Brigitte M Holt
Biographic Data
| ID | 142807 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brigitte M Holt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brigitte M |
| FAMILY NAME | Holt |
| SIGNATURE | HOLT B M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 390 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
The Middle-Upper Paleolithic transition in Northwest Italy: New evidence from Riparo Bombrini (Balzi Rossi, Liguria, Italy)
Bone functional adaptation does not erase neutral evolutionary information
OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether diaphyseal and craniofacial variation similarly reflect neutral genetic variation among modern European and South Africans. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Diaphyseal and craniofacial data were collected on English, South European, and South African samples. The Relethford-Blangero model was used to compare predicted among-population relationships generated by limb bones relative to those generated by the crania and, fur…
Stature and body mass estimation from skeletal remains in the European Holocene
Techniques that are currently available for estimating stature and body mass from European skeletal remains are all subject to various limitations. Here, we develop new prediction equations based on large skeletal samples representing much of the continent and temporal periods ranging from the Mesolithic to the 20th century. Anatomical reconstruction of stature is carried out for 501 individuals, and body mass is calculated from estimated stature…
Hunters of the Ice Age: The biology of Upper Paleolithic people
The Upper Paleolithic represents both the phase during which anatomically modern humans appeared and the climax of hunter-gatherer cultures. Demographic expansion into new areas that took place during this period and the diffusion of burial practices resulted in an unprecedented number of well-preserved human remains. This skeletal record, dovetailed with archeological, environmental, and chronological contexts, allows testing of hypotheses regar…
Biomechanical approach to the reconstruction of activity patterns in Neolithic Western Liguria, Italy
This paper investigates the changes in upper and lower limb robusticity and activity patterns that accompanied the transition to a Neolithic subsistence in western Liguria (Italy). Diaphyseal robusticity measures were obtained from cross-sectional geometric properties of the humerus and femur in a sample of 16 individuals (eight males and eight females) dated to about 6,000-5,500 BP. Comparisons with European Late Upper Paleolithics (LUP) indicat…
"Body size, body proportions, and mobility in the Tyrolean "Iceman
Mobility in Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic Europe: Evidence from the lower limb
A growing body of archeological evidence suggests that the dramatic climatic events of the Last Glacial Maximum in Europe triggered important changes in foraging behavior, involving a significant decrease in mobility. In general, changes in mobility alter patterns of bending of the midshaft femur and tibia, resulting in changes in diaphyseal robusticity and shape. This relationship between levels of mobility and lower limb diaphyseal structure wa…
Bone remodelling following a lower leg fracture in the 11,000-year-old hunter-gatherer from Vado all' Arancio (Italy)
The Upper Palaeolithic skeleton from Vado all'Arancio (Italy), dated to about 11,330 BP, exhibits a severe ankle fracture healed with residual deformation. Following recovery, this young hunter-gatherer continued to walk for an extended period of time, albeit in a mechanically altered manner. While right-left differences in external lower limb bone measurements are relatively low, biomechanical analysis of femur and tibia indicates unusually pron…
Mobility in Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic Europe: Evidence from the lower limb
A growing body of archeological evidence suggests that the dramatic climatic events of the Last Glacial Maximum in Europe triggered important changes in foraging behavior, involving a significant decrease in mobility. In general, changes in mobility alter patterns of bending of the midshaft femur and tibia, resulting in changes in diaphyseal robusticity and shape. This relationship between levels of mobility and lower limb diaphyseal structure wa…
Stature and body mass estimation from skeletal remains in the European Holocene
Techniques that are currently available for estimating stature and body mass from European skeletal remains are all subject to various limitations. Here, we develop new prediction equations based on large skeletal samples representing much of the continent and temporal periods ranging from the Mesolithic to the 20th century. Anatomical reconstruction of stature is carried out for 501 individuals, and body mass is calculated from estimated stature…
"Body size, body proportions, and mobility in the Tyrolean "Iceman
Biomechanical approach to the reconstruction of activity patterns in Neolithic Western Liguria, Italy
This paper investigates the changes in upper and lower limb robusticity and activity patterns that accompanied the transition to a Neolithic subsistence in western Liguria (Italy). Diaphyseal robusticity measures were obtained from cross-sectional geometric properties of the humerus and femur in a sample of 16 individuals (eight males and eight females) dated to about 6,000-5,500 BP. Comparisons with European Late Upper Paleolithics (LUP) indicat…
