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Bernert, Zs.: Data for the calculation of body height on the basis of extremities of individuals living in different historical periods in the Carpathian Basin

Table 7. Proposed stature categories based on examined bones from the Carpathian Basin Category Males Femur Stature Females Femur Stature Below very short -380 156.14 -349 152.67 Very short 381-403 156.15160.48 350-370 152.68156.71 Short 404-426 160.49164.83 371-391 156.72160.74 Short -medium 427-441 164.84167.67 392-405 160.75163.43 Medium 442-456 167.68170.50 406-418 163.44165.92 Tall-medium 457-471 170.51173.34 419-432 165.93168.61 Tall 472-494 173.35177.68 433-453 168.62172.64 Very tall 495-517 177.69182.03 454-474 172.65176.67 Above very tall 518 182.04475176.68Table 8. Basic data of calculations above Males Females N 3554.00 3160.00 Vmax 538.00 478.50 Vmin 372.00 349.00 M 448.95 411.89 SD 23.03 20.19 SD/M 5.13 4.90 Instead of a comparison according to body height, metric data of postcranial bones alone are enough and appropriate for comparison. The only advantage of comparison based on estimated height is that it generates a higher number of cases than the comparison by the most measurable bone. REFERENCES BREITINGER, E. 1938: Zur Berechnung der Körperhöhe aus den langen Gliedmassenknochen. - Anthropologische Anzeiger 14: 249-174. DEBETS, G. F. & DYRNOVOJ. A. 1971: Fizicheskoe razvitie lyudey epohi eneolita vyuzhnoy Turkmenii. [Physical development of eneolitic people in southern Turkmenia.] Sovyetskaya Etnographia 1: 26-35. DUPERTUIS, C. W. & HADDEN, J. A. 1951: On the reconstruction of stature from long bones. - American Journal of Physical Anthropology 9: 15-53. EIBEN, O. G., BARABÁS, A. & PANTO, E. 1991: The Hungarian National Growth Study. Humanhiologia Budapestiensis 21: 1-123. ERY, K. 1998: Length of limb bones and stature in ancient populations in the Carpathian basin. - Humanhiologia Budapestiensis 26: 1-96.