A review of the classifications of hair

Trotter, Mildred

doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330240131

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“…With the decreased interest in continuing support for the Terry Collection, and anticipating her retirement, Trotter began correspondence with T. Dale Stewart concerning the possibility for transfer of the collection to the Smithsonian Institution for permanent curation. In this transfer in 1967, the NMNH Anthropology Department also received Trotter's collection of burnt bone from her studies of bone ash weight (Trotter, 1973;Trotter and Peterson, 1955;Trotter and Hixson, 1974), as well as her collection of hair samples from her studies on hair morphology and identification (Trotter, 1930(Trotter, , 1938(Trotter, , 1943Trotter et al, 1956;Duggins, 1948, 1950;Duggins and Trotter, 1950).…”

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History and demographic composition of the Robert J. Terry anatomical collection

Hunt

Albanese

2005

Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.

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Robert J. Terry began collecting human skeletal remains in the area of St. Louis, Missouri for research and educational purposes in 1898. He continued collecting skeletal specimens in the Anatomy Department at Washington University until his retirement in 1941. Mildred Trotter succeeded Terry as anatomy professor and continued his collecting, and strove to balance the demographic distribution of the collection. In 1967, after her retirement, the collection was moved to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History. As with several other well-documented collections, the Terry Collection is widely used for a diverse range of anthropological and medical research. Despite its extensive use, there has been limited discussion of the collection's history and incomplete description of holdings and associated materials of this collection. In this paper, the historical background of the collection and the collection process is described; the demographic composition of the collection, and a description of the documentary and supporting data are presented; and the quality and of these data are assessed. The Terry Collection consists of 1,728 individuals. Age at death ranges from 14-102 years, with the majority of the individuals ranging from 20-80 years. Year of birth ranges from 1828-1943; the mean year of birth for males is 1880, and for females it is 1884. The mean age at death for males is 53 years, and for females it is 58 years. Terry's strict protocols for the processing of cadavers and the recording of documentary data make the Terry Collection a valuable resource for anthropological and medical research.

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Section: Mildred Trotter's Influence On the Terry Collectionmentioning

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History and demographic composition of the Robert J. Terry anatomical collection

Hunt

Albanese

2005

Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.

222

169

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“…Examination of the internal structure of hair fibres has yet to become a standard technique to assess their condition, despite the use of sectioning techniques to assess 'hair form' in anthropology since the early twentieth century (Trotter 1938). Despite the inherent limitations of reliance on surface structures, only a few studies have examined thin sections of hair by light microscopy.…”

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Evaluating Histological Methods for Assessing Hair Fibre Degradation

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“…Moreover, Homo sapiens has uniquely retained a covering of thick terminal hair on the scalp. Intriguingly, while scalp hair is a universal human trait, it exhibits a wide range of variation in fiber shape and color (Trotter, ; Hrdy, ; Loussouarn et al, ; Ito and Wakamatsu, ). Yet the evolutionary basis for human hair diversity remains largely unexplained.…”

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