Contents: Preface. Introduction. I. Punjab: 1. The study area : Punjab. 2. Descriptive anthropometric and anthroposcopic features. 3. Regional variation. 4. Biological distance and morphometric affinities. II. Haryana: 5. The study area : Haryana. 6. Descriptive anthropometric and anthroposcopic features. 7. Regional variability and biological distance. III. Himachal Pradesh: 8. Study area : Himachal Pradesh. 9. Descriptive anthropometric and anthroposcopic features. 10. Regional variability and morphological distance. IV. Jammu & Kashmir: 11. Study area : Jammu and Kashmir. 12. Descriptive anthropometric and anthroposcopic features. 13. Regional variability and morphological distance. 14. Overview. References.
"The present volume is the second in the series of analytical studies on a very large set of anthropometric data of a number of population groups, by state, covered under the project "All India Anthropometric Survey : North Zone". In the volume detailed account of the anthropometric features of the states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir is presented independently. Emphasis was given to bring out the extent of variation by social category and spatial variation within a population group and the pattern of intergroup morphometric affinities within and across the broadly defined ecogeographical regions in each state.
The methodological approach of the present study, in contrast to earlier trend of typological classification of human population, is altogether different. Assessment of the morphological affinities among the various castes and tribes within each state is made by computing the Mahalanobis D2 distances between the pairs of groups, and further subjecting the matrix to agglomerative procedures to have a visual representation of the intergroup differences.
The detailed statistically analysed anthropometric data of the population groups at state, district and regional levels thus provide useful material, which will help in comprehending the nature of anthropometric diversity in the population groups of the four northern states of India. This volume will be of immense value to the students and research scholars in the fields of physical anthropology, biometry and statistics." (jacket)
