The paper presents results of analysis of human skeletal remains recovered from Late Roman/Early ... more The paper presents results of analysis of human skeletal remains recovered from Late Roman/Early Medieval cemetery of Novigrad (Istria). The "terminus post quem" for the site was established archaeologically as 5th or 6th century A.D. The aim of this work was detailed bioarchaeological analysis of each individual. It included determination of sex, age at the time of death, reconstruction of body height, and detailed description of pathological changes on bones and joint surfaces acquired during lifetime. The analysis provides limited information on demography, health and disease of the ancient inhabitants of Novigrad due to the limited sample size. Results show unusually high proportion of subadults, a life span range of women slightly lower compared to other contemporary populations, a high level of metabolic stress in childhood and a high level of skeletal indicators of physical stress suggesting that several of the analyzed individuals were exposed to heavy physical labor during their adulthood.
Prirucnik podijeljen u tri dijela: iskopavanje, osnove osteologije i odontologije, te kratki preg... more Prirucnik podijeljen u tri dijela: iskopavanje, osnove osteologije i odontologije, te kratki pregled analize skeletnih ostataka opisuje sve korake koje skeletni ostaci iz arheoloskog konteksta prolaze od pronalaska preko analize do zavrsnog izvjestaja.
The finite element method is a useful technique for measuring structural stress and for movement ... more The finite element method is a useful technique for measuring structural stress and for movement analyses. The objective of this investigation was to get a more accurate estimation of tooth movement depending on application point when a tipping orthodontic force is applied. The three-dimensional model of un upper canine, consisting of 4,000 hexahedron elements with 2,367 nodes was obtained. Horizontal, orally directed 1N tipping orthodontic force was applied to the model on five different levels of the tooth crown. The three-dimensional mathematical finite element model is useful in analyzing the tooth movement in response to orthodontic forces. The tipping tooth movement is greater if the force is applied closer to its neck, or more gingivally.
Prilikom istraživanja pecine Laganisi sakupljeni su ljudski skeletni ostaci. Rezultati njihove an... more Prilikom istraživanja pecine Laganisi sakupljeni su ljudski skeletni ostaci. Rezultati njihove analize, koji osim utvrđivanja minimalnog broja prisutnih individua u uzroku ukljucuju i određivanje dobi i spola, te dokumentiranje vidljivih patoloskih i tafonomijskih promjena, mogu pomoci u objasnjavanju razloga prisustva ljudskih kostiju u spilji.
U radu je obrađen ljudski osteoloski materijal s ranokrscanskog i ranosrednjovjekovnog groblja u ... more U radu je obrađen ljudski osteoloski materijal s ranokrscanskog i ranosrednjovjekovnog groblja u Novigradu, ciji skromni arheoloski nalazi upucuju da je donje datacijsko težiste u 5. ili najkasnije 6. stoljecu po Kristu. Rezultati antooloske analize pružaju prve, skromne podatke o bioloskim osobinama ljudi koji su nastavali podrucje Istre u ovom povijesnom periodu.
Aim: To determine to what extent the lifestyle and psychological factors influenced the occurrenc... more Aim: To determine to what extent the lifestyle and psychological factors influenced the occurrence of obesity in the population of the Mediterranean island of Vis (Croatia); also to relate the examined risk factors to several obesity indicators in order to select the most sensitive one. Methods: Cross-sectional population study included 960 participants of both sexes (18-93 years) in whom the obesity was estimated using anthropometric indicators. The factor analysis of 55-item Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) was performed as well as the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ12) for the self-assessment of psychological health and wellbeing. FFQ and GHQ12 individual factors' scores, sex, age, physical activity, smoking and socioeconomic status were further used as independent variables in the multiple linear regression analyses with five obesity indicators as dependent variables. Results: The examined risk factors explained the highest proportion of variance of the waist to height ratio (WHtR) in comparison with all other indicators of obesity (body mass index (BMI), waist to hip ratio, sum of skinfolds thicknesses, fat mass percentage). Only the dietary factors showed a significant relation to BMI, while almost all of the tested variables-dietary pattern, psychological structure, smoking habit and physical activity-had a significant association with WHtR. Conclusions: WHtR is the most useful indicator of obesity as it had a profiled relation with a number of lifestyle factors as well as with psychological health. The present study also revealed the importance of psychological factors for obesity phenotype, particularly the behavioural pattern which could be described as avoidance of dealing with problems.
