Special Issue: Forensic Anthropology in East and Southeast Asia

Published: 2019-12-05

Advances in Forensic Anthropological Research in East and Southeast Asia

Matthew C. Go, Sean D. Tallman, Jieun Kim

197-203

Abstract

Diversity has been a central focus within anthropology since its disciplinary origins. In forensic anthropology this has come to include...

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Cranial Nonmetric Sexual Dimorphism and Sex Estimation in East and Southeast Asian Individuals

Sean D. Tallman

204-221

Abstract

Sex—often analyzed through the visual assessment of robust or gracile nonmetric skeletal features—is one of the most important components of the...

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Sex Estimation from Dental Crown and Cervical Metrics in a Contemporary Japanese Sample

Donovan M. Adams, Marin A. Pilloud

222-232

Abstract

Few sex estimation methods have been developed for East Asian populations in forensic anthropology. Furthermore, odontometric techniques,...

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Cranial and Postcranial Metric Sex Estimation in Modern Thai and Ancient Native American Individuals

Meredith M. Patterson, Sean D. Tallman

233-252

Abstract

Historically, morphometric standards used in forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology were derived from individuals of African and European...

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Sex Estimation of East Asian Individuals Using Bones of the Hands and Feet

Elizabeth O. Cho

261-272

Abstract

The skull and pelvis are highly valuable in the development of a biological profile, but in circumstances where both are absent or extremely...

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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

Jieun Kim, Bridget F. B. Algee-Hewitt, Lyle W. Konigsberg

273-292

Abstract

A critical step in age-at-death estimation is to identify the age-at-death distribution to which the unknown skeletal remains most likely...

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Classification Trends among Contemporary Filipino Crania Using Fordisc 3.1

Matthew C. Go, Ansley R. Jones, Bridget F. B. Algee-Hewitt, Beatrix Dudzik, Cris E. Hughes

293-303

Abstract

Filipinos represent a significant contemporary demographic group globally, yet they are underrepresented in the forensic anthropological...

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Examining Cranial Morphology of Asian and Hispanic Populations Using Geometric Morphometrics for Ancestry Estimation

Beatrix Dudzik

304-315

Abstract

Poor classification trends of Hispanic individuals have been shown when using the statistical software Fordisc 3.1 (FD3), which is commonly used...

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Analysis of Midfacial Human Cranial Morphology in Japanese, American White, and American Black Individuals Using the Digitized Angle Method

Jiro Manabe

322-331

Abstract

The human cranium provides information regarding variation in ancestry, sex, and age, and anthropologists have been attempting to determine...

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The Estimation of Stature from the Tarsals: Enhancing the Disaster Victim Identification Process in Thailand Using the Calcaneus and the Talus

Shelby Scott, Tanya R. Peckmann, Michelle L. Patriquin, Claudia Garrido Varas, Susan Meek

332-346

Abstract

The impact of climate change is estimated to be particularly severe in Thailand, where climate change events are predicted to increase in both...

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Analysis of Skeletal Demographics and Traumatic Injuries from the Khmer Rouge–Period Mass Gravesite of Choeung Ek, Cambodia

Julie M. Fleischman

347-365

Abstract

The Khmer Rouge regime controlled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. Conditions were severe, and it is estimated that approximately 1.7 million...

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Sex Estimation from Postcranial Measurements in Filipino Mortuary Remains

Amanda B. Lee

253-260

Abstract

Filipino populations are under-studied in the field of forensic anthropology. The development of population-specific analyses for those of...

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Dental Morphological Variation in Asian and Asian-Derived Populations

Rebecca L. George, Marin A. Pilloud

316-321

Abstract

The use of dental morphology to estimate ancestry has become more prevalent within forensic anthropology, and several new methods have been...

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