Published: 2019-12-05
Introduction
Advances in Forensic Anthropological Research in East and Southeast Asia
197-203
AbstractDiversity has been a central focus within anthropology since its disciplinary origins. In forensic anthropology this has come to include...
Research Articles
Cranial Nonmetric Sexual Dimorphism and Sex Estimation in East and Southeast Asian Individuals
204-221
AbstractSex—often analyzed through the visual assessment of robust or gracile nonmetric skeletal features—is one of the most important components of the...
Sex Estimation from Dental Crown and Cervical Metrics in a Contemporary Japanese Sample
222-232
AbstractFew sex estimation methods have been developed for East Asian populations in forensic anthropology. Furthermore, odontometric techniques,...
Cranial and Postcranial Metric Sex Estimation in Modern Thai and Ancient Native American Individuals
233-252
AbstractHistorically, morphometric standards used in forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology were derived from individuals of African and European...
Sex Estimation of East Asian Individuals Using Bones of the Hands and Feet
261-272
AbstractThe skull and pelvis are highly valuable in the development of a biological profile, but in circumstances where both are absent or extremely...
Inferring Age at Death for Japanese and Thai Skeletal Samples under a Bayesian Framework of Analysis: A Test of Priors and Their Effects on Estimation
273-292
AbstractA critical step in age-at-death estimation is to identify the age-at-death distribution to which the unknown skeletal remains most likely...
Classification Trends among Contemporary Filipino Crania Using Fordisc 3.1
293-303
AbstractFilipinos represent a significant contemporary demographic group globally, yet they are underrepresented in the forensic anthropological...
Examining Cranial Morphology of Asian and Hispanic Populations Using Geometric Morphometrics for Ancestry Estimation
304-315
AbstractPoor classification trends of Hispanic individuals have been shown when using the statistical software Fordisc 3.1 (FD3), which is commonly used...
Analysis of Midfacial Human Cranial Morphology in Japanese, American White, and American Black Individuals Using the Digitized Angle Method
322-331
AbstractThe human cranium provides information regarding variation in ancestry, sex, and age, and anthropologists have been attempting to determine...
The Estimation of Stature from the Tarsals: Enhancing the Disaster Victim Identification Process in Thailand Using the Calcaneus and the Talus
332-346
AbstractThe impact of climate change is estimated to be particularly severe in Thailand, where climate change events are predicted to increase in both...
Analysis of Skeletal Demographics and Traumatic Injuries from the Khmer Rouge–Period Mass Gravesite of Choeung Ek, Cambodia
347-365
AbstractThe Khmer Rouge regime controlled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. Conditions were severe, and it is estimated that approximately 1.7 million...
Technical Notes
Sex Estimation from Postcranial Measurements in Filipino Mortuary Remains
253-260
AbstractFilipino populations are under-studied in the field of forensic anthropology. The development of population-specific analyses for those of...
Dental Morphological Variation in Asian and Asian-Derived Populations
316-321
AbstractThe use of dental morphology to estimate ancestry has become more prevalent within forensic anthropology, and several new methods have been...