Knowledge about prehistoric societies comes mostly from archaeological correlates of prehistoric ... more Knowledge about prehistoric societies comes mostly from archaeological correlates of prehistoric mortuary practices. Formal cemeteries, consisting of individual graves, appear in Europe by the beginning of the Bronze Age. Among the most prominent of them are the Urnfield cemeteries of the Central European Late Bronze Age. The systematic analysis of Urnfield burials from Croatia has rarely been conducted, especially regarding the anthropological analysis. Most of those analyses are limited to sex and age determination, lacking a synthetic treatment of anthropological and archaeological information. In order to expand our current knowledge of Late Bronze Age mortuary practices and society, we introduced an interdisciplinary project combining physical anthropology and archaeology. It will integrate analyses of burial features and associated artefacts with analyses of cremated human remains from several Urnfield cemeteries in northern Croatia, dated between the 13 th and 9 th centuries BC. A trial public-access database will be designed in order to archive the anthropological and archaeological data, as well as to distribute and promote our findings. The database will be designed to archive data, in various digital formats, including field records, raw archaeological and anthropological data generated in the laboratory, and results of postexcavation analyses. Its immediate purpose is to make the data readily available for analysis and to provide a standardized framework within which analyses will be undertaken. The aim is to provide a public resource that can be modified and expanded to include information from other Urnfield cemeteries, thus allowing comparative studies and analyses of larger samples from the wider geographic region of the southern Carpathian Basin.
Rad donosi pregled metoda određivanja dobi na ljudskom skeletnom materijalu koje se najcesce kori... more Rad donosi pregled metoda određivanja dobi na ljudskom skeletnom materijalu koje se najcesce koriste u bioarheoloskim analizama. Cilj rada je pružiti pregled pojedinih metoda, a ne njihov detaljan opis, te je stoga pri analizi potrebno konzultirati primarnu literaturu. Vrlo se cesto pri arheoloskim iskopavanjima ljudski skeletni materijal sakuplja selektivno, pa mnoge, posebice manje kosti, ostaju nezamijecene. Upoznavanje s glavnim metodama analize skeletnog materijala, u ovom slucaju određivanje dobi, pružit ce istraživacima uvid u informacije koje se mogu dobiti analizom skeletnog materijala, te ih, nadamo se, potaknuti da sakupljanju istoga pristupe pažljivije.
U članku je prikazana grupa predmeta koji čine ostatke oštećene grobne cjeline pronađene ispod ka... more U članku je prikazana grupa predmeta koji čine ostatke oštećene grobne cjeline pronađene ispod kaštela Stari Lupoglav, odnosno u blizini naselja Mariškići. Sakupljeni su ulomci keramike, među kojima se ističe gnathia olpe, staklene perle i ulomci brončanog nakita, koji se mogu datirati u razdoblje 3. i 2. st. pr. n. e. Analizom skromnih spaljenih koštanih ostataka utvrđeno je da se radi o ukopu odrasle osobe i djeteta. KLJUČNE RIJEČI: kaštel Stari Lupoglav, grobni nalaz, 3. i 2. st.pr.n.e., gnathia olpe, staklene perle, gumb tipa Vinica This paper presents a group of artefacts that comprise the remains of a damaged grave context found below Stari Lupoglav castle, near the settlement of Mariškići. Notable among the recovered finds are a Gnathian olpe vessel, glass beads, and fragments of bronze jewellery that can be assigned to the period of the third to second century BCE. An analysis of the modest burned bone remains points to the burial of an adult and a child.
