title: A test of the revised auricular surface aging method on a modern European population.
abstract: The accurate age estimation of adults is an important step in the construction of the biological profile of skeletonized remains. The auricular surface of the ilium as it was developed in 1985 by Lovejoy et al., is one of the methods employed for age estimation. This study presents the results of a blind test of the revised auricular surface aging method developed by Buckberry and Chamberlain. A sample of 120 individuals from the Athens Collection was used to test this revised aging technique. Almost all features and composite score were positively correlated with known age-at-death. The calculation of bias demonstrated no obvious trend for either overestimation or underestimation of age when all individuals were pooled together. Inaccuracy showed that absolute errors of estimated ages against known ages are substantial. The data generated from this study suggest that the revised method can be reliable for age estimation on a modern European population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, 75 M. Asias Street, Athens, 11527, Greece.
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moraitis
authors.forename: Eleni
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zorba
authors.forename: Constantine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Eliopoulos
authors.forename: Sherry C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Fox
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton / Q000379:methods*; D000368:Aged; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D018732:Forensic Anthropology / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D016062:Porosity; D012044:Regression Analysis; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Athens collection; age estimation; auricular surface; forensic anthropology; forensic science; innominate