Entheseal changes and pathological lesions in draught reindeer skeletons - Four case studies from present-day Siberia

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• 作者：Anna-Kaisa Salmi^a ; ^b ; ^{anna-kaisa.salmi@oulu.fi" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Sirpa Niinimä ; ki^a
• 关键词：Paleopathology ; Entheseal changes ; Reindeer domestication
• 刊名：International Journal of Paleopathology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：September 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：14
• 期：Complete
• 页码：91-99
• 全文大小：2436 K

文摘

Draught use and being ridden often result in typical pathological patterns in animal skeletons. Moreover, physical activity patterns may be reflected in bone biomechanical properties and entheseal changes at muscle attachment sites. This paper presents the pathologies and entheseal changes observed in four draught and/or racing reindeer skeletons against information on their life histories and discusses the probability of linking the observed changes to their use. The results of this study are a useful point of comparison to researchers working on reindeer and other species of draught animals. However, our results also emphasize that entheseal changes and many pathologies have multifactorial etiologies and that interpretation of skeletal change patterns is not straightforward, even when there is information on the life history of the animal and its complete skeleton can be examined.