Gill G W
Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA.
J Forensic Sci. 1995 Sep;40(5):783-8.
Throughout much of the western region of the United States the traditional metric method for discerning Amerindian skeletal remains from those of Whites or Blacks, that is, the Giles-Elliot discriminant function approach, has simply been shown to be ineffective. It also seems to fail at correctly identifying the crania of Black males. The region of the West that produces the lowest percentages of correct placement of American Indian skeletons appears to be the Northwestern Plains (Wyoming, Montana). For this reason, in that area of the West a number of new methods have emerged (both metric and non-metric) in recent years. The effectiveness of each of these approaches in the process of skeletal identification varies, but most of them appear to be quite useful in forensic contexts. It is also suggested that some additional new approaches which seem to hold much promise for the future, be tested objectively as well, in order to ascertain their effectiveness in forensic casework.
在美国西部地区的大部分地区，传统的通过测量方法来区分美洲印第安人骨骼遗骸与白人或黑人骨骼遗骸的方法，即贾尔斯 - 埃利奥特判别函数法，已被证明是无效的。它似乎也无法正确识别黑人男性的颅骨。美国印第安人骨骼正确识别率最低的西部地区似乎是西北平原（怀俄明州、蒙大拿州）。因此，近年来在西部的该地区出现了一些新方法（包括测量方法和非测量方法）。这些方法在骨骼识别过程中的有效性各不相同，但它们中的大多数在法医鉴定中似乎都非常有用。还有人建议，一些似乎对未来很有前景的其他新方法也应进行客观测试，以确定它们在法医案件工作中的有效性。
