ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 7

Estimation of Adult Stature from Fragmentary Tibias
Holland, TD
Associate Curator, University of Missouri-Columbia, MO

(Received 17 December 1991; accepted 28 January 1992)

Abstract

LInear-regression equations derived from measurements of tibial condyles from 100 individuals in the Hamann-Todd Collection retrodicted known stature with a level of confidence comparable to many of the existing stature-estimation techniques. Statures of an independent control group were estimated with similar success. The strong linear relationship that exists between the length of the tibia and the size of the condyles allows adult stature (of American whites and blacks) to be estimated from the proximal tibia. Since complete tibial length is not required, this technique could prove useful in forensic science and archaeological cases where less-than-intact elements are recovered.

Keywords:
physical anthropology, stature estimation, tibia, osteology

Paper ID: JFS13309J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13309J
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