Carregant...
Fitxers
Tipus de document
ArticleVersió
Versió acceptadaData de publicació
Tots els drets reservats
Si us plau utilitzeu sempre aquest identificador per citar o enllaçar aquest document: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/46008
Sacral fusion as an aid in age estimation
Títol de la revista
Director/Tutor
ISSN de la revista
Títol del volum
Recurs relacionat
Resum
The degree of fusion at the anterior aspect of the sacral vertebrae has been scored in 242 male and female skeletons from the Lisbon documented collection, ranging in age from 16 to 59 years old. Statistical tests indicate a sex difference towards earlier fusion in young females compared with young males, as well as a clear association between degree of fusion and age. Similar results have been found in documented skeletal samples from Coimbra and Sassari, and the recommendations stated by these authors regarding age estimation have been positively tested in the Lisbon collection. Although more research from geographically diverse samples is required, a general picture of the pattern of sacral fusion and its associations with age and sex is emerging. We also provide a practical example of the usefulness of the sacrum in age estimation in a forensic setting, a mass grave from the Spanish Civil War. It is concluded that the scoring of the degree of fusion of the sacral vertebrae, specially of S1-2, can be a simple tool for assigning skeletons to broad age groups, and it should be implemented as another resource for age estimation in the study of human skeletal remains.
Matèries (anglès)
Citació
Citació
RÍOS, Luis, WEISENSEE, Katy, RISSECH, Carme. Sacral fusion as an aid in age estimation. _Forensic Science International_. 2008. Vol. 180, núm. 2-3, pàgs. 111. [consulta: 23 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 0379-0738. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/46008]