Vladimír Sládek
Biographic Data
| ID | 87858 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vladimír Sládek |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vladimír |
| FAMILY NAME | Sládek |
| SIGNATURE | SLÁDEK V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Charles University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5537-864X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 391 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 11 |
Multisegment Model for Body Surface Area and Body Volume Estimation
Lower Limb Entheseal Variation in Modern Athletes and an Early Medieval Population: Implications for Activity Reconstruction
Stature Estimation From Long Bone Lengths in Archaeological Skeletal Samples: Sensitivity of Regression Fit to Variation in the Correlation Coefficient
Stature estimation from long bone lengths yields varying accuracies due to differences in linear regression fit. We evaluated the impact of the correlation between stature and humeral, femoral, and tibial lengths on the performance of ordinary least squares (OLS), major axis (MA), and reduced major axis (RMA) fits. Anatomically reconstructed stature was used as the dependent Y ‐variable, whereas bone length was used as the independent X ‐variable…
Human energy expenditure and thermoregulation during persistence hunting in the Namib
Energy expenditure during grain grinding using reciprocal quern and rotary quern
Formor project: Analysis of the formation of complex societies in Early Medieval Moravia
In the ninth century AD, Moravia (now in Czechia) was the heartland of the first Slavic state-like formation in Central Europe. Traditionally, the archaeology of the region has been interpreted via historical records only; the FORMOR project aims to broaden this view by using archaeometry, archaeogenetics, bioarchaeology and introducing new theoretical approaches
Bow and muscles: Observed muscle activity in archers and potential implications for habitual activity reconstruction
Comparing walking and running in persistence hunting
Challenging definitions and diagnostic approaches for ancient rare diseases: The case of poliomyelitis
Arms-bearers in separate graves from Great Moravia and the emergence of the Early Medieval military-aristocratic organization in East-Central Europe
Die Existenz Großmährens wird in die Zeit vom 9. bis zur 1. Hälfte des 10. Jahrhunderts datiert. Es erstreckte sich zwischen dem karolingischen Westen und dem slawischen „Außeneuropa“ und galt als erstes Staatsgebilde der Slawen, das die militär-aristokratische Struktur Westeuropas nachahmte. Neu entdeckte separate Bestattungen mit Waffen und Sporen lassen jedoch Zweifel an dieser Deutung aufkommen. Der besondere Bestattungsritus der hier vorgele…
Dehydration and persistence hunting in Homo erectus
Error in the estimation of periosteal and endosteal contours from micro‐CT scans for nonadult tibiae and humeri
OBJECTIVES: This article summarized errors obtained by diverse techniques used for the derivation of cross-sectional contours in nonadult humeri and tibiae. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We analyzed cross-sectional contours in a total sample of 62 humeral and 75 tibial diaphyses in the age between birth and 12 years divided into three age groups. Long bone 35% (humeri) and midshaft (tibiae) cross-sections were taken on micro-CT images and analyzed by EP…
Diet in transitory society: Isotopic analysis of medieval population of Central Europe (ninth–eleventh century AD, Czech Republic)
Body mass estimation in skeletal samples using the hybrid approach: The Effect of Population-Specific Variations and Sexual Dimorphism
The effect of age and body composition on body mass estimation of males using the stature/bi-iliac method
Can we refine body mass estimations based on femoral head breadth
Břeclav - Pohansko VII. Kostelní pohřebiště na Severovýchodním předhradí: VII : Kostelní pohřebiště na Severovýchodním předhradí
Kniha o druhém kostelním pohřebišti na Severovýchodním předhradí hradiska Břeclav – Pohansko je završením 5letého badatelského úsilí týmu vedeného prof. Jiřím Macháčkem z Masarykovy univerzity. Publikace obsahuje ucelenou informaci o populaci pohřbené v tomto prostoru na konci 9. a v první polovině 10. století. Kniha se skládá z kompletního katalogu pohřebiště a z analytické a syntetické části, hodnotící funerální areál z pohledu archeologie, his…
Impact of grinding technology on bilateral asymmetry in muscle activity of the upper limb
The impact of subsistence changes on humeral bilateral asymmetry in Terminal Pleistocene and Holocene Europe
Gradual decline in mobility with the adoption of food production in Europe
Significance Declining mobility levels following the Pleistocene had profound effects on human demography, social organization, and health, but the exact timing and pace of this critical change are unknown. Here we examine direct evidence for changing mobility levels from limb bone structural characteristics in a large sample of European skeletons spanning the past 30,000 y. Our results show that mobility first declined during the Neolithic, at t…
