Buckberry J L, Chamberlain A T
Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 4ET, UK.
Am J Phys Anthropol. 2002 Nov;119(3):231-9. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.10130.
A revised method for estimating adult age at death using the auricular surface of the ilium has been developed. It is based on the existing auricular surface aging method of Lovejoy et al. ([1985] Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 68:15-28), but the revised technique is easier to apply, and has low levels of inter- and intraobserver error. The new method records age-related stages for different features of the auricular surface, which are then combined to provide a composite score from which an estimate of age at death is obtained. Blind tests of the method were carried out on a known-age skeletal collection from Christ Church, Spitalfields, London. These tests showed that the dispersion of age at death for a given morphological stage was large, particularly after the first decade of adult life. Statistical analysis showed that the age-related changes in auricular surface are not significantly different for males and females. The scores from the revised method have a slightly higher correlation with age than do the Suchey-Brooks pubic symphysis stages. Considering the higher survival rates of the auricular surface compared with the pubic symphysis, this method promises to be useful for biological anthropology and forensic science.
一种利用髂骨耳状面估计成人死亡年龄的修订方法已被开发出来。它基于洛夫乔伊等人（[1985]《美国体质人类学杂志》68:15 - 28）现有的耳状面老化方法，但修订后的技术更易于应用，且观察者间和观察者内误差水平较低。新方法记录耳状面不同特征的年龄相关阶段，然后将这些阶段组合以提供一个综合分数，从中得出死亡年龄的估计值。该方法在来自伦敦斯皮塔菲尔德基督教堂的已知年龄骨骼样本上进行了盲测。这些测试表明，对于给定形态阶段，死亡年龄的离散度很大，尤其是在成年后的第一个十年之后。统计分析表明，男性和女性耳状面与年龄相关的变化没有显著差异。修订方法的分数与年龄的相关性略高于苏切伊 - 布鲁克斯耻骨联合阶段。考虑到耳状面与耻骨联合相比具有更高的保存率，该方法有望在生物人类学和法医学中发挥作用。