The paper presents results of analysis of human skeletal remains recovered from Late Roman/Early ... more The paper presents results of analysis of human skeletal remains recovered from Late Roman/Early Medieval cemetery of Novigrad (Istria). The "terminus post quem" for the site was established archaeologically as 5th or 6th century A.D. The aim of this work was detailed bioarchaeological analysis of each individual. It included determination of sex, age at the time of death, reconstruction of body height, and detailed description of pathological changes on bones and joint surfaces acquired during lifetime. The analysis provides limited information on demography, health and disease of the ancient inhabitants of Novigrad due to the limited sample size. Results show unusually high proportion of subadults, a life span range of women slightly lower compared to other contemporary populations, a high level of metabolic stress in childhood and a high level of skeletal indicators of physical stress suggesting that several of the analyzed individuals were exposed to heavy physical labor during their adulthood.
Prirucnik podijeljen u tri dijela: iskopavanje, osnove osteologije i odontologije, te kratki preg... more Prirucnik podijeljen u tri dijela: iskopavanje, osnove osteologije i odontologije, te kratki pregled analize skeletnih ostataka opisuje sve korake koje skeletni ostaci iz arheoloskog konteksta prolaze od pronalaska preko analize do zavrsnog izvjestaja.
The finite element method is a useful technique for measuring structural stress and for movement ... more The finite element method is a useful technique for measuring structural stress and for movement analyses. The objective of this investigation was to get a more accurate estimation of tooth movement depending on application point when a tipping orthodontic force is applied. The three-dimensional model of un upper canine, consisting of 4,000 hexahedron elements with 2,367 nodes was obtained. Horizontal, orally directed 1N tipping orthodontic force was applied to the model on five different levels of the tooth crown. The three-dimensional mathematical finite element model is useful in analyzing the tooth movement in response to orthodontic forces. The tipping tooth movement is greater if the force is applied closer to its neck, or more gingivally.
Prilikom istraživanja pecine Laganisi sakupljeni su ljudski skeletni ostaci. Rezultati njihove an... more Prilikom istraživanja pecine Laganisi sakupljeni su ljudski skeletni ostaci. Rezultati njihove analize, koji osim utvrđivanja minimalnog broja prisutnih individua u uzroku ukljucuju i određivanje dobi i spola, te dokumentiranje vidljivih patoloskih i tafonomijskih promjena, mogu pomoci u objasnjavanju razloga prisustva ljudskih kostiju u spilji.
U radu je obrađen ljudski osteoloski materijal s ranokrscanskog i ranosrednjovjekovnog groblja u ... more U radu je obrađen ljudski osteoloski materijal s ranokrscanskog i ranosrednjovjekovnog groblja u Novigradu, ciji skromni arheoloski nalazi upucuju da je donje datacijsko težiste u 5. ili najkasnije 6. stoljecu po Kristu. Rezultati antooloske analize pružaju prve, skromne podatke o bioloskim osobinama ljudi koji su nastavali podrucje Istre u ovom povijesnom periodu.
Aim: To determine to what extent the lifestyle and psychological factors influenced the occurrenc... more Aim: To determine to what extent the lifestyle and psychological factors influenced the occurrence of obesity in the population of the Mediterranean island of Vis (Croatia); also to relate the examined risk factors to several obesity indicators in order to select the most sensitive one. Methods: Cross-sectional population study included 960 participants of both sexes (18-93 years) in whom the obesity was estimated using anthropometric indicators. The factor analysis of 55-item Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) was performed as well as the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ12) for the self-assessment of psychological health and wellbeing. FFQ and GHQ12 individual factors' scores, sex, age, physical activity, smoking and socioeconomic status were further used as independent variables in the multiple linear regression analyses with five obesity indicators as dependent variables. Results: The examined risk factors explained the highest proportion of variance of the waist to height ratio (WHtR) in comparison with all other indicators of obesity (body mass index (BMI), waist to hip ratio, sum of skinfolds thicknesses, fat mass percentage). Only the dietary factors showed a significant relation to BMI, while almost all of the tested variables-dietary pattern, psychological structure, smoking habit and physical activity-had a significant association with WHtR. Conclusions: WHtR is the most useful indicator of obesity as it had a profiled relation with a number of lifestyle factors as well as with psychological health. The present study also revealed the importance of psychological factors for obesity phenotype, particularly the behavioural pattern which could be described as avoidance of dealing with problems.
