建议补充骨质学指标:在生物考古学中推进青春期阶段的估计
Alessia Bareggi1,2, Valentina Giuffra1, Giulia Riccomi1,3
1Division of Paleopathology, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
American journal of biological anthropology
|July 12, 2024
概括
新的骨成熟标志物对估计过去人群中青春期的有希望. 这些指标提供了更高的可靠性,并可以改进生物考古学的增长里程碑识别.
科学领域:
- 生物考古学的生物考古学
- 古病理学 古病理学
- 人类骨科人类骨科
背景情况:
- 在骨遗骸中估计青春期对于了解过去的青少年成长至关重要.
- 现有的方法,比如沙普兰和易斯的方法,已经确立,但缺乏新的指标.
- 临床研究不断开发新的骨成熟标志物.
研究的目的:
- 评估新的青春期指标在生物考古学研究中的适用性和可靠性.
- 评估是否新的标志物可以补充现有的青春期估计方法.
- 为了确定临床成熟标志物的骨分析潜力.
主要方法:
- 选择了四种新的成熟标志物:脊椎带同,骨头骨化,骨骨化和下前矿化.
- 这些标记被应用于一个来自罗马前意大利南部 (Pontecagnano,公元前7至4世纪) 的85名青少年的样本.
主要成果:
- 尽管在将临床方法适应骨文物质方面存在挑战,但新型指标显示得分可重复性中等至优异.
- 在新标志物和先前估计的青春期和初潮状态之间观察到很高的总体一致性.
- 建议对评分系统进行微小的调整,以进一步提高可靠性.
结论:
- 拟议的指标可以完善青春期估计,并改善成长里程碑的识别,特别是在保存不良的骨中.
- 建议将这些标记物纳入常规的生物考古数据收集中.
- 需要对多种骨科收藏进行进一步研究,以充分评估不同环境中的标记物性能.
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