A comparison of biological sex and gender in subadult burials
Fundamental to mortuary associated gender studies is the comparison of the biological sex of skeletal remains with the cultural aspects of burial. Previously this type of gender study has been limited to the study of adults and those concerning children have been somewhat hypothetical due to the problems inherent in the osteological assignment of sex to immature human remains. However, the sexual dimorphism displayed in adult teeth is also found in the dentition of children and adolescents and this research project uses dental morphometrics of both the permanent and deciduous dentition to assign biological sex to subadult individuals. This thesis is comprised of three distinct phases of research. A comparison of the effectiveness of maximum coronal tooth diameters with cervical tooth diameters of known sex adult individuals (Spitalfields Collection, Natural History Museum, London). This phase of the project directly compares the sexual dimorphism of two types of diameter taken from the same teeth of the same individuals. Cervical tooth crown diameters can be very useful in archaeological odontometric studies where dental attrition precludes the use of maximum coronal crown diameters. A pilot study to establish
Griffiths, Katharine Susan
A comparison of biological sex and gender in subadult burials. Fundamental to mortuary associated gender studies is the comparison of the biological sex of skeletal remains with the cultural aspects of burial. Previously this type of gender study has been limited to the study of adults and those concerning children have been somewhat hypothetical due to the problems inherent in the osteological assignment of sex to immature human remains. However, the sexual dimorphism displayed in adult teeth is also found in the dentition of children and adolescents and this research project uses dental morphometrics of both the permanent and deciduous dentition to assign biological sex to subadult individuals. This thesis is comprised of three distinct phases of research. A comparison of the effectiveness of maximum coronal tooth diameters with cervical tooth diameters of known sex adult individuals (Spitalfields Collection, Natural History Museum, London). This phase of the project directly compares the sexual dimorphism of two types of diameter taken from the same teeth of the same individuals. Cervical tooth crown diameters can be very useful in archaeological odontometric studies where dental attrition precludes the use of maximum coronal crown diameters. A pilot study to establish
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