Atlas of Human Cranial Macromorphoscopic Traits

Atlas of Human Cranial Macromorphoscopic Traits synthesizes macromorphoscopic traits and their analysis in an accessible manner, providing detailed descriptions and examples of the various character state manifestations intended for use in classrooms, laboratories, and in the field. The volume begins with an outline of the macromorphoscopic dataset, its history, recent modifications to the historical approach, and recent technological and analytical advances. Additional sections cover Nomenclature, Gross Anatomy, Function, Methodology, Line Drawings, Detailed Definitions, Multiple High-resolution Photographs, and Population Variation Data from the Macromorphoscopic Databank (MaMD).

The volume concludes with a chapter outlining the statistical analysis of macromorphoscopic data and a summary of the computer programs and reference databases available to forensic anthropologists for the analysis of these data.

• Provides detailed descriptions, illustrations and high-resolution images of various character state manifestations of seventeen macromorphoscopic traits
• Applies to both forensic and bioarcheological research
• Written by the foremost expert on macromorphoscopic trait analysis and estimation of ancestry in forensic anthropology

Forensic Anthropologists, Bioarchaeologists, as well as upper-level undergraduate and graduate students

1. Introduction

2. Macromorphoscopic Traits

3. Anterior Nasal Spine

4. Inferior Nasal Aperture

5. Interorbital Breadth

6. Malar Tubercle

7. Nasal Aperture Shape

8. Nasal Aperture Width

9. Nasal Bone Contour

10. Nasal Bone Shape

11. Nasal Overgrowth

12. Nasofrontal Suture

13. Orbital Shape

14. Palate Shape

15. Postbregmatic Depression

16. Posterior Zygomatic Tubercle

17. Supranasal Suture

18. Transverse Palatine Suture

19. Zygomaticomaxillary Suture

20. Analytical Methods

21. Conclusion