Skeletal markers of occupational stress in the Fur Trade: A case study from a Hudson's Bay Company Fur Trade post

Peng, Lai; Lovell, Nancy C.

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“…Anthropologists and clinicians often presume morphological variability of long bone entheses result from strenuous, habitual activity, where muscle contractions are frequently recruited for limb movement (Kennedy, 1983;Hawkey, 1988;Lai and Lovell, 1992;Hawkey and Merbs, 1995;Chapman, 1997;Nagy, 1998;Peterson, 1998;Steen and Lane, 1998;Stirland, 1998;Cook and Dougherty, 2001;Benjamin et al, 2002Benjamin et al, , 2006Eshed et al, 2004). However, the relationship between soft and hard tissues, and its effect on enthesis morphology, lacks sufficient scientific testing.…”

Section: Interpreting Activitymentioning

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Understanding Entheses: Bridging the Gap Between Clinical and Anthropological Perspectives

Schlecht

2012

The Anatomical Record

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An enthesis is the interface where tendon meets bone, providing both muscle anchorage and stress dissipation. Previous anthropological research suggests size and complexity of entheses observable in osteological material, are indicative of the strain magnitude resulting from repetitive muscle contractions during the performance of daily routines. These proposed ''musculoskeletal stress markers'' are routinely incorporated into bioarcheological studies as evidence of general activity patterns past human populations participated in. However, much of how this complex osteotendinous interface develops and responds to mechanical strains is poorly understood. The following review seeks to shed light on this structural enigma by synthesizing current findings in both the clinical and anthropological literature, in the interest of generating new conversations in how entheses respond to contractual forces and the systemic influences (i.e., genetics, hormones), that surround their morphological development. Only once we truly understand the etiology of tendon insertion sites, will the value of enthesial research in reconstructing human behavior be determined. Anat Rec, 295:1239Rec, 295: -1251Rec, 295: , 2012. V C 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Keywords: musculoskeletal stress markers (MSM); fibrocartilaginous; tendon anatomy; tendon insertion; bone morphology Anthropologists regularly implement bone remodeling principles in response to mechanical loads to infer a causal relationship between muscle tendon insertions and activity levels. Previous research suggests size and complexity of tendon insertions are indicative of strain magnitude resulting from habitual physical activity (Lane, 1887;Kennedy, 1989;Hawkey and Merbs, 1995;Churchill and Morris, 1998;Hawkey, 1998;Steen and Lane, 1998;Stirland, 1998;Wilczak and Kennedy, 1998;Capasso et al., 1999;Weiss, 2003Weiss, , 2004Weiss, , 2007 alOumaoui et al., 2004;Molnar, 2006;Cardoso and Henderson, 2010;Thara et al., 2010;Havelkova et al., 2011). Using both qualitative and quantitative data to assess the expression of insertion morphology along long bone diaphyses, inferences are frequently made regarding both generalized and specific activities past humans participated in throughout their daily lives. Recognition of this potential relationship between mechanical strain and the osteotendinous interface has led many to refer to tendon insertions sites as musculoskeletal stress markers (MSM). However, more empirical analyses exploring the factors responsible for these proposed MSM are needed before we can confidently begin to assess individual behavior and draw population-based inferences from series of skeletal remains. With this lack of understanding in the etiology of periosteal tendon insertion morphology, particularly in the mechanical and structural relationship between soft and hard tissues, this interface should be referred to by the clinical term, enthesis.

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Section: Interpreting Activitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding Entheses: Bridging the Gap Between Clinical and Anthropological Perspectives

Schlecht

2012

The Anatomical Record

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“…Evidence of differential mechanical loads may be discerned in the size and rugosity of muscle attachment sites (entheses and musculoskeletal stress markers; Hawkey and Merbs 1995), pathological fractures and arthritic reactions (Lovell 1994), and in the crosssectional geometry of long bone diaphyses (Stock and Pfeiffer 2001). Successful osteological research on activity patterns of past people may focus on a single individual or small sample of specimens (Hawkey 1998;Lai and Lovell 1992), or alternatively, may involve skeletal series of moderate to large size that are approached from a statistical or population perspective (Hawkey and Merbs 1995;Robb 1998). All postcranial skeletal elements in the Damdama series were observed with the naked eye and under low magnification (3x) for pathological lesions (Ortner and Putschar 1981) and peri-and postmortem modifications (White 1992).…”

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Skeletal Variation among Mesolithic People of the Ganga Plains: New Evidence of Habitual Activity and Adaptation to Climate

