| PERIOD | REGION/SITE | MALE STATURE | FEMALE STATURE | SOURCE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cm | feet | n | cm | feet | n | |||
| Neolithic | British | 172 | 5'8" | 25 | - | - | - | Beddoe in Wells 1969 |
| Bronze Age | British | 176 | 5'9" | - | - | - | - | Manchester 1983 |
| Bronze age | Scottish | 171 | 5'7" | 18 | 160 | 5'3" | 11 | Bruce 1986 |
| Iron Age | Maiden Castle | 168 | 5'6" | 26 | - | - | - | Goodman and Morant in Wells 1969 |
| Anglo Saxon | London | 164 | 5'4" | - | 156 | 5'1.5" | - | Zivanovic 1982 |
| C10-C16th | St. Helens, York | 169 | 5'6.5" | lge | 157 | 5'2" | lge | Dawes 1980 |
| C11-C12th | St. Nicholas Shambles | 173 | 5'8" | 94* | 157 | 5'2" | 94* | White 1988 |
| C13-C15th | Whithorn | 169 | 5'6.5" | 128 | 155 | 5'1" | 140 | Cardy 1997a |
| C6-C7th | Whithorn | 176 | 5'9" | 5 | - | - | - | Cardy 1997a |
| C13-C16th | Aberdeen E19 | 168 | 5'6" | 21 | 160 | 5'3" | 10 | Cross and Bruce 1989 |
| C13-C16th | Aberdeen E38 | 171 | 5'7.5" | 21 | 155 | 5'1" | 13 | Cardy, this study |
| C13-C17th | Linlithgow | 170 | 5'6.5" | 15 | 156 | 5'1" | 21 | Cross and Bruce 1989 |
| C15-C16th | Logie's Lane | 169 | 5'6.5" | 14 | 156 | 5'1" | 4 | Cardy 1997b |
| C16-recent | Ensay | 166 | 5'5.5" | 86 | 155 | 5'1" | 100 | Miles 1989 |
| 1896 | Scotland | 174 | 5'8.5" | - | - | - | Forgie 1978 | |
| 1960 | Scotland | 177 | 5'9" | - | - | - | Forgie 1978 | |
| Modern | British | 177 | 5'9" | lge | 163 | 5'4" | lge | Knight 1984 |
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