ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 5

Sacralization of a Sixth Lumbar Vertebra and Its Effect upon the Estimation of Living Stature
Lundy, JK
Physical anthropologist, U.S. Army Central Identification Laboratory, HI

(Received 10 August 1987; accepted 27 October 1987)

Abstract

Stature is estimated in a case presenting a sacralized sixth lumbar vertebra using both Fully's anatomical method and Trotter and Gleser's stature estimation formulas. In this case, where antemortem stature is known, the accuracy of the anatomical method is enhanced by including the height of the actual S1 segment in the calculation, while the accuracy of the Trotter and Gleser estimate is enhanced by adding the height of the extra vertebra to the stature estimate.

Keywords:
physical anthropology, human identification, musculoskeletal system, stature determination

Paper ID: JFS12529J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS12529J
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