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A tale of the tall : A short report on stature in Late Neolithic–Early Bronze Age southern Scandinavia

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Author

Editor

  • Kristian Brink
  • Susan Hydén
  • Kristina Jennbert
  • Lars Larsson
  • Deborah Olausson

Summary, in English

Human stature as a measurement for evaluating physical status is used by the World Health Organiza-tion (WHO) as well as bioarchaeologists. The reason for this is that only about 80% depends on genetic factors, while 20% depend on the environment. Bad living conditions decrease stature in a population. This paper aims to make a short review of earlier reports on stature in Late Neolithic–Early Bronze Age Southern Scandinavia and to provide some new data. It is clear that stature in Late Neolithic–Early Bronze Age Scandinavia was very high, equal to modern statures.

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Pages

107-114

Publication/Series

Neolithic Diversities : Perspectives from a conference in Lund, Sweden

Volume

65

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Lund University

Topic

  • Archaeology

Keywords

  • Stature
  • Late Neolithic
  • Early Bronze Age
  • Southern Scandinavia
  • health

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0065-0994