Regression equations for the estimation of stature and body mass using a Greek documented skeletal collection

The impact of activity on pelvic age‐at‐death estimation

“…Ruff et al, 2012). This approach was adopted by Nikita and Chovalopoulou (2017) based on the Athens Collection using 75 individuals whose skeletal remains were sufficiently well preserved to allow the estimation of stature and the measurement of biiliac breadth so that the morphometric method could be applied. The regression equations generated from that study for the estimation of body mass based on femoral head diameter exhibited low random and directional error and were adopted in the current paper to estimate body mass in the 131 skeletons under examination.…”

Documented skeletal collections in Greece: Composition, research, and future prospects

“…These questions include topics commonly explored in modern skeletal collections, such as the performance of various age‐at‐death (Apostolidou et al, 2011; Moraitis, Zorba, Eliopoulos, & Fox, 2014; Nikita, Xanthopoulou, & Kranioti, 2018; Xanthopoulou, Valakos, Youlatos, & Nikita, 2018), sex (Anastopoulou, Eliopoulos, Valakos, & Manolis, 2014; Bertsatos, Christaki, & Chovalopoulou, 2019; Carter Bell, 2013), and ancestry (Bertsatos et al, 2019) estimation methods, as well as the accuracy of skeletal activity markers (Michopoulou, Nikita, & Henderson, 2017; Michopoulou, Nikita, & Valakos, 2015). In addition, this collection has been used to develop new methods for sex estimation based on the metric variation of cranial and postcranial elements, captured through linear measurements and geometric morphometrics (Bertsatos et al, 2019; Bertsatos, Papageorgopoulou, Valakos, & Chovalopoulou, 2018; Charisi, Eliopoulos, Vanna, Koilias, & Manolis, 2011; Chovalopoulou, Bertsatos, & Manolis, 2017; Chovalopoulou, Valakos, & Manolis, 2016, 2016; Karakostis, Zorba, & Moraitis, 2014, 2015; Koukiasa, Eliopoulos, & Manolis, 2017; Manolis, Eliopoulos, Koilias, & Fox, 2009; Mountrakis, Eliopoulos, Koilias, & Manolis, 2010; Nikita & Michopoulou, 2018; Oikonomopoulou, Valakos, & Nikita, 2017; Peckmann, Orr, Meek, & Manolis, 2015, 2015; Zorba, Moraitis, Eliopoulos, & Spiliopoulou, 2012; Zorba, Moraitis, & Manolis, 2011; Zorba, Spiliopoulou, & Moraitis, 2013; Zorba, Vanna, & Moraitis, 2014), as well as the development of equations for stature and body mass estimation (Nikita & Chovalopoulou, 2017). Besides the above methodological‐oriented works, the Athens Collection has been employed in the biocultural study of skeletal trauma patterns in contemporary Greeks (Abel, 2004) and the study of secular change in adult stature as a marker of socioeconomic changes in late 19th and early 20th century Greece (Bertsatos & Chovalopoulou, 2018).…”

“…Despite the above limitations, the Athens Collection has been used extensively by scholars worldwide to address a range of anthropological research questions. These questions include topics commonly explored in modern skeletal collections, such as the performance of various age-at-death (Apostolidou et al, 2011;Moraitis, Zorba, Eliopoulos, & Fox, 2014;Nikita, Xanthopoulou, & Kranioti, 2018;Xanthopoulou, Valakos, Youlatos, & Nikita, 2018), sex (Anastopoulou, Eliopoulos, Valakos, & Manolis, 2014;Bertsatos, Christaki, & Chovalopoulou, 2019;Carter Bell, 2013), and ancestry (Bertsatos et al, 2019) (Nikita & Chovalopoulou, 2017). Besides the above methodological-oriented works, the Athens Collection has been employed in the biocultural study of skeletal trauma patterns in contemporary Greeks (Abel, 2004) Research using this collection has involved scholars worldwide and addressed questions principally related to skeletal age-at-death estimation (García-Donas, Dyke, Paine, Nathena, & Kranioti, 2016;Michopoulou, Negre, Nikita, & Kranioti, 2017;, sex estimation by means of cranial and postcranial metrics (Bonczarowska, Bonicelli, Papadomanolakis, & Kranioti, 2019;Kranioti, 2019;Kranioti et al, 2008;Kranioti & Apostol, 2015;Kranioti, Bastir, Sánchez-Meseguer, & Rosas, 2009;Kranioti, García-Donas, & Langstaff, 2014;Kranioti, García-Donas, Prado, Kyriakou, & Langstaff, 2017;Kranioti, Nathena, & Michalodimitrakis, 2011;Kranioti, Šťovíčková, Karell, & Brů žek, 2019;Kranioti, Vorniotakis, Galiatsou, _ Işcan, & Michalodimitrakis, 2009;Nathena, Michopoulou, & Kranioti, 2017;Osipov et al, 2013;Papaioannou, Kranioti, Joveneaux, Nathena, & Michalodimitrakis, 2012;Steyn & _ Işcan, 2008), secular changes in Cretan cranial morphology…”

Belly fat or bloating? New insights into the physical appearance of St Anthony of Padua

“…By contrast, the mechanical approach is built on the dimensions of the skeletal elements that mechanically support the weight of the body [ 11 ]. Femoral head breadth (FHB) has been mostly used for this purpose [ 11 , 12 , 20 – 29 ]. Mechanical methods are the most widely used, as they take in account several dimensions of different articular surfaces such as that of the knee, but also diaphysis breadths, and cross-sections of the bones [ 30 – 32 ].…”