Assessing pubertal stage in adolescent remains: an investigation of the San Nicolás Maqbara burial site (Murcia, Spain)

Despite its biological, social, and cultural importance, adolescence has been largely overlooked in historic groups as its measurement depends primarily on secondary sexual characteristics that cannot be observed in skeletal remains. Any information that can be obtained about this critical period pe...

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Authors: Doe, Danielle Michelle, Rascón Pérez, Josefina, Campo Martín, Manuel, Cambra Moo, Óscar, González Martín, Armando
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Publication Date:2017
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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Language:English
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12520-017-0543-0
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Keyword:Adolescence
Growth spurt
Maqbara
Medieval
Menarche
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
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spelling Assessing pubertal stage in adolescent remains: an investigation of the San Nicolás Maqbara burial site (Murcia, Spain)Doe, Danielle MichelleRascón Pérez, JosefinaCampo Martín, ManuelCambra Moo, ÓscarGonzález Martín, ArmandoAdolescenceGrowth spurtMaqbaraMedievalMenarcheBiología y Biomedicina / BiologíaDespite its biological, social, and cultural importance, adolescence has been largely overlooked in historic groups as its measurement depends primarily on secondary sexual characteristics that cannot be observed in skeletal remains. Any information that can be obtained about this critical period permits for a better understanding of both life and death in historic populations. This study applies a newly outlined methodology by Shapland and Lewis (Am J Phys Anthropol 151:302–310, 2013; Am J Phys Anthropol 153:144–153, 2014) for assessing pubertal growth using osteological material to the San Nicolás Maqbara, a Hispano-Muslim burial site in the Spanish city of Murcia dating from the eleventh to thirteenth centuries AD. Despite an original sample of 80 adolescent skeletons, the methodology was applied to 54 individuals, of which 32 were assigned a pubertal stage. The San Nicolás adolescents experienced pubertal growth onset at a similar age to modern Spaniards but fell behind at achievement of peak height velocity (PHV). Delays in the attainment of later stages resulted in an extended adolescent growth period. Females progressed through the pubertal stages earlier and quicker than their male counterparts and were determined to be post-pubescent at 16–19 years of age while males had yet to reach this milestone in their late teenage years. As the developmental patterns of the San Nicolás adolescents appear to be quite similar to previously studied historic groups, it is suggested that the trends observed could be methodological artifacts or inherent to the study of osteological materialSpringerDepartamento de BiologíaFacultad de CienciasLaboratorio de Poblaciones del Pasado (EXP C-143)20172017-10-16research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/715660https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12520-017-0543-0reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/7156602026-06-23T12:46:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Assessing pubertal stage in adolescent remains: an investigation of the San Nicolás Maqbara burial site (Murcia, Spain)
title Assessing pubertal stage in adolescent remains: an investigation of the San Nicolás Maqbara burial site (Murcia, Spain)
spellingShingle Assessing pubertal stage in adolescent remains: an investigation of the San Nicolás Maqbara burial site (Murcia, Spain)
Doe, Danielle Michelle
Adolescence
Growth spurt
Maqbara
Medieval
Menarche
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
title_short Assessing pubertal stage in adolescent remains: an investigation of the San Nicolás Maqbara burial site (Murcia, Spain)
title_full Assessing pubertal stage in adolescent remains: an investigation of the San Nicolás Maqbara burial site (Murcia, Spain)
title_fullStr Assessing pubertal stage in adolescent remains: an investigation of the San Nicolás Maqbara burial site (Murcia, Spain)
title_full_unstemmed Assessing pubertal stage in adolescent remains: an investigation of the San Nicolás Maqbara burial site (Murcia, Spain)
title_sort Assessing pubertal stage in adolescent remains: an investigation of the San Nicolás Maqbara burial site (Murcia, Spain)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Doe, Danielle Michelle
Rascón Pérez, Josefina
Campo Martín, Manuel
Cambra Moo, Óscar
González Martín, Armando
author Doe, Danielle Michelle
author_facet Doe, Danielle Michelle
Rascón Pérez, Josefina
Campo Martín, Manuel
Cambra Moo, Óscar
González Martín, Armando
author_role author
author2 Rascón Pérez, Josefina
Campo Martín, Manuel
Cambra Moo, Óscar
González Martín, Armando
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Biología
Facultad de Ciencias
Laboratorio de Poblaciones del Pasado (EXP C-143)
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Adolescence
Growth spurt
Maqbara
Medieval
Menarche
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
topic Adolescence
Growth spurt
Maqbara
Medieval
Menarche
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
description Despite its biological, social, and cultural importance, adolescence has been largely overlooked in historic groups as its measurement depends primarily on secondary sexual characteristics that cannot be observed in skeletal remains. Any information that can be obtained about this critical period permits for a better understanding of both life and death in historic populations. This study applies a newly outlined methodology by Shapland and Lewis (Am J Phys Anthropol 151:302–310, 2013; Am J Phys Anthropol 153:144–153, 2014) for assessing pubertal growth using osteological material to the San Nicolás Maqbara, a Hispano-Muslim burial site in the Spanish city of Murcia dating from the eleventh to thirteenth centuries AD. Despite an original sample of 80 adolescent skeletons, the methodology was applied to 54 individuals, of which 32 were assigned a pubertal stage. The San Nicolás adolescents experienced pubertal growth onset at a similar age to modern Spaniards but fell behind at achievement of peak height velocity (PHV). Delays in the attainment of later stages resulted in an extended adolescent growth period. Females progressed through the pubertal stages earlier and quicker than their male counterparts and were determined to be post-pubescent at 16–19 years of age while males had yet to reach this milestone in their late teenage years. As the developmental patterns of the San Nicolás adolescents appear to be quite similar to previously studied historic groups, it is suggested that the trends observed could be methodological artifacts or inherent to the study of osteological material
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