Lukacs¹,

Pal²

2003

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Rethinking new perspectives in South Asian archaeology necessitates wider appreciation for insights derived from the bioarchaeological analysis of prehistoric human skeletons. Since the 1970s, Mesolithic sites near Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) have yielded abundant well-preserved human skeletons permitting a bioarchaeological approach to past life-ways. Prior research on human remains from Sarai Nahar Rai and Mahadaha is supplemented by this analysis of human skeletal variation in 47 specimens from Damdama. This report examines skeletal variation in muscle attachment sites (entheses) and musculoskeletal stress markers, prevalence of osteoarthritis, long bone dimensions and proportions, and estimates of stature for the human skeletons from Damdama. The objective of this study is to better understand habitual activity patterns, variation in stature, and adaptation to climate among Mesolithic foragers of North India. Standardized methods of paleopathology, osteometry, and stature estimation were used. While most entheses displayed a ''normal'' range of development, those associated with bipedal locomotion and overhand throwing were especially well developed. Extreme hypertrophy of the soleal line indicates repetitious and forceful plantar flexion as in walking long distances, up hills, or with heavy loads. Hypertrophy of the supinator crest suggests forceful overhand throwing as in launching spears or projectiles. Osteoarthritis is unusually low in frequency, though spinal osteophytes and arthritis of the hand and elbow were observed. Stature is tall at Damdama, a trait shared with inhabitants of Sarai Nahar Rai and Mahadaha. Collectively, North Indian Mesolithic groups are significantly taller than Eastern or Western European Mesolithic samples. Long lower limbs may be an adaptation to locomotor efficiency, but may also reflect adaptation to high seasonal temperatures. Indices of distal to proximal limb segments for both upper and lower extremities conform to physiological principles of thermoregulation and suggest biological adaptation to a hot arid environment.

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“…Kennedy 1989;Martin 1932;Trinkaus 1975). El fémur izquierdo presenta osteocondritis producto de la hiperflexión femoro-tibial (Capasso et al 1999), considerada como un marcador postural asociado al arrodillamiento (Lai y Lovell 1992;Ubelaker 1979). En el derecho, la formación de las facetas semilunares en los laterales de ambos cóndilos ha sido asociada a la presión de tendones durante la flexión de la rodilla (Kostick 1963;Martin 1932).…”

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Osteobiografía de dos individuos inhumados durante la Campaña del Desierto: el caso del sitio Chimpay (Argentina)

Serna

Prates

Luna

2017

Rev. Esp. Antropol. Am.

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RESUMENEl sitio Chimpay se encuentra en el valle medio del río Negro, pocos kilómetros al oeste de la isla de Choele Choel, en el centro-sur de la República Argentina. Se trata de un contexto de fines del siglo XIX conformado por el entierro doble de un hombre y una mujer adultos, asociados con un abundante y diverso acompañamien-to funerario de origen europeo e indígena, que sugiere que habrían gozado de cierta jerarquía y que el hombre habría ostentado un cargo militar en el ejército argentino. A fin de esclarecer este complejo ritual funerario, el presente trabajo parte de un enfoque osteobiográfico y busca avanzar en la identificación biológico-poblacional de los individuos e inferir condiciones generales de vida.Palabras clave: Siglo XIX, bioarqueología, osteobiografía. Osteobiography of Two Individuals Buried During the Desert Campaign:The Case of the Chimpay Site (Argentine) ABSTRACTThe Chimpay site is located in the Negro River middle valley, a few miles west from Choele Choel Island, in the south-center of Argentina. It is a late nineteenth century context that consists in a double burial of a man and a woman associated with a rich and diverse european and indigenous funeral offering, suggesting that they had a hierarchical social position and that the male would have had an Argentine military rank. In order to clarify this complex funeral ritual, the paper develops an osteobiographical approach and aims to give information about biological identification of the individuals and to infer their general living conditions.

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Skeletal markers of occupational stress in the Fur Trade: A case study from a Hudson's Bay Company Fur Trade post

Cited by 77 publications

References 19 publications

Understanding Entheses: Bridging the Gap Between Clinical and Anthropological Perspectives

Understanding Entheses: Bridging the Gap Between Clinical and Anthropological Perspectives

Skeletal Variation among Mesolithic People of the Ganga Plains: New Evidence of Habitual Activity and Adaptation to Climate

Osteobiografía de dos individuos inhumados durante la Campaña del Desierto: el caso del sitio Chimpay (Argentina)

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