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Statistical assessment of commingled skeletal remains
Author(s) -
Snow Clyde C.,
Folk Earl D.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330320312
Subject(s) - assemblage (archaeology) , biology , paleontology
Commingling in mixed burials is generally detected through the discovery of duplicate elements or bony evidence of sex, age, or statural differences in the recovered bones. In cases where the suspected commingling involves closely similar individuals and the total skeletal parts total less than one individual, it is important to consider the possibility that the recovered assemblage, through chance, may consist of non‐duplicated elements. A method of statistically assessing the probability of such an event is presented.