Knowledge about prehistoric societies comes mostly from archaeological correlates of prehistoric ... more Knowledge about prehistoric societies comes mostly from archaeological correlates of prehistoric mortuary practices. Formal cemeteries, consisting of individual graves, appear in Europe by the beginning of the Bronze Age. Among the most prominent of them are the Urnfield cemeteries of the Central European Late Bronze Age. The systematic analysis of Urnfield burials from Croatia has rarely been conducted, especially regarding the anthropological analysis. Most of those analyses are limited to sex and age determination, lacking a synthetic treatment of anthropological and archaeological information. In order to expand our current knowledge of Late Bronze Age mortuary practices and society, we introduced an interdisciplinary project combining physical anthropology and archaeology. It will integrate analyses of burial features and associated artefacts with analyses of cremated human remains from several Urnfield cemeteries in northern Croatia, dated between the 13 th and 9 th centuries BC. A trial public-access database will be designed in order to archive the anthropological and archaeological data, as well as to distribute and promote our findings. The database will be designed to archive data, in various digital formats, including field records, raw archaeological and anthropological data generated in the laboratory, and results of postexcavation analyses. Its immediate purpose is to make the data readily available for analysis and to provide a standardized framework within which analyses will be undertaken. The aim is to provide a public resource that can be modified and expanded to include information from other Urnfield cemeteries, thus allowing comparative studies and analyses of larger samples from the wider geographic region of the southern Carpathian Basin.
Rad donosi pregled metoda određivanja dobi na ljudskom skeletnom materijalu koje se najcesce kori... more Rad donosi pregled metoda određivanja dobi na ljudskom skeletnom materijalu koje se najcesce koriste u bioarheoloskim analizama. Cilj rada je pružiti pregled pojedinih metoda, a ne njihov detaljan opis, te je stoga pri analizi potrebno konzultirati primarnu literaturu. Vrlo se cesto pri arheoloskim iskopavanjima ljudski skeletni materijal sakuplja selektivno, pa mnoge, posebice manje kosti, ostaju nezamijecene. Upoznavanje s glavnim metodama analize skeletnog materijala, u ovom slucaju određivanje dobi, pružit ce istraživacima uvid u informacije koje se mogu dobiti analizom skeletnog materijala, te ih, nadamo se, potaknuti da sakupljanju istoga pristupe pažljivije.
U članku je prikazana grupa predmeta koji čine ostatke oštećene grobne cjeline pronađene ispod ka... more U članku je prikazana grupa predmeta koji čine ostatke oštećene grobne cjeline pronađene ispod kaštela Stari Lupoglav, odnosno u blizini naselja Mariškići. Sakupljeni su ulomci keramike, među kojima se ističe gnathia olpe, staklene perle i ulomci brončanog nakita, koji se mogu datirati u razdoblje 3. i 2. st. pr. n. e. Analizom skromnih spaljenih koštanih ostataka utvrđeno je da se radi o ukopu odrasle osobe i djeteta. KLJUČNE RIJEČI: kaštel Stari Lupoglav, grobni nalaz, 3. i 2. st.pr.n.e., gnathia olpe, staklene perle, gumb tipa Vinica This paper presents a group of artefacts that comprise the remains of a damaged grave context found below Stari Lupoglav castle, near the settlement of Mariškići. Notable among the recovered finds are a Gnathian olpe vessel, glass beads, and fragments of bronze jewellery that can be assigned to the period of the third to second century BCE. An analysis of the modest burned bone remains points to the burial of an adult and a child.
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