Fundamentals of Forensic Anthropology

Klepinger, Linda L.

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“…Differences in growth and epiphyseal union rates become less predictable after nine years of age as nutrition, genetics, and sexual dimorphism play active roles in skeletal development (Buikstra & Ubelaker, 1994). Linda Klepinger (2006) states, "(T)he inherent variability in the criteria of assessing biological age progressively increases from fetal life to old age (p. 42)."…”

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Paleodemographics of Child Sacrifice at Midnight Terror Cave: Reformulating the Emphasis of Maya Sacrificial Practices

Prout¹,

Brady²

2018

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Investigations of Midnight Terror Cave, Belize between 2008-2010 recovered a human osteological assemblage of over 10,000 bones, the largest reported for a cave in the southern Maya lowlands. Analysis indicates that approximately a quarter of the bones belong to subadults, which make up 43% of the minimum number of individuals (MNI). Determination of age at death produced a mortality curve that differs significantly from a normal curve with the numbers peaking between 5 -10 years of age, when mortality is generally low. These figures are similar to those produced from the Cenote of Sacrifice at Chichen Itza. The large percentage of subadults suggests that children were much more important in Maya human sacrificial practices than generally recognized.

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Paleodemographics of Child Sacrifice at Midnight Terror Cave: Reformulating the Emphasis of Maya Sacrificial Practices

Prout¹,

Brady²

2018

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“…Dimorfismo sexual, distribución etaria y longevidad del cementerio Pica 8… y entre 0.2 y 2 fueron considerados masculinos (Ferembach et al 1980). En individuos que presentaron el cráneo y al menos un coxal, se estimó el sexo en ambos segmentos y se revisó la variación del dimorfismo sexual del crá-neo, considerando como primer criterio el sexo estimado en el coxal, ya que éste expresaría el dimorfismo sexual con mayor certeza y precisión que otros indicadores (Klepinger 2006). En aquellos individuos que presentaron solamente el cráneo, se comparó el índice de sexualización (Ascadi y Nemeskeri 1970; Ferembach et al 1980) con aquellos que presentaron coxal y cráneo para cada sexo.…”

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“…Según Klepinger (2006), los hitos del coxal pueden ser considerados el "Gold Standard" de la identificación del sexo en el ser humano, debido a las presiones selectivas que sufre la pelvis femenina para permitir el parto. Cuando se analizaron pares de estimadores, las pruebas Kappa de Cohen mostraron significación estadística en todos los pares analizados y muy buenos valores de acuerdo, a excepción de los pares rama ascendente del isquion-surco preauricular y rama ascendente del isquion-escotadura Tabla 11.…”

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Dimorfismo sexual, distribución etaria y longevidad del cementerio Pica 8 (período Intermedio Tardío, 950-1450 DC, Norte Grande de Chile)

2012

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ResumenEl objetivo de este trabajo fue estudiar la distribución por sexo, edad y longevidad de los individuos adultos de la colección esqueletal cementerio Pica 8 (82 individuos), perteneciente al Complejo Pica Tarapacá, Norte Grande de Chile. Respecto al sexo, se utilizaron los métodos de Buikstra y colaboradores para coxales y Ferembach y colaboradores para el cráneo, con lo que se pudo estimar el sexo de toda la muestra (35 masculinos; 47 femeninos). Respecto a la estimación de la edad, se utilizaron los métodos de Brooks y Suchey para la sínfisis púbica y Lovejoy para la superficie auricular del ilion.Éstos presentaron estimaciones similares hasta los 39 años, pero difirieron posteriormente. Se discute la presencia de individuos seniles en este Complejo Cultural, ya que abre interesantes interrogantes sobre su rol cultural. En este sentido, es importante complementar la investigación, utilizando una visión desde la paleogerontología y en general, una visión a partir de la antropología de las edades, que podría contribuir más a la comprensión de este Complejo Cultural. Palabras claves:Complejo Pica Tarapacá -estimación de sexo -estimación de la edad de muerte -longevidad. AbstractThe aim of this paper was to study the age, sex and longevity distributions of adult skeletons from Pica 8 skeletal collection (82 skeletons), belonging to the Pica Tarapacá Complex, Northern Chile. Regarding sex estimation, we utilized Buikstra and colleagues' method for the os coxae bone and Ferembach and colleagues' method for cranial estimation was utilized. With these methods sex was estimated for all the sample (35 males, 47 females). Concerning age estimation, Brooks and Suchey method for pubic symphysis and Lovejoy method for iliac auricular surface were utilized. Both methods showed similar estimations until 39 years old, but differed beyond this age. The presence of senile individuals in this cultural complex is discussed as it opens interesting venues of research about their cultural role. In this sense, it is important to complement the research with a paleo gerontologic focus and in general, a focus from the Anthropology of Aging, which could contribute more to understanding of this cultural complex.

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“…However, it can be of important forensic value, particularly when it is necessary to determine the fetus viability, or in other words, if the fetus could have been born alive [3][4][5][6][7], even knowing that the skeleton alone will not convey the information about whether the fetus was born alive or dead, unless it is regarding neonate's remains [1][2][3]. The two main criteria used for fetal age estimation are dental mineralization and skeletal data, such as long bone diaphyseal length [1,3,6], which is highly correlated with gestational age [8][9][10][11][12][13] and quite resistant to decomposition when comparing with other fetal structures [2,3,5,8]. Although dental age is recognized as more reliable than skeletal age, in many forensic instances the human remains do not include dentition.…”

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Radiographic fetal osteometry: Approach on age estimation for the portuguese population

Carneiro

Curate

Borralho

et al. 2013

Forensic Science International

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A B S T R A C TThe estimation of gestational age (GA) on fetal remains can be an important forensic issue. Forensic specialists usually use reference tables and regression equations derived from reference collections, which are quite rare in what fetuses are concerned. Since these tools are mostly grounded on ultrasonographic measurements, which are known to differ from real bones measurements or are based on ancient literature, this study aimed the construction of tables and regression equations for the Portuguese population on the basis of diaphyseal bone length measurements (femur, tibia and humerus) of 100 fetuses of known GA, using post-mortem radiographs. There is a strong correlation between the longitudinal length of studied bones and GA; the femur exhibits the strongest correlation (r = 0.969; p = 0.000), followed by the tibia (r = 0.966; p = 0.000) and the humerus (r = 0.963; p = 0.000). Therefore it was possible to obtain regression equations and to build tables with reference values for each of the diaphysis analyzed.

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Fundamentals of Forensic Anthropology

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Paleodemographics of Child Sacrifice at Midnight Terror Cave: Reformulating the Emphasis of Maya Sacrificial Practices

Paleodemographics of Child Sacrifice at Midnight Terror Cave: Reformulating the Emphasis of Maya Sacrificial Practices

Dimorfismo sexual, distribución etaria y longevidad del cementerio Pica 8 (período Intermedio Tardío, 950-1450 DC, Norte Grande de Chile)

Radiographic fetal osteometry: Approach on age estimation for the portuguese population

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