LiVES Collection of Osteological Anthropometry Digest
Also known as LiVES COstA Digest
The collection contains stature-related and other anthropometric data of 7686 skeletal individuals (including aggregated information for several individuals) from the prehistory of Southwest Asia and Europe. While the focus period of our collection is the Holocene ca. 10 000 to 1000 BC, the data collection also includes older specimens of anatomically modern humans (dating as early as 110 k BP in the case of Qafzeh). The upper date range in some cases extends to around 100 AD, although the great majority of datasets date no later than 600 BC. Correctness and completeness were pursued for all information relevant to stature, i.e. basic information such as sex (after Sjøvold 1988) and age (af…
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About this database
| Website | http://repository.edition-topoi.org/collection/LIVE/overview |
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| Subjects | Humanities and Social Sciences · Humanities · Ancient Cultures · History |
| Last updated | 2026-09-12 |