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Historical note: Early history of the anthropometry of body composition
Author(s) -
Broz̆ek Josef,
Prokopec Miroslav
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
american journal of human biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.559
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1520-6300
pISSN - 1042-0533
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6300(200102/03)13:2<157::aid-ajhb1023>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - hum , anthropometry , biological anthropology , composition (language) , anthropology , history , institution , sociology , art , art history , social science , literature , performance art
A pioneering paper outlining an anthropometric approach to the study of body composition, written by the Czech anthropologist Jindr̆ich Matiegka, was published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology in 1921. For a long time we have searched for information about the history of the idea and of the paper itself. In recent years, we were able to identify relevant correspondence in the archives of the Smithsonian Institution of Washington. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 13:157–158, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.