Physical activity and social status in Early Bronze Age society: The Mokrin necropolis

M Porčić, S Stefanović - Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 2009 - Elsevier
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 …

Is sex estimation from handprints in prehistoric cave art reliable? A view from biological and forensic anthropology

P Galeta, J Bruzek, M Lázničková-Galetová - Journal of Archaeological …, 2014 - Elsevier
Estimation the sex of the creators of rock art scenes from handprints left in prehistoric caves
has been of growing interest in archaeology in recent years. It has been suggested that both …

European gender archaeologies in historical perspective

LH Dommasnes, S Montón-Subías - European Journal of …, 2012 - cambridge.org
This study presents an overview of the development of gender archaeologies in local
academies across Europe, from the initial efforts in Norway in the early 1970s, to the …

Shape matters: assessing regional variation of Bell Beaker projectile points in Central Europe using geometric morphometrics

J Petřík, D Sosna, L Prokeš, D Štefanisko… - Archaeological and …, 2018 - Springer
Despite the large-scale expansion of Bell Beaker phenomenon, there is a tension between
the normative Bell Beaker material culture categories and their local objectification in the …

Burials and graphs: Relational approach to mortuary analysis

D Sosna, P Galeta, L Šmejda… - Social Science …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
This article demonstrates the analytical potential of graph theory for understanding mortuary
practices in past societies. We take advantage of social network analysis software PAJEK to …

[PDF][PDF] Entheseal change of the upper limb in a Mycenaean population from Athens

C Mountrakis, SK Manolis - Mediterranean Archaeology and …, 2015 - maajournal.com
Entheseal changes are potentially useful tools through which the daily activity patterns of
individuals within a population may be interpreted through the perspective of a biocultural …

Mortuary Archaeology Networks

D Sosna - The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Network …, 2023 - books.google.com
THE mortuary archaeological record is specific. In addition to artifacts, remains of nonhuman
organisms, and various environmental data, it normally includes the remains of humans …

Current trends in methods for estimating age and sex from the adult human skeleton

A KOTĚROVÁ, R RMOUTILOVÁ, J BRŮŽEK - Anthropologie (1962-), 2022 - JSTOR
Age-at-death and sex estimation are considered among the essential parameters in
osteobiography and represent the first stage of study in bioarchaeology, forensic …

Investigating mortuary sites: The search for synergy

D Sosna, V Sládek, P Galeta - Anthropologie (1962-), 2010 - JSTOR
This paper explores the divergent points of view about research in mortuary studies. This
strategy serves to elucidate often unconscious assumptions about proper research and …

Spatial Patterns and Grave Goods Differences at the Cemetery of Vedrovice (Czech Republic): A Resampling Approach to Identity Markers in the Early Neolithic.

P Pajdla - Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology, 2023 - search.ebscohost.com
The spatial patterns and grave good associations at the cemetery of Vedrovice-Široká u
Lesa (Czech Republic) are explored using computationally intensive formal methods …