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Principal‐components analysis of prehistoric South Asian crania
Author(s) -
Kennedy Kenneth A. R.,
Chiment John,
Disotell Todd,
Meyers David
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330640203
Subject(s) - crania , homo sapiens , prehistory , principal component analysis , evolutionary biology , geography , biological anthropology , archaeology , biology , computer science , artificial intelligence
Principal‐components analysis is used as an investigative procedure for establishing temporal, spatial and evolutionary‐developmental changes in Homo sapiens skeletal specimens from prehistoric sites in South Asia. It is concluded that cranial variables which cluster hunter‐gatherers within the sample are related to facial architecture with respect to robusticity and size. Older models presumably reflecting genetic affinities and racial classifications of prehistoric South Asians which were based upon univariatebivariate statistical analyses are not supported by the results of this principal‐components analysis.