Browsing by Author "Spies, Amy Joy"
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A comparison of the direct and indirect methods of estimating skeletal height from tibial fragments in black South Africans.
Spies, Amy Joy; Bidmos, Mubarak Ariyo; Brits, Desiré ( E Schweizerbart Science Publishers , 2020 , Article)The estimation of maximum bone length from its fragments is important in forensic anthropology as these length estimates can be used to estimate the total skeletal height (TSH), and thereby stature, of unknown skeletal ... -
Using tibial fragments to reconstruct the total skeletal height of black South Africans
Spies, Amy Joy; Bidmos, Mubarak Ariyo; Brits, Desiré ( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)Stature is an important component of the biological profile of unknown skeletal remains and regression equations for estimating stature have been derived for a number of bones. However, bones are rarely recovered intact ...