Kaylina “Wally” Nies
ANT4525L - Killgrove
December 3, 2014
Skeletal Report Many of the medical skeletons that are used for analysis in ANT4525L: Human Osteology come from the Middle East region. They range in how old the bodies were at death to how old they have been deceased and skeletonized. Upon first displaying medical skeleton number four in anatomical order, it was clear that this skeleton was in a better condition than the other skeletons that were assigned. The body had a whiter tint to its bones, as opposed to the yellow or brown shade on several other bodies. Upon first look, it was also evident that there were no serious fractures or parts of bone missing. However, in order to truly determine how well-preserved the body was, the …show more content…
Method. This works in our favor, because the vertebrae method is less likely to be accurate with a deceased individual. This is due to the lack of cartilage between the vertebrae. These assessments use the length of the long bones and the leg bones and inserts them into specific formulae based on sex and ancestry. Due to the ambiguous nature of skeleton number four’s ancestry, his long bone measurements will be calculated using all of the male formulas. Using Trotter and Gleser’s method for the stature of the leg bones using the Asian Male formula, four different measurements were derived. The femur resulted in 63.77 inches, the fibula in 65. 58 inches, the tibia in 67. 42 inches, and the femur and tibia combined in 64.87 inches. This method gives us a stature range from 5”3 - 5”7. The Wilson et. al Method, using the leg bones for white males uses only the femur and the fibula. The femur results in 63.32 inches, while the fibula ended with 66.43 inches. This method gave a stature range of 5”3 -
ANT4525L - Killgrove
December 3, 2014
Skeletal Report Many of the medical skeletons that are used for analysis in ANT4525L: Human Osteology come from the Middle East region. They range in how old the bodies were at death to how old they have been deceased and skeletonized. Upon first displaying medical skeleton number four in anatomical order, it was clear that this skeleton was in a better condition than the other skeletons that were assigned. The body had a whiter tint to its bones, as opposed to the yellow or brown shade on several other bodies. Upon first look, it was also evident that there were no serious fractures or parts of bone missing. However, in order to truly determine how well-preserved the body was, the …show more content…
Method. This works in our favor, because the vertebrae method is less likely to be accurate with a deceased individual. This is due to the lack of cartilage between the vertebrae. These assessments use the length of the long bones and the leg bones and inserts them into specific formulae based on sex and ancestry. Due to the ambiguous nature of skeleton number four’s ancestry, his long bone measurements will be calculated using all of the male formulas. Using Trotter and Gleser’s method for the stature of the leg bones using the Asian Male formula, four different measurements were derived. The femur resulted in 63.77 inches, the fibula in 65. 58 inches, the tibia in 67. 42 inches, and the femur and tibia combined in 64.87 inches. This method gives us a stature range from 5”3 - 5”7. The Wilson et. al Method, using the leg bones for white males uses only the femur and the fibula. The femur results in 63.32 inches, while the fibula ended with 66.43 inches. This method gave a stature range of 5”3 -