Adrian J Boyce
Biographic Data
| ID | 4892114 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adrian J Boyce |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adrian J |
| FAMILY NAME | Boyce |
| SIGNATURE | BOYCE A J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9680-0787 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Isotopic Discriminants Between Late Bronze Age Glasses From Egypt and the Near East
This paper presents oxygen, strontium and neodymium isotopic analysis from a series of Late Bronze Age glasses from Egypt and Mesopotamia. It was found that oxygen and neodymium isotopes alone cannot readily distinguish between glasses from the various sites. However, combined Sr and Nd isotope analysis separate the data into three groups: an Egyptian group with relatively low Sr and Nd ratios; a Late Bronze Age (LBA) Nuzi group with high Sr and …
Temporal Variation in Phenetic Affinity of Early Upper Egyptian Male Cranial Series
We carried out an exploratory historical biology study using temporally distinguished groups of predynastic-Early Dynastic male crania from the region of Upper Egypt. The objectives were, first, to determine the overall pattern of phenetic affinity between temporally sequential series and in relation to the earliest series and, second, to explore the possible meanings of the pattern of relationship to sociohistorical change. The cranial series we…
Temporal Variation in Phenetic Affinity of Early Upper Egyptian Male Cranial Series
We carried out an exploratory historical biology study using temporally distinguished groups of predynastic–Early Dynastic male crania from the region of Upper Egypt. The objectives were, first, to determine the overall pattern of phenetic affinity between temporally sequential series and in relation to the earliest series and, second, to explore the possible meanings of the pattern of relationship to sociohistorical change. The cranial series we…
Variation in porotic hyperostosis in the Royal Cemetery complex at Abydos, Upper Egypt
Variation in the frequency and severity of porotic hyperostosis [porous defects], seen in the skulls of individuals buried at two First Dynasty cemeteries at Abydos, suggested differences in health and social conditions. Those buried near the kings had suffered from childhood deficiencies, while those associated with funerary enclosures in a second cemetery further to the north seemed to have benefited from occupational or social advantages. The …
Genetics, Egypt, and History
Modern Egypt, the site of Africa's earliest state, lies near the crossroads of two other continents, and has had historic interactions with all its neighboring regions. This alone would make it an ideal place to study historical population biology. Egypt can also be conceptualized as a linear oasis in the eastern Sahara, one that traverses several regions of Africa. An oasis can be a way station or serve as a refugium, as well as be a place of se…
“Race”
“Race”
Diachronic patterns of dental hypoplasias and vault porosities during the predynastic in the Naqada region, Upper Egypt
The diachronic pattern of the frequencies of linear enamel hypoplasias and porotic hyperostosis was studied in temporally separated samples of adult predynastic Egyptian remains from the Naqada region, Upper Egypt. The samples covered a period of increasing population density and social complexity as well as decreasing Nile flooding in Egypt. First and second molars were evaluated for hypoplasias in material from the Naqada I, II, and III periods…
Human Mating Patterns
Preface Part I. Historical and Demographic Studies: 1. Mating Patterns: an historical perspective A. D. J. Macfarlane 2. Mating distance and historical population structure: a review A. C. Swedlund 3. Marriage distance and ethnicity C. Peach and J. Clyde Mitchell 4. Mating patterns in isolates L. Jakobi and P. Darlu Part II. Mate Choice and Assortative mating: 5. Assortative mating for psychometric characters C. G. N. Mascie-Taylor 6. Assortative…
Parotid gland enlargement and female reproductive performance in a Papua New Guinea highland population
Swelling of the parotid salivary glands is commonly observed among males and females of highland Papua New Guinea. Evidence suggests that the condition is related to the highlanders' high starch consumption in the form of sweet potato. In this paper we regard parotid enlargement as an indicator of high energy intake and test its association with two measures of reproductive performance, the number of live births and living offspring, in a sample …
Anthropometric variation between migrants and non-migrants
Anthropometric measurements on a non-migrant sample consisting of 174 males and 148 females aged 21 to 75 resident in the Orkney Islands are compared with measurements on 91 males and 96 females who migrated as adults to the Aberdeen area of Scotland. Covariance analysis, adjusting for age effects, reveals differences in a number of anthropometric variables, with migrants showing smaller dimensions in several cases. For most variables the differe…
Population structure in the Connecticut Valley
In a previous paper (Swedlund et al., 1984) we have described the population structure of the historical Connecticut River Valley of Massa chusetts in terms of matrimonial migration matrices. Using procedures described by Morton (1973), Harpending and Jenkins (1974), Jorde (1980), and others the exchanges between subdivisions which make up the matrices are made column stochastic and analyzed to predict genetic kinship. Subsequently the kinship es…
Endogamy and exogamy in the Orkney Islands
Associations between anthropometric variables and reproductive performance in a Papua New Guinea highland population