Hunters of the Ice Age: The biology of Upper Paleolithic people
The Upper Paleolithic represents both the phase during which anatomically modern humans appeared and the climax of hunter-gatherer cultures. Demographic expansion into new areas that took place during this period and the diffusion of burial practices resulted in an unprecedented number of well-preserved human remains. This skeletal record, dovetailed with archeological, environmental, and chronological contexts, allows testing of hypotheses regar…
The Middle-Upper Paleolithic transition in Northwest Italy: New evidence from Riparo Bombrini (Balzi Rossi, Liguria, Italy)
Bone functional adaptation does not erase neutral evolutionary information
OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether diaphyseal and craniofacial variation similarly reflect neutral genetic variation among modern European and South Africans. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Diaphyseal and craniofacial data were collected on English, South European, and South African samples. The Relethford-Blangero model was used to compare predicted among-population relationships generated by limb bones relative to those generated by the crania and, fur…
Bone remodelling following a lower leg fracture in the 11,000-year-old hunter-gatherer from Vado all' Arancio (Italy)
The Upper Palaeolithic skeleton from Vado all'Arancio (Italy), dated to about 11,330 BP, exhibits a severe ankle fracture healed with residual deformation. Following recovery, this young hunter-gatherer continued to walk for an extended period of time, albeit in a mechanically altered manner. While right-left differences in external lower limb bone measurements are relatively low, biomechanical analysis of femur and tibia indicates unusually pron…
Bone remodelling following a lower leg fracture in the 11,000-year-old hunter-gatherer from Vado all' Arancio (Italy)
The Upper Palaeolithic skeleton from Vado all'Arancio (Italy), dated to about 11,330 BP, exhibits a severe ankle fracture healed with residual deformation. Following recovery, this young hunter-gatherer continued to walk for an extended period of time, albeit in a mechanically altered manner. While right-left differences in external lower limb bone measurements are relatively low, biomechanical analysis of femur and tibia indicates unusually pron…
Mobility in Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic Europe: Evidence from the lower limb
A growing body of archeological evidence suggests that the dramatic climatic events of the Last Glacial Maximum in Europe triggered important changes in foraging behavior, involving a significant decrease in mobility. In general, changes in mobility alter patterns of bending of the midshaft femur and tibia, resulting in changes in diaphyseal robusticity and shape. This relationship between levels of mobility and lower limb diaphyseal structure wa…
Biomechanical approach to the reconstruction of activity patterns in Neolithic Western Liguria, Italy
This paper investigates the changes in upper and lower limb robusticity and activity patterns that accompanied the transition to a Neolithic subsistence in western Liguria (Italy). Diaphyseal robusticity measures were obtained from cross-sectional geometric properties of the humerus and femur in a sample of 16 individuals (eight males and eight females) dated to about 6,000-5,500 BP. Comparisons with European Late Upper Paleolithics (LUP) indicat…
"Body size, body proportions, and mobility in the Tyrolean "Iceman
Hunters of the Ice Age: The biology of Upper Paleolithic people
The Upper Paleolithic represents both the phase during which anatomically modern humans appeared and the climax of hunter-gatherer cultures. Demographic expansion into new areas that took place during this period and the diffusion of burial practices resulted in an unprecedented number of well-preserved human remains. This skeletal record, dovetailed with archeological, environmental, and chronological contexts, allows testing of hypotheses regar…
Stature and body mass estimation from skeletal remains in the European Holocene
Techniques that are currently available for estimating stature and body mass from European skeletal remains are all subject to various limitations. Here, we develop new prediction equations based on large skeletal samples representing much of the continent and temporal periods ranging from the Mesolithic to the 20th century. Anatomical reconstruction of stature is carried out for 501 individuals, and body mass is calculated from estimated stature…
The Middle-Upper Paleolithic transition in Northwest Italy: New evidence from Riparo Bombrini (Balzi Rossi, Liguria, Italy)
Bone functional adaptation does not erase neutral evolutionary information
OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether diaphyseal and craniofacial variation similarly reflect neutral genetic variation among modern European and South Africans. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Diaphyseal and craniofacial data were collected on English, South European, and South African samples. The Relethford-Blangero model was used to compare predicted among-population relationships generated by limb bones relative to those generated by the crania and, fur…
Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (8 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (8 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Paleontology (5 works) · Upper Paleolithic (5 works) · Anatomy (4 works) · Biology (4 works) · Femur (4 works) · Geology (4 works)