Recommended Further Reading
These are the seminal works on calculating living height (stature) from long limb bones.
- Trotter, M. (1970). Estimation of stature from intact long limb bones. In: Stewart, T. D., ed. Personal Identification in Mass Disasters. Washington, DC: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
- Trotter, M., Gleser, G. C. (1951). The effect of aging on stature. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 9:311–324.
- Trotter, M., Gleser, G. C. (1952). Estimation of stature from long bones of American Whites and Negroes. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 10:463–514.
- Trotter, M., Gleser, G. C. (1958). A re-evaluation of estimation of stature based on measurements of stature taken during life and of long bones after death. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 16:79–123.</bibliomixed>
Useful Weblinks
- In 2022, the Society of Forensic Anthropologists (SOFA) and the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCOE) paired together to put on a webinar on Forensic Fractography by Dr. Angi Christensen. Dr. Christensen will discuss material failure and how to detect evidence of failure in bones and what that can tell us about trauma. The webinar is now archived. In order to view the archived webinar, you must sign up for an FTCOE account, but it is free to do so. The link below will guide you to the about page for the webinar you must click the “back to webinar series page” and make sure you have an account.
- https://forensiccoe.org/webinar-2022-forensic-fractography-bone/
For a cool bioarcheological exploration of early gunshot trauma from the 1500s check out this video from the Center of Innovation at Leiden University “The Truth in our bones series”
See the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Teams Fredy Perccerelli discuss the mass graves from the 36 year conflict which killed over 200,000 civilians.
Watch the analysis of the trauma to the skeleton of Richard the III done by the University of Leicester. Richard III was the King of England 1483-1485, he was killed at the battle of Bosworth Field during the final battle of the Roses.
Although they are a bit dated, the FilmRISE series Skeleton Stories shows real forensic anthropologists work real cases. There are 13 episodes to the series.