New data about the 21st Century Identified Skeletal Collection (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
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New data about the 21st Century Identified Skeletal Collection (University of Coimbra, Portugal) Maria Teresa Ferreira 1,2,3 & Catarina Coelho 1 & Calil Makhoul 1,4 & David Navega 1 & David Gonçalves 1,2,5 & Eugénia Cunha 1,6 & Francisco Curate 1,2 Received: 7 May 2020 / Accepted: 10 August 2020 # Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract After the publication of the first article in 2014, 21st Century Identified Skeletal Collection, housed in the Laboratory of Forensic Anthropology, Department of Life Sciences at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, has been growing. Currently, the collection is composed of 302 complete adult skeletons of both sexes, which means that in 5 years it has doubled. The collection consists mostly of elderly individuals, with only 12.25% of the individuals aged less than 61 years old. All individuals are Portuguese nationals who died between 1982 and 2012. Ninety individuals exhibit prostheses, other medical devices and signs of surgical procedures. Moreover, a sub-collection of experimentally burned skeletons is under development, and currently includes 56 individuals (18.54% of the collection). The 21st Century Identified Skeletal Collection constitutes a fundamental tool for forensic anthropology research, including the development and validation studies of methods that focus on elderly individuals, as can be ascertained by the numerous scientific publications and academic scholarship that have been produced in previous years. Keywords Forensic anthropology . Human skeletal biology . Reference collections . Burned remains
Introduction Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-020-02399-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. * Maria Teresa Ferreira [email protected] 1
Laboratory of Forensic Anthropology, Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal
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Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal
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Research Centre for Anthropology and Health, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal
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Molecular Physical-Chemistry R&D Unit, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Archaeosciences Laboratory (LARC/CIBIO/InBIO), Lisbon, Portugal
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Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, IP., Coimbra, Portugal
Identified osteological collections are one of the pillars of bioanthropological research [1], and skeletal studies of such collections are foundational for scientific anthropological knowledge. The collections of mostly known individuals are used to develop and support the systematic dependability of methods that facilitate the assessment of a biological profile [2]. In fact, they allow for the development of new methods and the testing and validation of existing ones, contribute to identify human skele
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