Bone mineral‐osteon analysis of Yupik‐inupiaq skeletons

Bibliographic Data

ID8315567
AuthorsDavid D Thompson (University of Connecticut), M Gunness‐Hey, M Gunness-Hey (University of Connecticut)
Year1981
Volume55
Issue1
Pages1-7
Publication date1981-05-01
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.1330550102
PMID7258331
OpenAlexW2092746213
LanguageEN
Citations received26
References cited8

Living adult Eskimos from St. Lawrence Island, North Alaska, and Canada undergo an earlier and more rapid rate of age‐related bone mineral loss compared with U.S. whites. Further, it has been shown that Eskimos and Indians differ in patterns of osteon remodeling at the Haversian envelope. Femoral bone cores from adult Eskimo skeletons from St. Lawrence Island (n = 53), Kodiak Island (n = 92), Baffin Island (n = 44), and Southampton Island (n = 69) were analyzed and the results compared with those obtained from cores from U.S. whites (n = 144). Cortical thickness, bone mineral content of cores, cortical bone density, secondary osteon and Haversian canal number and area were quantified for each core. Ages at death were estimated by histological methods and compared with the ages at death estimated by morphological methods for the Eskimo skeletons. Known ages at death were compared with histologically estimated ages at death for the U.S. white series. St. Lawrence Island and Kodiak Island (Yupik speakers) Eskimo cortical thickness values were significantly (P Age at death estimations by histological methods in Eskimos using U.S. white regression equations yielded age estimates in poor agreement with those obtained by morphological methods

Biology · Cortical bone · Osteon · Time of death · Anatomy · Bone health and osteoporosis research · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Indigenous Studies and Ecology

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