Yes / Age at death estimation of human skeletal remains is one of the key issues in constructing a biological profile both in forensic and archaeological contexts. The traditional adult osteological methods evaluate macroscopically the morphological changes that occur with increasing age of specific skeletal indicators, such as the cranial sutures, the pubic bone, the auricular surface of the ilium and the sternal end of the ribs. Technologies such as CT and laser scanning are becoming more widely used in anthropology, and several new methods have been developed. This review focuses on how the osteological age-related changes have been evaluated in digital data. Firstly, the 3D virtual copies of the bones have been used to mimic the appearance of the dry bones and the application of the traditional methods. Secondly, the information directly extrapolated from CT scan has been used to qualitatively or quantitatively assess the changes of the trabecular bones, the thickness of the cortical bones, and to perform morphometric analyses. Lastly, the most innovative approach has been the mathematical quantification of the changes of the pelvic joints, calculating the complexity of the surface. The importance of new updated reference datasets, created thanks to the use of CT scanning in forensic settings, is also discussed. / CV was supported from the Danish Council for Independent Research (DFF – 4005-00102B – FTP)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/8762 |
| Date | 13 September 2016 |
| Creators | Villa, C., Buckberry, Jo, Lynnerup, N. |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article, Accepted Manuscript |
| Rights | © 2016 Wiley. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Villa C, Buckberry J and Lynnerup N (2019) Evaluating osteological ageing from digital data. Journal of Anatomy. 235(2): 386-395, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joa.12544. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
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