Hands on Research: The Application of the 2D:4D Ratio to Children’s Hand Stencils

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dc.contributor.authorCooke, Amanda
dc.contributor.supervisorNowell, April
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-25T22:16:13Z
dc.date.available2014-08-25T22:16:13Z
dc.date.copyright2014en_US
dc.date.issued2014-08-25
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Anthropology
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractHandprints and hand stencils are a ubiquitous element of rock art. For archaeologists, they represent a window onto the lives and communities of practice of prehistoric peoples. They are a means of recognizing the individual in the archaeological record and their contribution to the production of rock art. Children represent an understudied archaeological demographic despite comprising 50% of many prehistoric populations. In this thesis, I investigate the applicability of the 2D:4D ratio for sexing children’s hand stencils in a modern context. Based on a sample of 318 living children between the ages of 5 and 16 years old, I analyzed the degree of variance between the ratio derived from the soft-tissue measurements, and the ratio derived from a hand stencil created by the same child. The results of this research support my prediction that the 2D: 4D ratio cannot be used reliably to sex children’s hand stencils archaeologically.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0324en_US
dc.description.proquestemailamandarobins1@gmail.comen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/5593
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectArchaeologyen_US
dc.subjectRock Arten_US
dc.subjectHandprintsen_US
dc.subjectNegative Hand Stencilsen_US
dc.subjectChildrenen_US
dc.titleHands on Research: The Application of the 2D:4D Ratio to Children’s Hand Stencilsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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