Activity‐induced musculoskeletal stress markers (MSM) and subsistence strategy changes among ancient Hudson Bay Eskimos
Abstract Although archaeological evidence may express the results of several seasons of activity, the human skeleton, when correlated with archaeological and ethnographic data, provides information concerning daily activities performed throughout an individual's lifetime. Studies in occupationa...
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crwiley:10.1002/oa.1390050403 2024-09-15T18:05:04+00:00 Activity‐induced musculoskeletal stress markers (MSM) and subsistence strategy changes among ancient Hudson Bay Eskimos Hawkey, Diane E. Merbs, Charles F. 1995 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oa.1390050403 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Foa.1390050403 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/oa.1390050403 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor International Journal of Osteoarchaeology volume 5, issue 4, page 324-338 ISSN 1047-482X 1099-1212 journal-article 1995 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.1390050403 2024-08-27T04:29:26Z Abstract Although archaeological evidence may express the results of several seasons of activity, the human skeleton, when correlated with archaeological and ethnographic data, provides information concerning daily activities performed throughout an individual's lifetime. Studies in occupational and sports medicine, along with electromyographic analysis of movement, have shown that different activities place different amounts of stress on human bone. In the present study, analysis of upper extremity musculoskeletal stress markers (MSM) has been used to clarify habitual activity patterns of two ancient Thule Eskimo groups from northwest Hudson Bay, Canada. Distinct pattern differences in muscle use occurred between Thule adult males and females and suggest possible gender‐specific activity patterns that are not always discernible from the archaeological record alone. Temporal applications of the MSM data for Early and Late Period Thule support McCartney's theory of a substantial change in subsistence strategies through time, particularly among the adult males. Article in Journal/Newspaper eskimo* Hudson Bay Wiley Online Library International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 5 4 324 338 |
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Abstract Although archaeological evidence may express the results of several seasons of activity, the human skeleton, when correlated with archaeological and ethnographic data, provides information concerning daily activities performed throughout an individual's lifetime. Studies in occupational and sports medicine, along with electromyographic analysis of movement, have shown that different activities place different amounts of stress on human bone. In the present study, analysis of upper extremity musculoskeletal stress markers (MSM) has been used to clarify habitual activity patterns of two ancient Thule Eskimo groups from northwest Hudson Bay, Canada. Distinct pattern differences in muscle use occurred between Thule adult males and females and suggest possible gender‐specific activity patterns that are not always discernible from the archaeological record alone. Temporal applications of the MSM data for Early and Late Period Thule support McCartney's theory of a substantial change in subsistence strategies through time, particularly among the adult males. |
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Hawkey, Diane E. Merbs, Charles F. Activity‐induced musculoskeletal stress markers (MSM) and subsistence strategy changes among ancient Hudson Bay Eskimos |
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Hawkey, Diane E. Merbs, Charles F. |
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Activity‐induced musculoskeletal stress markers (MSM) and subsistence strategy changes among ancient Hudson Bay Eskimos |
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Activity‐induced musculoskeletal stress markers (MSM) and subsistence strategy changes among ancient Hudson Bay Eskimos |
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Activity‐induced musculoskeletal stress markers (MSM) and subsistence strategy changes among ancient Hudson Bay Eskimos |
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Activity‐induced musculoskeletal stress markers (MSM) and subsistence strategy changes among ancient Hudson Bay Eskimos |
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Activity‐induced musculoskeletal stress markers (MSM) and subsistence strategy changes among ancient Hudson Bay Eskimos |
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activity‐induced musculoskeletal stress markers (msm) and subsistence strategy changes among ancient hudson bay eskimos |
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