Age-at-Death Estimation

Uhl, Natalie M.

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“…The imprecision was partly attributed to the effects of individual and population differences between the test population and both the reference sample and the prior distribution [2,15,16]. Other researchers reached similar conclusions using single skeletal regions to test the transition analysis statistics method [17][18][19].…”

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confidence: 55%

“…Although transition analysis [1] has improved age estimation from the skeleton, researchers validating the method were disappointed by the accuracy of the point estimate values and the age ranges [2,5,15,16], which were comparable with less complex multifactorial methods such as multiple linear regression [3]. The imprecision was partly attributed to the effects of individual and population differences between the test population and both the reference sample and the prior distribution [2,15,16].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…50+ years) of traditional methods are eliminated [1,2,5,6]. Prior to transition analysis, formal methods of combining multiple components systematically were rare [7,8], even though the literature advocates using multiple components from the skeleton for age estimation [2,[9][10][11][12][13][14].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…From these three anatomical features, a total of 36 scores can be combined or used separately, producing a unique combination of scores for each individual analysed. The ability to calculate age estimates from incomplete skeletal remains makes transition analysis unique and indispensable in cases with perimortem and post-mortem modification [1][2][3].…”

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Validation of transition analysis as a method of adult age estimation in a modern South African sample

Jooste

L'Abbé

Pretorius

et al. 2016

Forensic Science International

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Validation of transition analysis as a method of adult age estimation in a modern South African sample

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Forensic Science International

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“…However, paleodemography remains one of the primary and crucial sets of data for analysis of the general health of populations (Hoppa and Vaupel 2002 ). Subadults can be aged with precision based on the patterns of tooth calcifi cation and eruption, and new techniques for aging and sexing adults are regularly employed with up to 97% accuracy when the full skeleton is available for study (Uhl 2012 ).…”

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Bioarchaeology of Populations: Understanding Adaptation and Resilience

Martin

Harrod

Pérez

2013

Manuals in Archaeological Method, Theory and Technique

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Human remains represent a uniquely rich data set for a wide range of research questions having to do with the origins and evolution of disease and the limits of adaptability to changing environmental and cultural conditions. Being able to say something about the lived experience and untimely death of individuals who lived in different time periods in faraway lands provides snapshots of historical moments that are invaluable. For example, a recent volume entitled Bioarchaeology of Individuals demonstrated the value of applying the interdisciplinary methods of bioarchaeology to persons of interest in the archaeological record (Stodder and Palkovich 2012 ). The previous chapter provided an overview of how individual identities and social personas are pieced together from a wide variety of skeletal and dental indicators.Putting individuals who lived (and died) together presents an entirely different and useful way of examining the past. The population-level analysis permits researchers to see patterns and trends at the larger aggregate level. It is only through a population-level analysis that differences in health, activity, trauma, or other indicators of stress can be examined by demographics (age and sex), through time, and by region. This type of analysis allows researchers to ask questions such as: In this population, did females work harder than age-matched males? What is the frequency of nutritional anemia in the children who died before the age of 6? What causes certain individuals by age, sex, region, or social status to die younger than others?The passage of NAGPRA and NAGPRA-like initiatives in other countries provides an opportunity for the descendants of indigenous people to participate in designing research projects that can answer questions about the state of their ancestor's lives (Silliman 2008 ). But, there is tremendous diversity in what descendants may want to know (or not know) about their ancestors. Bioarchaeologists need to be prepared to be told that their desire to collect data from ancestral bones is not of interest or value to descendants. Given this reality, researchers should understand how to make their research have value or be of interest to these communities. For example, population-level analyses have revealed important aspects of resilience during periods of enormous change, and these fi ndings are helpful in correcting

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Estimating Age, Sex, and Individual ID from Teeth

Schmidt¹

2015

A Companion to Dental Anthropology

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Age-at-Death Estimation

Cited by 15 publications

References 73 publications

Validation of transition analysis as a method of adult age estimation in a modern South African sample

Validation of transition analysis as a method of adult age estimation in a modern South African sample

Bioarchaeology of Populations: Understanding Adaptation and Resilience

Estimating Age, Sex, and Individual ID from Teeth

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