title: Sexing North American Eskimo and Indian innominate bones with the acetabulum/pubis index.
abstract: The acetabulum/pubis index was tested on American Eskimo and Indian samples of innominate bones to which sex had been assigned by visual inspection. The index alone sexed 91 and 89% of the Eskimo and Indian samples, respectively. Subsequent sorting of misclassified specimens with femur head diameter resulted in 96 and 99% rates of classification. The index and a measurement of ischial height were used in a discriminant function model which correctly identified the sex of 93% of the Eskimo and 92% of the Indian bones. Using femur head diameter to sort those specimens which were misclassified by their discriminant function score yielded classification rates of 96 and 98%. These results are compared to a range of 92 to 100% obtained with the index in earlier studies of American black and white pelvic bone samples.
authors.affiliation: Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Schulter-Ellis
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Hayek
mesh_terms: D000077:Acetabulum / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D000413:Alaska; D000885:Anthropology, Physical; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006615:Hip; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D004930:Inuit; D008297:Male; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D012732:Sex Determination Analysis; D013023:South Dakota