跟骨：史前新西兰波利尼西亚骨骼遗骸的性别评估。

The calcaneus: sex assessment of prehistoric New Zealand Polynesian skeletal remains.

作者信息

Murphy A M C

机构信息

Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe, NSW 1825, Australia.

出版信息

Forensic Sci Int. 2002 Oct 9;129(3):205-8. doi: 10.1016/s0379-0738(02)00301-8.

DOI:10.1016/s0379-0738(02)00301-8

PMID:12372692

Abstract

The increasing pace of urbanisation has meant that prehistoric Polynesian skeletal remains are frequently being recovered in New Zealand. Since such material must often be reinterred quickly, it is important that the sex of individuals be determined from the remains in a relatively short time. For this purpose, discriminant function analysis was utilised for sex determination of prehistoric adult New Zealand Polynesian calcanei (26 male and 22 female). Five measurements were taken and subjected to Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) discriminant function analysis. For the discriminant functions derived, accuracy of sex determination ranged from 88.4 to 93.5%. Reduction in error over random assignment by sex ranged from 77 to 87%.

摘要

城市化进程的加快意味着在新西兰经常能发现史前波利尼西亚人的骨骼遗骸。由于这些遗骸通常必须迅速重新掩埋，因此在相对较短的时间内从遗骸中确定个体性别非常重要。为此，采用判别函数分析来确定史前成年新西兰波利尼西亚人的跟骨性别（26例男性和22例女性）。进行了五项测量，并将其纳入社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）进行判别函数分析。对于所推导的判别函数，性别判定的准确率在88.4%至93.5%之间。与随机按性别分配相比，误差减少了77%至87%。