Population‐specific stature estimation from long bones in the early medieval Pohansko (Czech Republic)
OBJECTIVES: We tested the effect of population-specific linear body proportions on stature estimation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We used a skeletal sample of 31 males and 20 females from the Early Medieval site at Pohansko (Břeclav, Central Europe) and a comparative Central European Early Medieval sample of 45 males and 28 females. We developed new population-specific equations for the Pohansko sample using anatomical reconstructions of stature, the…
Influence of lower limb configuration on walking cost in Late Pleistocene humans
Skull shape asymmetry and the socioeconomic structure of an early medieval central european society
The socioeconomic structure of an early medieval society from the Mikulčice settlement (Czech Republic) was studied on the basis of an evaluation of the fluctuating and directional asymmetry (DA) of skulls. Two distinct inhabited regions, castle and sub‐castle, were compared. Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) was used as a bioindicator of environmental stress, which is thought to have been different in the Mikulčice castle and sub‐castle regions. DA is …
Burials and Graphs: Relational Approach to Mortuary Analysis
This article demonstrates the analytical potential of graph theory for understanding mortuary practices in past societies. We take advantage of social network analysis software PAJEK to model relationships among burials. The case study of the Early Bronze Age cemetery Rebešovice (Czech Republic) is used to explore the potential of the network approach to explain the contrast between the center and the periphery of the cemetery. Two hypotheses are…
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…
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
The impact of subsistence changes on humeral bilateral asymmetry in Terminal Pleistocene and Holocene Europe
Mobility in Central European Late Eneolithic and Early Bronze Age: Femoral cross‐sectional geometry
Some scholars explain the absence of settlements in the Bohemian and Moravian Late Eneolithic (Corded Ware archaeological culture) as a consequence of pastoral subsistence with a high degree of mobility. However, recent archaeological studies argued that the archaeological record of the Late Eneolithic in Central Europe exhibits evidence for sedentary subsistence with mixed agriculture, similar to the subsequent Early Bronze Age. Because the arch…
Human manipulative behavior in the Central European Late Eneolithic and Early Bronze Age: Humeral bilateral asymmetry
It is assumed that the transition from the Late Eneolithic to the Early Bronze Age in Central Europe was associated with substantial changes in subsistence and the perception of gender differences. However, the archeological record itself does not entirely support this model. Alternatively, this transition may be interpreted as a continuous process. We used asymmetry in external dimensions, and asymmetry in size and distribution of cortical tissu…
Technical note: The effect of midshaft location on the error ranges of femoral and tibial cross‐sectional parameters
In comparing long‐bone cross‐sectional geometric properties between individuals, percentages of bone length are often used to identify equivalent locations along the diaphysis. In fragmentary specimens where bone lengths cannot be measured, however, these locations must be estimated more indirectly. In this study, we examine the effect of inaccurately located femoral and tibial midshafts on estimation of geometric properties. The error ranges wer…
Morphological affinities of the al?a 1 frontal bone
Diet in transitory society: Isotopic analysis of medieval population of Central Europe (ninth–eleventh century AD, Czech Republic)
Skull shape asymmetry and the socioeconomic structure of an early medieval central european society
The socioeconomic structure of an early medieval society from the Mikulčice settlement (Czech Republic) was studied on the basis of an evaluation of the fluctuating and directional asymmetry (DA) of skulls. Two distinct inhabited regions, castle and sub‐castle, were compared. Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) was used as a bioindicator of environmental stress, which is thought to have been different in the Mikulčice castle and sub‐castle regions. DA is …
Mobility in Central European Late Eneolithic and Early Bronze Age: Tibial cross-sectional geometry
Human Remains from the Moravian Gravettian: Morphology and Taphonomy of Isolated Elements from the Dolnı Věstonice II Site
Dehydration and persistence hunting in Homo erectus
Influence of lower limb configuration on walking cost in Late Pleistocene humans
Burials and Graphs: Relational Approach to Mortuary Analysis
