection of socioeconomic and health conditions of a population, is shaped by diverse factors. This study delves into a pre-industrial population, scrutinizing neonatal and post-neonatal deaths separately. Family factors such as mortality crises, religion, and legitimacy are also explored. Data of 9,086 people obtained through multigenerational information from ecclesiastic records from 1603 to 1908 were analysed by means of…
Demography (7 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (7 works) · Population (7 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Biology (4 works) · Forensic and Genetic Research (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Socioeconomic status (3 works)