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Biological Affinity And Sex Determination Using Morphometric And Morphoscopic Variables From The Human Mandible, Gregory Eugene Berg
Biological Affinity And Sex Determination Using Morphometric And Morphoscopic Variables From The Human Mandible, Gregory Eugene Berg
Doctoral Dissertations
This study determined that morphometric and morphoscopic variables of the human mandible can be used to estimate the partial biological profile of an individual. Specifically, these mandibular variables were used in linear discriminant function analyses designed to estimate the biological affinity or sex of an individual, with or without biological a priori knowledge. The study data set is composed of 17 world samples including U.S. White, Black, and Hispanic individuals, prehistoric and proto-historic Native American groups, Southeast and Northeast Asian peoples, a Central American group, and a Nubian group. Eleven metric measurements were utilized: eight are standard measurements; two were …
Plasticity And Population Structure: Exploring Secular Trends In The Three- Dimensional Cranial Morphology Of The Modern Portuguese, Katherine Elizabeth Weisensee
Plasticity And Population Structure: Exploring Secular Trends In The Three- Dimensional Cranial Morphology Of The Modern Portuguese, Katherine Elizabeth Weisensee
Doctoral Dissertations
Significant secular changes have been documented in several worldwide populations over the past 200 years; these changes include increased stature and weight, increased cranial vault height, and a narrowing of the cranial vault width (Angel 1976; Boas 1912; Jantz 2001; Jonke et al. 2007; Little et al. 2006). A variety of hypotheses have been proposed as to the origins of the observed changes. This dissertation uses a documented collection of skeletons from the 19th and 20th centuries to describe the precise nature of the changes using three-dimensional methods and explores possible causes underlying the changes including individual environmental …
Body Mass Estimation From The Human Skeleton, Megan K. Moore
Body Mass Estimation From The Human Skeleton, Megan K. Moore
Doctoral Dissertations
The established methods for estimating average body mass from the skeleton are of two types: biomechanical and morphometric. Neither technique currently addresses the extremes of body mass (e.g. emaciation or obesity). The goal of this research is to explore several different biomechanical methods, using data collected from high resolution computed tomographic scans and macroscopic analysis of 150 known modern individuals from the William M. Bass Donated Skeleton Collection at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. This research will review the biomechanics of human gait and the biomechanical accommodations that occur with increased obesity and load bearing. The analysis will include cross-sectional …
Application Of The Western Hemisphere Health Index To Prehistoric Populations From Tennessee And The Semi-Arid North Of Chile: A Comparative Bioarchaeological Study Of The Implications Of Subsistence Choice, Elizabeth A. Digangi
Doctoral Dissertations
The Western Hemisphere Health Index was applied to prehistoric contemporaneous skeletal populations from Tennessee and the semi-arid North of Chile to ascertain four things: 1. overall health status for each culture; 2. comparison of health status between contemporaneous cultures; 3. if subsistence change (i.e., transition from gathering-hunting to agriculture) is consistently accompanied by a decline in overall health; and 4. the utility of the health index methodology. The skeletal populations analyzed from the semi-arid North of Chile were Archaic (7730 B.C. – A.D. 245) and Diaguita (A.D. 1000 – 1536). Prehistoric individuals examined from Tennessee were Archaic (8000 – 1000 …