This article demonstrates the analytical potential of graph theory for understanding mortuary practices in past societies. We take advantage of social network analysis software PAJEK to model relationships among burials. The case study of the Early Bronze Age cemetery Rebešovice (Czech Republic) is used to explore the potential of the network approach to explain the contrast between the center and the periphery of the cemetery. Two hypotheses are…
Impact of grinding technology on bilateral asymmetry in muscle activity of the upper limb
Population‐specific stature estimation from long bones in the early medieval Pohansko (Czech Republic)
OBJECTIVES: We tested the effect of population-specific linear body proportions on stature estimation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We used a skeletal sample of 31 males and 20 females from the Early Medieval site at Pohansko (Břeclav, Central Europe) and a comparative Central European Early Medieval sample of 45 males and 28 females. We developed new population-specific equations for the Pohansko sample using anatomical reconstructions of stature, the…
The effect of age and body composition on body mass estimation of males using the stature/bi-iliac method
A resampling approach to gender relations: The Rebešovice cemetery
Comparing walking and running in persistence hunting
Modeling neolithic dispersal in Central Europe: Demographic implications
On the basis of new examination of ancient DNA and craniometric analyses, Neolithic dispersal in Central Europe has been recently explained as reflecting colonization or at least a major influx of near eastern farmers. Given the fact that Neolithic dispersal in Central Europe was very rapid and extended into a large area, colonization would have to be associated with high population growth and fertility rates of an expanding Neolithic population.…
Can we refine body mass estimations based on femoral head breadth
Bow and muscles: Observed muscle activity in archers and potential implications for habitual activity reconstruction
Arms-bearers in separate graves from Great Moravia and the emergence of the Early Medieval military-aristocratic organization in East-Central Europe
Die Existenz Großmährens wird in die Zeit vom 9. bis zur 1. Hälfte des 10. Jahrhunderts datiert. Es erstreckte sich zwischen dem karolingischen Westen und dem slawischen „Außeneuropa“ und galt als erstes Staatsgebilde der Slawen, das die militär-aristokratische Struktur Westeuropas nachahmte. Neu entdeckte separate Bestattungen mit Waffen und Sporen lassen jedoch Zweifel an dieser Deutung aufkommen. Der besondere Bestattungsritus der hier vorgele…
Body mass estimation in skeletal samples using the hybrid approach: The Effect of Population-Specific Variations and Sexual Dimorphism
Human energy expenditure and thermoregulation during persistence hunting in the Namib
Human Remains from the Moravian Gravettian: Morphology and Taphonomy of Isolated Elements from the Dolnı Věstonice II Site
Morphological affinities of the al?a 1 frontal bone
Mobility in Central European Late Eneolithic and Early Bronze Age: Tibial cross-sectional geometry
Mobility in Central European Late Eneolithic and Early Bronze Age: Femoral cross‐sectional geometry
Some scholars explain the absence of settlements in the Bohemian and Moravian Late Eneolithic (Corded Ware archaeological culture) as a consequence of pastoral subsistence with a high degree of mobility. However, recent archaeological studies argued that the archaeological record of the Late Eneolithic in Central Europe exhibits evidence for sedentary subsistence with mixed agriculture, similar to the subsequent Early Bronze Age. Because the arch…
"Body size, body proportions, and mobility in the Tyrolean "Iceman
A resampling approach to gender relations: The Rebešovice cemetery
Human manipulative behavior in the Central European Late Eneolithic and Early Bronze Age: Humeral bilateral asymmetry
It is assumed that the transition from the Late Eneolithic to the Early Bronze Age in Central Europe was associated with substantial changes in subsistence and the perception of gender differences. However, the archeological record itself does not entirely support this model. Alternatively, this transition may be interpreted as a continuous process. We used asymmetry in external dimensions, and asymmetry in size and distribution of cortical tissu…
Technical note: The effect of midshaft location on the error ranges of femoral and tibial cross‐sectional parameters
In comparing long‐bone cross‐sectional geometric properties between individuals, percentages of bone length are often used to identify equivalent locations along the diaphysis. In fragmentary specimens where bone lengths cannot be measured, however, these locations must be estimated more indirectly. In this study, we examine the effect of inaccurately located femoral and tibial midshafts on estimation of geometric properties. The error ranges wer…
Modeling neolithic dispersal in Central Europe: Demographic implications
