Height as and indicator of quality of life through time, is it possible to compare without standards?. ; La estatura como indicador de calidad de vida a través del tiempo ¿es posible comparar sin estándares?
Because the body dimensions are the result of the complex interaction between individuals’ genetic determinants with the environment, height has been considered as an indicator of quality of life, health and nutrition in human populations. However, the way to obtain information about this characteristic is conditioned to the fact of working with living populations (anthropometry) or with skeletal remains from past populations (osteology), in which the methodology and techniques employed vary as well as the precision of the data obtained. The purpose of this study is to show de deductive potent... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2011 |
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Universidad de Caldas
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Schlagwörter: | condiciones de vida / estatura / estándar / pre-cerámica / Sabana de Bogotá / life conditions / height / standard / pre-ceramic / Bogotá Savanna / - |
Sprache: | Spanish |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27654808 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://revistasojs.ucaldas.edu.co/index.php/virajes/article/view/964 |
Because the body dimensions are the result of the complex interaction between individuals’ genetic determinants with the environment, height has been considered as an indicator of quality of life, health and nutrition in human populations. However, the way to obtain information about this characteristic is conditioned to the fact of working with living populations (anthropometry) or with skeletal remains from past populations (osteology), in which the methodology and techniques employed vary as well as the precision of the data obtained. The purpose of this study is to show de deductive potential of the results obtained for adult and sub-adult height in pre-ceramic populations from the Bogotá Savanna, from the long bones length. Taking into consideration the methodological differences, the possibilities to carry out comparisons with other populations are analiyzed and, simultaneously there is a reflection about the interpretation of such variable as an indicator of quality of life through time. ; Dado que las dimensiones corporales son el resultado de la compleja interacción entre los determinantes genéticos de los individuos con el ambiente, la estatura ha sido considerada como indicador de calidad de vida, salud y nutrición en las poblaciones humanas. Sin embargo, la forma de obtener la información sobre esta característica, está condicionada al hecho de trabajar con poblaciones vivas (antropometría), o con muestras esqueléticas de poblaciones del pasado (osteometría), siendo variables tanto los métodos y técnicas empleados para ello, como la precisión de los datos obtenidos. El propósito del presente estudio es exponer el potencial deductivo de los resultados obtenidos para estatura adulta y sub-adulta en poblaciones pre-cerámicas de la Sabana de Bogotá, a partir de la longitud de los huesos largos. Teniendo en cuenta las diferencias metodológicas, se analizan las posibilidades de adelantar comparaciones con otras poblaciones, al mismo tiempo que se reflexiona sobre los alcances y limitaciones en la ...