Do century-specific equations provide better estimates of stature? A test of the 19–20th century boundary for the stature estimation feature in Fordisc 3.0

Albanese, John; Osley, Stephanie E.; Tuck, Andrew

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.11.026

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“…Documented samples such as the Hammann‐Todd Collection and the Terry Collection at the Smithsonian (ie, Albanese, Osley, & Tuck, 2012) may not be considered representative of “modern” populations; however, these collections may serve in teasing out these variables. The current study attempted to examine how the degree of wear influenced the presence of tori; quantifying the amount of dental wear using standardized dental wear methodologies is necessary for better cross‐study comparisons.…”

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Correlations between dental wear and oral cavity characteristics: Mandibular torus, palatine torus, and oral exostoses

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American J Hum Biol

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Objective This study evaluates the correlations amongst mandibular torus, palatine torus, oral exostoses to dental wear/loss and temporomandibular damage. Methods The sample consists of 504 skulls from the Hamann‐Todd Osteological Collection; 223 African American and 281 European Americans aged between 30 and 80 years. The sample was analyzed using Pearson's Chi‐square for significance of sex, age, ancestry, and wear as well as the interactions between the demographic variables and the presence of mandibular torus, palatine torus and oral exostoses. Results Wear was statistically significant by age and sex but not ancestry. The maxillary exostoses varied significantly by age, ancestry and wear but not sex. Mandibular torus frequencies varied significantly by wear, sex and ancestry. The palatine torus varied significantly across wear groups, sex and ancestry. Discussion The etiology of nonmetric oral cavity characteristics, mandibular torus, palatine torus and oral exostosis, is complex. The degree to which traits' presence and expression is the result of genetic and environmental interactions is not fully understood. More than age, sex or ancestry, the degree of dental wear and tooth loss influences the presence and expression of the oral cavity traits. The sample can be characterized as the presence of exostoses in higher frequencies in young African American males with little tooth loss. Males of both ancestral groups with heavy wear have higher frequencies of mandibular tori than females. The palatine torus is more common in edentulous European American females.

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Correlations between dental wear and oral cavity characteristics: Mandibular torus, palatine torus, and oral exostoses

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“…Albanese found that using century specific equations in Fordisc did not provide better results (51). However, the test sample used for the basis of these conclusions had birth years ranging from the late 19th to the early 20th century.…”

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Metric Methods for the Biological Profile in Forensic Anthropology: Sex, Ancestry, and Stature

2016

Academic Forensic Pathology

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The biological profile, conducted by a forensic anthropologist, is necessary for severely decomposed or skeletonized remains. The biological profile consists of estimates of sex, age, ancestry, and stature. It is crucial to have a correct estimate of sex, as this designation will narrow down the search through missing persons reports by half (e.g., searching through NamUs). However, sex estimates can be population specific, necessitating accurate ancestry estimation. When estimates of age and stature are added, the search narrows further. If these estimates are incorrect, the unidentified human remains may never be identified. These biological profile components are estimated based on either metric or nonmetric methods (visual observation and recording of categorical data). While age is inherently nonmetric, stature is inherently metric. Estimates of sex and ancestry can take a metric or nonmetric approach. The purpose of this review article is to review metric methods in forensic anthropology (sex, ancestry, and stature), to provide general knowledge of why and how these metric methods work, and to highlight that estimates of sex, ancestry, and stature do not subscribe to a "one size fits all" model.

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“…In combination, the Contemporary, Howells, and Forensic Data Bank databases represent a loose temporal sequence with some overlap of specimens deriving from the inclusion of data in the Angel archives. This sequence allows us to evaluate how craniometric allocation for each specimen changes through time, where time represents both emergent processes of contested biohistory and hybridity as well as secular changes of a strictly biological nature (see Albanese, Osley, & Tuck, ; Angel, ; Ousley & Jantz, ; Jantz, ; Jantz & Meadows Jantz, ; Ross, Ubelaker, & Kimmerle, ; Wescott & Jantz, ).…”

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The vanishing Black Indian: Revisiting craniometry and historic collections

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2016

American J Phys Anthropol

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Recent articles discussing the merits and weaknesses of comparative craniometry focus on methodological issues. In our biohistoric approach, we use the patterning of craniometric allocations across databases as a platform for discussing social race and its development during the 19th century, a process known as racialization. Here we propose that differences in repeatability for the Seminoles and Euro-American soldiers reflect this process and transformation of racialized identities during 19th century U.S. nation-building. In particular, notions of whiteness were and remain tightly controlled, while other racial categorizations were affected by legal, social, and political contexts that resulted in hybridity in lieu of boundedness.

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Do century-specific equations provide better estimates of stature? A test of the 19–20th century boundary for the stature estimation feature in Fordisc 3.0

Cited by 12 publications

References 10 publications

Correlations between dental wear and oral cavity characteristics: Mandibular torus, palatine torus, and oral exostoses

Correlations between dental wear and oral cavity characteristics: Mandibular torus, palatine torus, and oral exostoses

Metric Methods for the Biological Profile in Forensic Anthropology: Sex, Ancestry, and Stature

The vanishing Black Indian: Revisiting craniometry and historic collections

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