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Physical activity and social status in Early Bronze Age society: The Mokrin necropolis
- Source :
- Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2009.
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Abstract
- This paper investigates the social structure of an Early Bronze Age society whose members were buried at the necropolis of Mokrin (Serbia, Southeastern Europe), by comparative analysis of musculo-skeletal markers (MSM) of activity and social status as induced on the basis of grave contents. The main objective of the analysis is to determine whether quantitative and qualitative differences in activity are related to social status. Besides using an overall measure of activity. we attempted to isolate different qualitative aspects (facets) of activity through factor analysis of MSM scores. No correlation between social status and overall labor intensity was found. However, there are clues that social status and a single facet of activity are related. Positive correlation between vertical status and the intensity of use of upper arm and shoulder muscles was found among male individuals, while negative correlation between the aforementioned variables was found among the females. The general conclusion based on the results of this study is that there is no simple correlation between the overall labor intensity and social status.
- Subjects :
- Archeology
History
060101 anthropology
Musculo-skeletal stress markers
060102 archaeology
Maros culture
Division of labor
Physical activity
Human Factors and Ergonomics
06 humanities and the arts
Labor intensity
Positive correlation
Activity
Correlation
Facet (psychology)
Bronze Age
Early Bronze Age
0601 history and archaeology
Ranking
Sociology
Simple correlation
Demography
Social status
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 02784165
- Volume :
- 28
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0ea1ab7b38f3ddc57f438240fd06423f