ISSN:
1824-3096
Keywords:
Interobserver error
;
methods
;
skeletal aging
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract This research evaluates the interobserver error when the macroscopic methods recommended by American and European anthropologists to estimate age at death of a skeleton, were applied to a sample of the Terry Collection (Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.). Although no statistical differences among observers were found for any of these methods, small dissimilarities suggest that techniques using a narrower scale of categories produce greater agreement among researchers. The present study is within a wider research project designed to evaluate the accuracy of these methods, when applied to an identified (age known) sample of 963 skeleton from the Terry Collection.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02447881
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