ANTHROPOMETKT 



141 



Bones of the Foot' 



Tribe Locality Observer . 



Right 



Left 



Cat. 



No. 



ESTIMATION OF STATURE FROM PARTS OF THE SKELETON* 



The International Agreement of Geneva stipulates that: "For the 

 reconstruction of the stature with the aid of the long bones, the maxi- 

 mum length shall be measured in all cases save in those of the femur 

 which is to be measured in the oblique position, and the tibia which 

 is also be to measured in the oblique position, the spine being excluded." 



Under these conditions and until something more serviceable 

 may be provided, the student is advised to use Manouvrier's tables, 

 which are here reproduced. These tables apply only to bones of 

 adults; and a proper sexual identification is in each case of the greatest 

 importance. All the long bones present should be measured and the 

 mean length of each pair used for the approximations in the table, 

 the mean of the total of approximations giving the stature. 



1 See Bull. 62, Bur, Am. Elhnol., Wash. 1916. 



' Max. length of 1st metacarpal X 100. 

 Max. length of 1st metatarsal 



° Max. length of 1st metarsal X 100 . 

 Bicondylar length of femur 



* Dwight (Thos.) — Methods of estimating the height from parts of the skeleton. 

 Med. Rec, Sept. 8, 1894. (Gives data for estimating stature also from length of 

 sternum and that of the spine.) Manouvrier (L.) — Determination de la taUle d'aprfes 

 les OS longs. Rei>. Ec. d'Anlhrop. Paris, 1892, II, 227. — La determination de la taille 

 d'apres les grands os des membres. Mem. Soc. d'Anthrop., Paris, 1893, Ser. 2, IV, 

 347-411. Pearson (K.) — On the reconstruction of the stature of prehistoric races. 

 Philos. Trans. R. Soc, London, 1899 (Mathematical); CXCII, Ser. A, 169-244. 

 RoUet (E.) — La mensuration des os longs des membres. These med., Lyon, 1899 

 (Similar to Manouvrier). Topinard (P.) — De la restitution de la taille par les oa 

 longs. Rev. d'Anthrop., Paris, 1885, VIII, 134. — Proc6d6 des mensuration des oa 

 longs dans le but de r^constituer la taille. Bull. Soc. d'Anthrop. Paris, 1885, VIII, 

 73-83. Also Elements d' Anthropologie generate (used maximum lengths throughout). 

 Older data unreUable and lack precision of methods. 