Associations between anthropometric variation and reproductive performance have important ecological and evolutionary implications. Bivariate associations between measures of reproductive performance (live births and offspring still living at the time of interview) and 24 anthropometric variables were examined in 150 females, aged 21-44 years, from the Eastern Highlands district of Papua New Guinea. Where significant linear or curvilinear associa…
Variation in blood pressure in a New Guinea population
The contributions of age and anthropometric, biochemical and socio-economic variables to blood pressure variation in the population of Karkar Island, Papua New Guinea are examined. Blood pressure does not change with age in males; in females there is a decline from ages 21 to 40 and an increase (in systolic pressure) thereafter. Body weight and skinfold thicknesses decline with age in females; arm circumferences decline in both sexes. There were …
Chromosome Variations in Human Evolution
Body composition changes during lactation in a New Guinea population
Some body composition changes during lactation in women of Karkar Island, Papua New Guinea, suggest that body fat reserves, measured by changes in weight, diminish during the course of lactation and that subcutaneous fat reserves diminish with parity. The data are discussed in terms of the possible nutritional control of fertility of women in a subsistence economy
Respiratory function in Peruvian Quechua Indians
Measurements of respiratory function (forced expiratory volume, forced vital capacity, and their ratio) were obtained from male Quechua Indians living at high altitude and at sea level in Peru. The samples included migrants from one altitude level to another, and also juveniles from 12 to 19 years old. Information on age, stature and weight was also collected. Differences in respiratory function according to altitude were found, with high altitud…
Population Studies and Population Analyses
The Structure of Human Populations
Isotopic Discriminants Between Late Bronze Age Glasses From Egypt and the Near East
This paper presents oxygen, strontium and neodymium isotopic analysis from a series of Late Bronze Age glasses from Egypt and Mesopotamia. It was found that oxygen and neodymium isotopes alone cannot readily distinguish between glasses from the various sites. However, combined Sr and Nd isotope analysis separate the data into three groups: an Egyptian group with relatively low Sr and Nd ratios; a Late Bronze Age (LBA) Nuzi group with high Sr and …
Human Mating Patterns
Preface Part I. Historical and Demographic Studies: 1. Mating Patterns: an historical perspective A. D. J. Macfarlane 2. Mating distance and historical population structure: a review A. C. Swedlund 3. Marriage distance and ethnicity C. Peach and J. Clyde Mitchell 4. Mating patterns in isolates L. Jakobi and P. Darlu Part II. Mate Choice and Assortative mating: 5. Assortative mating for psychometric characters C. G. N. Mascie-Taylor 6. Assortative…
The Structure of Human Populations
Population structure in the Connecticut Valley
In a previous paper (Swedlund et al., 1984) we have described the population structure of the historical Connecticut River Valley of Massa chusetts in terms of matrimonial migration matrices. Using procedures described by Morton (1973), Harpending and Jenkins (1974), Jorde (1980), and others the exchanges between subdivisions which make up the matrices are made column stochastic and analyzed to predict genetic kinship. Subsequently the kinship es…
Variation in porotic hyperostosis in the Royal Cemetery complex at Abydos, Upper Egypt
Variation in the frequency and severity of porotic hyperostosis [porous defects], seen in the skulls of individuals buried at two First Dynasty cemeteries at Abydos, suggested differences in health and social conditions. Those buried near the kings had suffered from childhood deficiencies, while those associated with funerary enclosures in a second cemetery further to the north seemed to have benefited from occupational or social advantages. The …
Endogamy and exogamy in the Orkney Islands
The Structure of Human Populations
Respiratory function in Peruvian Quechua Indians
Measurements of respiratory function (forced expiratory volume, forced vital capacity, and their ratio) were obtained from male Quechua Indians living at high altitude and at sea level in Peru. The samples included migrants from one altitude level to another, and also juveniles from 12 to 19 years old. Information on age, stature and weight was also collected. Differences in respiratory function according to altitude were found, with high altitud…
Population Studies and Population Analyses
Body composition changes during lactation in a New Guinea population
Some body composition changes during lactation in women of Karkar Island, Papua New Guinea, suggest that body fat reserves, measured by changes in weight, diminish during the course of lactation and that subcutaneous fat reserves diminish with parity. The data are discussed in terms of the possible nutritional control of fertility of women in a subsistence economy
Chromosome Variations in Human Evolution
Variation in blood pressure in a New Guinea population
The contributions of age and anthropometric, biochemical and socio-economic variables to blood pressure variation in the population of Karkar Island, Papua New Guinea are examined. Blood pressure does not change with age in males; in females there is a decline from ages 21 to 40 and an increase (in systolic pressure) thereafter. Body weight and skinfold thicknesses decline with age in females; arm circumferences decline in both sexes. There were …
Associations between anthropometric variables and reproductive performance in a Papua New Guinea highland population
