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The interpretation of skeletal muscle sites: a statistical approach

✍ Scribed by John E. Robb

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Weight
242 KB
Volume
8
Category
Article
ISSN
1047-482X

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✦ Synopsis

Muscle attachments have only recently been used systematically as markers of ancient activity, in part because of methodological and interpretive difficulties involved in associating muscle markings with specific activities. An alternative analytical approach focuses on the organization of activity rather than the identification of specific activities. This paper presents data from 18 muscle insertion sites in 56 adult skeletons from the Italian Iron Age cemetery of Pontecagnano. These data indicate that: (1) skeletal development of muscle sites is related to an individual's age;

(2) variations in muscle marking within and between skeletons may be linked to activities performed; and (3) even when specific activities cannot be deduced, statistical patterns within a group may inform us about past lifeways and the social organization of activities.

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