Journal Published Online: 01 April 1986
Volume 31, Issue 2

Race Determination of Fragmentary Crania by Analysis of the Cranial Base

CODEN: JFSCAS

Abstract

The cranial base can be used to determine the race of fragmentary skulls. An initial study used 8 measurements taken from 100 crania in the Terry Collection. The sample was divided equally by race and sex. Five regression models were formulated that predicted correctly the race of the sample with 70 to 86% accuracy. In a separate test, a control sample of 20 skulls, also drawn from the Terry Collection but not involved with formulating the regression equations, was correctly classified with 75 to 95% accuracy.

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Dean Holland, T
University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO
Pages: 7
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Stock #: JFS12305J
ISSN: 0022-1198
DOI: 10.1520/JFS12305J