On the basis of new examination of ancient DNA and craniometric analyses, Neolithic dispersal in Central Europe has been recently explained as reflecting colonization or at least a major influx of near eastern farmers. Given the fact that Neolithic dispersal in Central Europe was very rapid and extended into a large area, colonization would have to be associated with high population growth and fertility rates of an expanding Neolithic population.…
Burials and Graphs: Relational Approach to Mortuary Analysis
This article demonstrates the analytical potential of graph theory for understanding mortuary practices in past societies. We take advantage of social network analysis software PAJEK to model relationships among burials. The case study of the Early Bronze Age cemetery Rebešovice (Czech Republic) is used to explore the potential of the network approach to explain the contrast between the center and the periphery of the cemetery. Two hypotheses are…
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…
Skull shape asymmetry and the socioeconomic structure of an early medieval central european society
The socioeconomic structure of an early medieval society from the Mikulčice settlement (Czech Republic) was studied on the basis of an evaluation of the fluctuating and directional asymmetry (DA) of skulls. Two distinct inhabited regions, castle and sub‐castle, were compared. Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) was used as a bioindicator of environmental stress, which is thought to have been different in the Mikulčice castle and sub‐castle regions. DA is …
Influence of lower limb configuration on walking cost in Late Pleistocene humans
Gradual decline in mobility with the adoption of food production in Europe
Significance Declining mobility levels following the Pleistocene had profound effects on human demography, social organization, and health, but the exact timing and pace of this critical change are unknown. Here we examine direct evidence for changing mobility levels from limb bone structural characteristics in a large sample of European skeletons spanning the past 30,000 y. Our results show that mobility first declined during the Neolithic, at t…
Population‐specific stature estimation from long bones in the early medieval Pohansko (Czech Republic)
OBJECTIVES: We tested the effect of population-specific linear body proportions on stature estimation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We used a skeletal sample of 31 males and 20 females from the Early Medieval site at Pohansko (Břeclav, Central Europe) and a comparative Central European Early Medieval sample of 45 males and 28 females. We developed new population-specific equations for the Pohansko sample using anatomical reconstructions of stature, the…
Břeclav - Pohansko VII. Kostelní pohřebiště na Severovýchodním předhradí: VII : Kostelní pohřebiště na Severovýchodním předhradí
Kniha o druhém kostelním pohřebišti na Severovýchodním předhradí hradiska Břeclav – Pohansko je završením 5letého badatelského úsilí týmu vedeného prof. Jiřím Macháčkem z Masarykovy univerzity. Publikace obsahuje ucelenou informaci o populaci pohřbené v tomto prostoru na konci 9. a v první polovině 10. století. Kniha se skládá z kompletního katalogu pohřebiště a z analytické a syntetické části, hodnotící funerální areál z pohledu archeologie, his…
Impact of grinding technology on bilateral asymmetry in muscle activity of the upper limb
The impact of subsistence changes on humeral bilateral asymmetry in Terminal Pleistocene and Holocene Europe
Diet in transitory society: Isotopic analysis of medieval population of Central Europe (ninth–eleventh century AD, Czech Republic)
Body mass estimation in skeletal samples using the hybrid approach: The Effect of Population-Specific Variations and Sexual Dimorphism
The effect of age and body composition on body mass estimation of males using the stature/bi-iliac method
Can we refine body mass estimations based on femoral head breadth
Error in the estimation of periosteal and endosteal contours from micro‐CT scans for nonadult tibiae and humeri
OBJECTIVES: This article summarized errors obtained by diverse techniques used for the derivation of cross-sectional contours in nonadult humeri and tibiae. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We analyzed cross-sectional contours in a total sample of 62 humeral and 75 tibial diaphyses in the age between birth and 12 years divided into three age groups. Long bone 35% (humeri) and midshaft (tibiae) cross-sections were taken on micro-CT images and analyzed by EP…
Dehydration and persistence hunting in Homo erectus
Challenging definitions and diagnostic approaches for ancient rare diseases: The case of poliomyelitis
Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (20 works) · Geography (16 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (16 works) · Archaeology (15 works) · Biology (11 works) · Geology (10 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Paleopathology and ancient diseases (9 works) · Anatomy (8 works) · Demography (8 works)