Skeletal growth of children from the Iron Age site at K2 (South Africa)

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dc.contributor.authorSteyn, M.
dc.contributor.authorHenneberg, M.
dc.date.issued1996
dc.descriptionArticle first published online: 6 DEC 1998
dc.description.abstractCross-sectional growth data were obtained from the skeletal remains of children from the Iron Age site of K2 near the Limpopo River. Standard measurements of the diaphyseal lengths of the long bones from both limbs were recorded and compared to published skeletal data. For this purpose, data on Eskimo and Aleut skeletons, Libben skeletons, and skeletons from Indian Knoll and Altenerding were used. An attempt to study growth allometrically was made. K2 children were growing as well as children from these other groups. Comparison of data for K2 children with those on living South African "Cape Coloured" rural children, studied during the late 1980s, shows the similarity of growth of both groups.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityMaryna Steyn and Maciej Henneberg
dc.identifier.citationAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1996; 100(3):389-396
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199607)100:3<389::AID-AJPA6>3.0.CO;2-P
dc.identifier.issn0002-9483
dc.identifier.issn1096-8644
dc.identifier.orcidHenneberg, M. [0000-0003-1941-2286]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/5308
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley-Liss
dc.rights© 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1096-8644(199607)100:3%3C389::aid-ajpa6%3E3.0.co;2-p
dc.subjectcommunity health
dc.subjectallometry
dc.subjectmapungubwe
dc.subjectlong bone
dc.titleSkeletal growth of children from the Iron Age site at K2 (South Africa)
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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