Abstract

The Ischio–pubic Proportions in Skeletal Sex Determination: Evaluation in a Recent Sample of Known Sex. E. Vacca, A. Todero Sexual dimorphism of bony pelvis has been largely studied and it constitutes a major field in anthropological practice. The criteria supporting the widely used osteometryc techniques of sex attribution are population specific and cannot be generalized. This specificity is shared by characteristic pelvic features, such as the relative length of the ischium and the pubis, despite the fact that they offer the most reliable evidence for sex identification (Ferembach et al., 1980; Novotny, 1986). This work presents the metric characterization of the ischio–pubic proportions in a recent sample of known sex from southern Italy (Apulia). A preliminary evaluation of discriminant power of the obtained characterization, based on the ischio-pubic proportions only, gives a correct attribution ranging between 92 and 96%. The work focuses on some specific relations in the relative length of the ischium and the pubis, highlighted by a comparison of the variability of the studied sample with that of other populations. In addition, the study also illustrates how ignoring this variability can cause misclassification. Finally, the study confirms that the combination of representative characters of the various pelvic traits is needed to obtain the correct attribution of sex in recent known populations. References. Ferembach D., Schwidetzky I. and Stloukal M., 1980. Recommendations for age and sex diagnoses of skeletons. Workshop of European Anthropologists. Journal of Human Evolution, 9: 517-549. Novotny V., 1986. Sex determination of the pelvic bone: a system approach. Anthropologie XXIV, 2-3: 197-206.

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• Vacca Eligio

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2011

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9788889277188

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