Published: 2022-11-30

Experimental Formation of Coffin Wear on Bone

James T. Pokines, Amelia Blanton

267–275

Abstract

Localized, eroded flat areas on bones recovered from former coffin burials are hypothesized to have been formed as “coffin wear,” caused by a...

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A Test of the (hu)MANid Program on a Diverse Sample of Mandibles

Paige Lynch, Luis Lorenzo Cabo-Pérez

276–284

Abstract

The (hu)MANid program is a free, web-based software using mandibular metric and morphoscopic variables to estimate sex and ancestry. The...

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Dennis C. Dirkmaat, PhD, D-ABFA

A Brief Visit with an Influential Forensic Anthropologist

Rhian R. Dunn, Andrea Zurek-Ost, Paige Lynch, Carrie Bohne Warren

285–291

Abstract

Dennis C. Dirkmaat, PhD, D-ABFA, is an essential figure in the discipline of forensic anthropology. He has been committed to research, as...

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Comparison of the Effect of Two Dynamic Loading Rates on Fracture Characteristics of Human Ribs in Bending

An Experimental Study

Angela L. Harden, Yun-Seok Kang, Amanda M. Agnew

292–301

Abstract

Recent years have seen an increase in contributions to the criminal justice system through expert testimony regarding
skeletal trauma...

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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as a Tool for Positive Identification from Frontal Sinus Radiographs

Jenna Watson

302–310

Abstract

Frontal sinus radiographs are frequently used to identify human remains. However, the method of visually comparing antemortem (AM) to postmortem...

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Review of: Ancestry and Sex in Human Crania: A Comparative Photographic Atlas

Timothy P. Gocha

311–312

Abstract

REFERENCE: Robert W. Mann. Ancestry and Sex in Human Crania: A Comparative Photographic Atlas. Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas; 2021. 478 pp.

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Review of: What Remains: Bringing America's Missing Home from the Vietnam War

William Raymond Belcher

313–315

Abstract

Book Review of:


Sarah E. Wagner. What Remains: Bringing America’s Missing Home from the Vietnam War. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University...

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