Sex estimation of the human os coxae in archeological contexts: An advocacy of using both Diagnose Sexuelle Probabiliste and Brůžek's morphoscopic method

Villotte, Sébastien; Kacki, Sacha; Thomas, Aline

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Sex estimation of the human os coxae in archeological contexts: An advocacy of using both Diagnose Sexuelle Probabiliste and Brůžek's morphoscopic method

Villotte, Sébastien; Kacki, Sacha; Thomas, Aline

2024 • In International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

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bioarcheology; biological profile; coxal bone; methodology; Archeology (arts and humanities); Anthropology; Archeology

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[en] The aims of this article are (1) to present the applicability of two methods of sex estimation of the coxal bone—the Diagnose Sexuelle Probabiliste (second version, DSP2) and the Brůžek's morphoscopic method (statistical version, SBMM)—on a large archeological metasample; (2) to provide the percentage of agreement between the two methods; and (3) to illustrate the interest to use both methods together. The metasample under study is composed of adult skeletons from several European collections spanning from the Final Mesolithic to the Early Modern period. It includes 1270 coxal bones belonging to 765 individuals. Final sex estimation provided by each method is compared for each coxal bone and for each individual. A sex estimate (female or male) has been obtained by at least one method for 1066 coxal bones, and for 685 of the individuals (83.9% and 89.5% of our sample, respectively). Incongruity between methods and/or left and right coxal bones is extremely rare. The combined use of SBMM and DSP2 yields high rates of congruent sex estimations. While DSP2 results in a lower rate of sex estimation compared to SBMM, it likely offers better inter-observer reproducibility, and their joint application significantly increases the total number of classified individuals. It is recommended to record both metric and nonmetric variables from DSP2 and SBMM on both coxal bones to increase the number of sex estimations while maintaining high reliability.

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Archaeology

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Villotte, Sébastien ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences historiques ; Eco-anthropologie (EA), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Université de Paris, Musée de l'Homme, Paris, France ; Quaternary Environments & Humans, OD Earth and History of life, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium

Kacki, Sacha ; UMR 5199 PACEA, Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, MC, Pessac, France ; Department of Archaeology, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

Thomas, Aline ; Eco-anthropologie (EA), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Université de Paris, Musée de l'Homme, Paris, France

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English

Title :

Sex estimation of the human os coxae in archeological contexts: An advocacy of using both Diagnose Sexuelle Probabiliste and Brůžek's morphoscopic method

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2024

Journal title :

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

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1047-482X

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1099-1212

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John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/oa.3334

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Fondation Fyssen
British Academy
ANR - Agence Nationale de la Recherche
CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Funding text :

SV: Data acquisition was funded by the CNRS, the Fondation Fyssen (postdoctoral research fellowship), and the British Academy (Small Research Grant). SK: Data acquisition was funded by a grant from the French National Research Agency (grant ANR\u201010\u2010LABX\u201052) and by a grant from the Durham International Junior Research Fellowships scheme (COFUND\u2010Marie Curie). AT: Data acquisition was funded by the French Ministry of Research (doctoral research scholarship) and the French National Research Agency (grant ANR\u201017\u2010CE27\u20100023). Funding information

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