Determinants of growth in body length from birth to 6 years of age: A longitudinal study of Lublin children

Hauspie, Roland; Chrzastek-Spruch, H; Verleye, Gino; Kozłowska, Maria; Susanne, Charles

doi:10.1002/(sici)1520-6300(1996)8:1<21::aid-ajhb2>3.0.co;2-t

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“…Errors in the relationship between diaphyseal lengths and gestational age are well known, but difficult to control for in archaeological populations. In addition to factors pertaining directly to the mother, such as ethnic group, age, height, and parity, external factors such as season, social class, and pollutants have all been shown to affect the size and weight of the infant at birth (Adair, 2004;Hauspie et al, 1994). It has also been proposed that female fetuses mature earlier than do males in terms of both leg length and weight (Lampl and Jeanty, 2003), potentially resulting in longer diaphyseal lengths, and hence, older age estimates in female dominated samples.…”

Section: Estimating Age-at-deathmentioning

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Brief and precarious lives: Infant mortality in contrasting sites from medieval and post‐medieval England (AD 850–1859)

Lewis

Gowland

2007

American J Phys Anthropol

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This study compares the infant mortality profiles of 128 infants from two urban and two rural cemetery sites in medieval England. The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of urbanization and industrialization in terms of endogenous or exogenous causes of death. In order to undertake this analysis, two different methods of estimating gestational age from long bone lengths were used: a traditional regression method and a Bayesian method. The regression method tended to produce more marked peaks at 38 weeks, while the Bayesian method produced a broader range of ages and were more comparable with the expected "natural" mortality profiles.At all the sites, neonatal mortality (28-40 weeks) outweighed post-neonatal mortality (41-48 weeks) with rural Raunds Furnells in Northamptonshire, showing the highest number of neonatal deaths and post-medieval Spitalfields, London, showing a greater proportion of deaths due to exogenous or environmental factors. Of the four sites under study, Wharram Percy in Yorkshire showed the most convincing "natural" infant mortality profile, suggesting the inclusion of all births at the site (i.e., stillbirths and unbaptised infants).

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Brief and precarious lives: Infant mortality in contrasting sites from medieval and post‐medieval England (AD 850–1859)

Lewis

Gowland

2007

American J Phys Anthropol

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“…Combined with archeological context, other excavated remains, and mortuary practices, such age‐at‐death estimations, provide information about the stage of individual infant growth and how people in ancient societies defined when a newborn became an infant. Although gender and maternal factors influence the size of infant bones (Hauspie et al, 1996), it remains the most prevalent method for estimating infant age (Booth et al, 2016; Booth & Madgwick, 2016; Cruz & Codinha, 2009; Piga et al, 2015; Zhou, Zhang, Garvie‐Lok, Gu, & Wang, 2020; Zhou, Zhang, Garvie‐Lok, Gu, & Xin, 2020).…”

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Postmortem treatment of preterm infants at the Gangshang site during the Late Neolithic period, Shandong Province, China

Yang

Zhang

Zhu

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Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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Jar burial is a particular burial practice generally used in the Neolithic period of China.However, the rarity of finding prenatal individuals limits the ability to study their treatment in jar burial contexts. In this paper, to study the postmortem treatment of this specific age further, we focus on three jar burials of infant individuals excavated in 2021 at the Gangshang site in China, where the skeletal remains were relatively well preserved. The skeletal remains of three well-preserved individuals are presented into inverted ceramic tripods near the residential area and with a crouched posture. In terms of this condition, we apply the osteometric method to estimate the range and mean of age at death for each individual investigated. Meanwhile, we use micro-computed tomography (CT) scans to help judge the degree of microbial bioerosion. Besides, histological analysis on skeletal remains combined with the Oxford Histological Index (OHI) assessment allows us to estimate the developmental stage at the time of death by analyzing the results of micro-CT scans. By using osteometric methods, the results show that the gestational age of the three individuals is 22-26, 24-28, and 22-26 weeks, respectively. The results of the micro-CT scans indicate that all three fetuses died shortly after birth, or had died in their mother's uterus before birth, with the OHI score of 5. Moreover, we indeed observe infant skeleton remains with no bacterial bioerosion, indicating that it is effective using this method to judge the developmental stage at the time of death with a specific taphonomic environment in the Gangshang site of the Dawenkou culture period. Combined with the placement of the jars in which the three infants were buried, it is believed that this unique placement method was intentional and specific to the infant deaths.These results are instructive for exploring the postmortem treatment of dead infants by ancient residents of the Dawenkou culture period (4200 BC-2600 BC) in Shandong Province, China, and the significance and possible causes of the unique burial type.

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“…A study of Polish infants (Hauspie et al, 1996) indicates that the body size of children at birth, that is, the outcome of prenatal growth, is largely controlled by intrauterine factors, reflected by maternal physical rather than genetic factors (no relation with father's stature).…”

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Human Prenatal Investment Affected by Maternal Age and Parity

Braza

2004

Human Ecology

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This paper investigates the effects of mother's age and parity on the prenatal allocation of resources in sons and daughters using a sample of 6994 in 20to 34-year-old mothers from Granada (Spain). This study tests the Trivers-Willard allocation model, which predicts that, depending on the mother's condition, there can be a bias from 50/50 expected investment in the sexes. The results show that mothers of 25-29 age class produce relatively heavier sons compared to younger mothers, suggesting a bias in the allocation of resources before birth favoring neonate boys. This extra investment in boys appears to be related more to the mother's age than to her parity. Offspring of multiparous mothers had shorter gestation length, but multiparous mothers of the 25-29 age class had boys with a longer gestation than the younger ones. The 25-29 age class mothers are in the peak of fertility and they are presumably in better condition than the other mothers in the study sample. The results suggest that Granada women performed a sex-biased prenatal investment favoring sons by prolonging the gestation period. An index of boys' extra birth weight is proposed as a suitable variable to measure the maternal prenatal investment.

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Determinants of growth in body length from birth to 6 years of age: A longitudinal study of Lublin children

Cited by 15 publications

References 13 publications

Brief and precarious lives: Infant mortality in contrasting sites from medieval and post‐medieval England (AD 850–1859)

Brief and precarious lives: Infant mortality in contrasting sites from medieval and post‐medieval England (AD 850–1859)

Postmortem treatment of preterm infants at the Gangshang site during the Late Neolithic period, Shandong Province, China

Human Prenatal Investment Affected by Maternal Age and Parity

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