Bone remodeling rates and skeletal maturation in three archaeoloqical skeletal populations

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ID8312152
AuthorsSam D Stout (0000-0002-6678-582X, University of Missouri, corresponding author), Rhonda Lueck (United States Army Corps of Engineers)
Year1995
Volume98
Issue2
Pages161-171
Publication date1995-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.1330980206
PMID8644877
OpenAlexW2017398097
LanguageEN
Citations received28
References cited17

Cortical bone remodeling rates for rib samples from three archaeological populations and a modern autopsy sample were determined using an algorithm developed by Frost. (Frost [1987a] Calcif. Tissue Res. 3: 211–237). When plotted against the relative antiquities for population samples, histomorphometric variables; i.e., activation frequency ( μ rc , net bone formation ( net V f,r,t ), and mean annual bone formation rate (V f,r,t ), exhibit a concordant trend of increased cortical bone remodeling activity levels over time. Two intensive foraging populations, Windover and Gibson, are similar for all bone remodeling parameters and have the lowest remodeling activity levels among the samples. The more recent Ledders sample, which is reported to practice agricultural subsistence, is consistently intermediate between these and a modern autopsy sample. Although there appear to be differences in bone formation rates among the populations, it is concluded that these differences cannot be attributed to differences in bone remodeling rates among the populations, but rather are reflecting different effective ages of adult compacta for their ribs. These findings suggest that the earlier populations, particularly Windsor and Gibson, appear to have reached skeletal maturity at an older age than observed for modern. © 1995 Wiley‐Liss, Inc

Biology · Bone remodeling · Cortical bone · Osteon · Population · Skeleton (computer programming) · Anatomy · Demography · Endocrinology · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Paleopathology and ancient diseases · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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