LEADER 04477cam a2200433Ki 4500001 247846 005 20240621225525.0 006 m o d 007 cr unu|||||||| 008 130515s2012 tnuabc obm 000 0 eng d 035 (OCoLC)ocn843098429 035 247846 049 LHMA 040 TKN |beng |erda |cTKN |dTKN |dOCLCQ |dTKN |dLHM 099 COMPUTER FILE 100 1 Lanfear, Alicja Karolina, |eauthor. 245 10 Records of the Institut fuer Deutsche Ostarbeit (1940-1943) : |busing anthropometrics of Polish populations to examine secular trends and region specific variation / |cAlicja Karolina Lanfear. 246 3 Records of the Institut für Deutsche Ostarbeit : |busing anthropometrics of Polish populations to examine secular trends and region specific variation 264 1 Knoxville, Tennessee : |bUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville [Libraries], |cDecember 2012. 300 1 online resource (176 pages) : |billustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 computer |bc |2rdamedia 338 online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier 347 text file |2rdaft 500 Title from title page screen (viewed May 2, 2013). 500 Thesis advisor: Richard L. Jantz. 502 Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2012. 500 Vita. 504 Includes bibliographical references. 540 The author retains ownership of copyright and all other proprietary rights, such as patent rights, in this thesis or dissertation. The author has granted the University permission to archive, to reproduce, and to publicly display this dissertation or thesis in all media now known or developed in the future, including by electronic and digital technologies. 520 3 The objective of this dissertation was to describe population variation and secular trends in anthropometrics of Polish people before, during, and after World War II. The records of the Institute fü[ue]r Deutsche Ostarbeit (USHMM, 2008a), a dataset containing anthropometrics of the Polish population that were taken by Nazi Germans during WWII, was used in combination with other published data sources (Boas, 1928; Sikora, 1956; Stołyhwo et al., 1956; Miszkiewicz, 1956; Miszkiewicz, 1960; Total n= 17,732). Population structure was analyzed at three levels; town, municipality and county. Secular trends in cranial and body dimensions were investigated over an 85 year period (year of birth 1855-1940). Significant population structure was observed at all levels of analysis (Minimum FST estimates ranging from 0.0163 to 0.0523), and did not significantly differ between the sexes. A significant increasing trend in stature was observed through the entire study period for both males (+7.2cm) and females (+9.0cm) indicating an improvement in the standard of living despite the devastation created by the World Wars. Cranial vault dimensions did not follow the trend observed in stature. Rather, cephalic index underwent an increasing trend (associated with less favorable conditions) until the birth year of 1901 where it plateaus and then begins to decline in individuals born after 1926. Changes in cephalic index are due to changes in cranial breadth and length measurements in both sexes with a significant decrease in bizygomatic breadth present only in the male sample. The agrarian crisis (period of severe crop failure) that occurred during the late 19th century in Poland and World War I may be responsible for the pattern observed in cephalic index. Why secular trends in stature were unaffected during this period is unknown; however, it could be due to different sensitivities of these dimensions to environmental stress or due to differences in the pattern of growth and development. It is hoped that by demonstrating significant population structure in the Polish population more research into regional differences will be conducted and that the secular trends of the more recent past can be placed in the context of these historical data. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 Polish people |xAnthropometry. 651 0 Poland |xPopulation |xStatistics. 610 20 Institut für Deutsche Ostarbeit (Kraków, Poland) 655 7 Academic theses. |2lcgft 710 2 Institut für Deutsche Ostarbeit (Kraków, Poland) 856 40 |uhttp://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/1537 852 |bwww