Development of the femur—Implications for age and sex determination (original) (raw)

2008, Forensic Science International

This collection comprises 227 adult and sub-adult skeletons from the cemetery of St Bride's church. All individuals died between the 18th and 19th centuries. (b) Esqueletos Identificados (Co), housed in the Anthropological museum of the University of Coimbra (Portugal). This collection comprises 505 adult and subadult skeletons from the local cemetery of Conchada. All individuals died between the 19th and 20th century. (c) Lisbon collection (Lb), housed in the Museu Bocage of Lisbon (Portugal). This collection arose from the accumulation of adult and sub-adult skeletons from three local cemeteries Alto de S. Joaõ, Prazeres, and Benfica. It comprises 1400 adult and sub-adult individuals, who died between the 19th and 20th centuries. (d) Skeletal series of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), housed in the Biological Anthropology Unit of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain). This series arose from the accumulation of 34 adult individuals from the cemetery of Granollers (Spain) who died in the 20th century. (e) Scheuer Collection (Sch), housed at the Centre of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology of the University of Dundee (Scotland). This collection arose from the accumulation of forensic, anatomical and archaeological sub-adult skeletons. In this paper 19 individuals have been used, all of them have forensic origin and died in the 20th century. Of the 19 individuals utilized, 17 have Portuguese origins and 2 have English origins.