Palatine torus in the Greenlandic Norse
Abstract Physical anthropologists have long been intrigued by the distinctive oral tori expressed by the medieval Norse populations of Iceland and Greenland. To assess the temporal and spatial variation of one form of oral tori, palatine torus, observations were made on all available Greenlandic Nor...
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crwiley:10.1002/ajpa.1330880204 2024-06-02T08:07:32+00:00 Palatine torus in the Greenlandic Norse Halffman, Carrin M. Scott, G. Richard Pedersen, P. O. 1992 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330880204 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fajpa.1330880204 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ajpa.1330880204 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor American Journal of Physical Anthropology volume 88, issue 2, page 145-161 ISSN 0002-9483 1096-8644 journal-article 1992 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330880204 2024-05-03T10:35:50Z Abstract Physical anthropologists have long been intrigued by the distinctive oral tori expressed by the medieval Norse populations of Iceland and Greenland. To assess the temporal and spatial variation of one form of oral tori, palatine torus, observations were made on all available Greenlandic Norse skeletons, as well as on samples of medieval Icelanders and Norwegians. In terms of temporal variation, 12th to 14th century (medieval) Greenlanders from the Eastern and Western settlements exhibited higher frequencies and more pronounced expressions of palatine torus compared with early 11th century Greenlanders. The early Greenlandic sample closely approximated the medieval Icelandic and Norwegian samples for total torus frequency, although the Norwegians exhibited the trait to a less pronounced degree. As degree of expression is the most distinctive aspect of torus variation among the Norse, some combination of environmental factors, including increased masticatory stress and chronic undernutrition, probably accounts for most of the difference between settlement period and medieval Greenlanders. Although palatine torus may be hereditary in part, environmental factors play a significant role in the expression of this trait. © 1992 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland greenlander* greenlandic Iceland Wiley Online Library Greenland American Journal of Physical Anthropology 88 2 145 161 |
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Abstract Physical anthropologists have long been intrigued by the distinctive oral tori expressed by the medieval Norse populations of Iceland and Greenland. To assess the temporal and spatial variation of one form of oral tori, palatine torus, observations were made on all available Greenlandic Norse skeletons, as well as on samples of medieval Icelanders and Norwegians. In terms of temporal variation, 12th to 14th century (medieval) Greenlanders from the Eastern and Western settlements exhibited higher frequencies and more pronounced expressions of palatine torus compared with early 11th century Greenlanders. The early Greenlandic sample closely approximated the medieval Icelandic and Norwegian samples for total torus frequency, although the Norwegians exhibited the trait to a less pronounced degree. As degree of expression is the most distinctive aspect of torus variation among the Norse, some combination of environmental factors, including increased masticatory stress and chronic undernutrition, probably accounts for most of the difference between settlement period and medieval Greenlanders. Although palatine torus may be hereditary in part, environmental factors play a significant role in the expression of this trait. © 1992 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. |
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Palatine torus in the Greenlandic Norse |
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Palatine torus in the Greenlandic Norse |
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Palatine torus in the Greenlandic Norse |
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Palatine torus in the Greenlandic Norse |
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Palatine torus in the Greenlandic Norse |
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