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Article: Anthropology.(Critical Essay)
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- Michigan Academician
- Article date:
- March 22, 2001
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Concordance of Two Methods of Assessing Sex and Race of Human Crania. Christy Watterson, Central Michigan University, Department of Anthropology, Mount Pleasant, MI 48858; 517/773-8394
The objective of this research was to assess the concordance of two methods for identifying the sex and race of human crania. The first method was morphological observation. The second was metric measurement as prescribed by the software program Fordisc 2. The collection of 24 undocumented crania in the Mathur anthropology laboratory at Central Michigan University originated from suppliers drawing upon sources in the United States, India, and China. The degree of concordance of the ...