Dayal Manisha R, Kegley Anthony D T, Strkalj Goran, Bidmos Mubarak A, Kuykendall Kevin L
School of Physiotherapy, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA, Australia.
Am J Phys Anthropol. 2009 Oct;140(2):324-35. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.21072.
The Raymond A. Dart Collection of Human Skeletons (Dart Collection) is housed in the School of Anatomical Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and comprises one of the largest documented cadaver-derived human skeletal assemblages in the world. This collection originated in the early 1920s as a result of the efforts of Raymond Dart and continues to grow. The skeletons included represent varied indigenous and immigrant populations from southern Africa, Europe and Asia. This contribution documents the history of the collection and provides an updated inventory and demographic assessment of this valuable research collection. According to a recent inventory the Dart Collection currently comprises 2,605 skeletons representing individuals from regional SA African (76%), White (15%), Coloured (4%) and Indian (0.3%) populations. A large proportion of the skeletons (71%) represent males. The recorded ages at death range from the first year to over 100 years of age, but the majority of individuals died between the ages of 20 and 70. The Dart Collection has been affected by collection procedures based on availability. All of the cadavers collected before 1958, and large proportions subsequently, were derived from unclaimed bodies in regional South African hospitals. Some details of documentation (age at death, population group) are estimates and some aspects of the collection demographics (sex ratios) do not closely reflect any living South African population. Our inventory and analysis of the Dart Collection is aimed to assist researchers planning research on the materials from this collection.
雷蒙德·A·达特人类骨骼收藏（达特收藏）存于南非约翰内斯堡金山大学解剖科学学院，是世界上有记录的源自尸体的最大人类骨骼组合之一。该收藏始于20世纪20年代初，是雷蒙德·达特努力的成果，且仍在不断扩充。其中的骨骼代表了来自南部非洲、欧洲和亚洲的不同本土及移民群体。本文介绍了该收藏的历史，并对这个珍贵的研究收藏进行了最新盘点和人口统计学评估。根据最近的盘点，达特收藏目前包含2605具骨骼，代表了来自南非地区（76%）、白人（15%）、混血人种（4%）和印度人（0.3%）群体的个体。大部分骨骼（71%）代表男性。记录的死亡年龄从1岁到100多岁不等，但大多数个体死于20岁至70岁之间。达特收藏受到基于可获取性的收集程序的影响。1958年之前收集的所有尸体，以及随后的大部分尸体，都来自南非地区医院无人认领的遗体。一些记录细节（死亡年龄、人口群体）是估计值，且收藏人口统计学的某些方面（性别比例）并不能准确反映任何现存的南非人群。我们对达特收藏的盘点和分析旨在帮助计划对该收藏材料进行研究的人员。