Associations between anthropometric variation and reproductive performance have important ecological and evolutionary implications. Bivariate associations between measures of reproductive performance (live births and offspring still living at the time of interview) and 24 anthropometric variables were examined in 150 females, aged 21-44 years, from the Eastern Highlands district of Papua New Guinea. Where significant linear or curvilinear associa…
Endogamy and exogamy in the Orkney Islands
Population structure in the Connecticut Valley
In a previous paper (Swedlund et al., 1984) we have described the population structure of the historical Connecticut River Valley of Massa chusetts in terms of matrimonial migration matrices. Using procedures described by Morton (1973), Harpending and Jenkins (1974), Jorde (1980), and others the exchanges between subdivisions which make up the matrices are made column stochastic and analyzed to predict genetic kinship. Subsequently the kinship es…
Anthropometric variation between migrants and non-migrants
Anthropometric measurements on a non-migrant sample consisting of 174 males and 148 females aged 21 to 75 resident in the Orkney Islands are compared with measurements on 91 males and 96 females who migrated as adults to the Aberdeen area of Scotland. Covariance analysis, adjusting for age effects, reveals differences in a number of anthropometric variables, with migrants showing smaller dimensions in several cases. For most variables the differe…
Parotid gland enlargement and female reproductive performance in a Papua New Guinea highland population
Swelling of the parotid salivary glands is commonly observed among males and females of highland Papua New Guinea. Evidence suggests that the condition is related to the highlanders' high starch consumption in the form of sweet potato. In this paper we regard parotid enlargement as an indicator of high energy intake and test its association with two measures of reproductive performance, the number of live births and living offspring, in a sample …
Human Mating Patterns
Preface Part I. Historical and Demographic Studies: 1. Mating Patterns: an historical perspective A. D. J. Macfarlane 2. Mating distance and historical population structure: a review A. C. Swedlund 3. Marriage distance and ethnicity C. Peach and J. Clyde Mitchell 4. Mating patterns in isolates L. Jakobi and P. Darlu Part II. Mate Choice and Assortative mating: 5. Assortative mating for psychometric characters C. G. N. Mascie-Taylor 6. Assortative…
“Race”
“Race”
Diachronic patterns of dental hypoplasias and vault porosities during the predynastic in the Naqada region, Upper Egypt
The diachronic pattern of the frequencies of linear enamel hypoplasias and porotic hyperostosis was studied in temporally separated samples of adult predynastic Egyptian remains from the Naqada region, Upper Egypt. The samples covered a period of increasing population density and social complexity as well as decreasing Nile flooding in Egypt. First and second molars were evaluated for hypoplasias in material from the Naqada I, II, and III periods…
Genetics, Egypt, and History
Modern Egypt, the site of Africa's earliest state, lies near the crossroads of two other continents, and has had historic interactions with all its neighboring regions. This alone would make it an ideal place to study historical population biology. Egypt can also be conceptualized as a linear oasis in the eastern Sahara, one that traverses several regions of Africa. An oasis can be a way station or serve as a refugium, as well as be a place of se…
Variation in porotic hyperostosis in the Royal Cemetery complex at Abydos, Upper Egypt
Variation in the frequency and severity of porotic hyperostosis [porous defects], seen in the skulls of individuals buried at two First Dynasty cemeteries at Abydos, suggested differences in health and social conditions. Those buried near the kings had suffered from childhood deficiencies, while those associated with funerary enclosures in a second cemetery further to the north seemed to have benefited from occupational or social advantages. The …
Temporal Variation in Phenetic Affinity of Early Upper Egyptian Male Cranial Series
We carried out an exploratory historical biology study using temporally distinguished groups of predynastic-Early Dynastic male crania from the region of Upper Egypt. The objectives were, first, to determine the overall pattern of phenetic affinity between temporally sequential series and in relation to the earliest series and, second, to explore the possible meanings of the pattern of relationship to sociohistorical change. The cranial series we…
Temporal Variation in Phenetic Affinity of Early Upper Egyptian Male Cranial Series
We carried out an exploratory historical biology study using temporally distinguished groups of predynastic–Early Dynastic male crania from the region of Upper Egypt. The objectives were, first, to determine the overall pattern of phenetic affinity between temporally sequential series and in relation to the earliest series and, second, to explore the possible meanings of the pattern of relationship to sociohistorical change. The cranial series we…
Isotopic Discriminants Between Late Bronze Age Glasses From Egypt and the Near East
This paper presents oxygen, strontium and neodymium isotopic analysis from a series of Late Bronze Age glasses from Egypt and Mesopotamia. It was found that oxygen and neodymium isotopes alone cannot readily distinguish between glasses from the various sites. However, combined Sr and Nd isotope analysis separate the data into three groups: an Egyptian group with relatively low Sr and Nd ratios; a Late Bronze Age (LBA) Nuzi group with high Sr and …
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