Denise Donlon
Biographic Data
| ID | 121750 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Denise Donlon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Denise |
| FAMILY NAME | Donlon |
| SIGNATURE | DONLON D |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1987-240X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 122 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Anthropological and Forensic Aspects of Odontological Variation in Two Contemporary Australian Populations
The utilization of odontometric variation as a discriminator between modern human groups continues to decline, despite its value in both anthropological and forensic contexts. Traditional odontometric methods, coupled with advanced statistical methods, are applied to illustrate the continuing usefulness of these techniques. The ability to discriminate between the major population groups (Caucasoid and Mongoloid) in the Sydney region of Australia,…
A re-examination of the cortical thickness of the femur as an aid to distinguishing between human and non-human bone fragments
Survival and recovery of DNA from ancient teeth and bones
A comparison of cortical bone thickness in the femoral midshaft of humans and two non-human mammals
Deadly weapons
A recently excavated skeleton dated to 3677 cal BP provides an extraordinary opportunity to determine the function of its associated backed artefacts. Seventeen stone artefacts were recovered during salvage excavation of an adult male Aboriginal skeleton from a sand dune in Narrabeen, a coastal suburb of Sydney. The skeletal and artefact evidence indicate death by spearing. Three artefacts were refitted, and, of the 14 near complete artifacts, 12…
Obituaries
Dental enamel hypoplasias and health changes in the Middle Bronze Age – Early Iron Age transition at Pella in Jordan
The first archaeological evidence for death by spearing in Australia
An Aboriginal man done to death on the dunes 4000 years ago was recently discovered during excavations beneath a bus shelter in Narrabeen on Sydney's northern beaches. The presence of backed microliths and the evidence for trauma in the bones showed that he had been killed with stone-tipped spears. Now we know how these backed points were used. A punishment ritual is implied by analogies with contact-period observations made in the eighteenth cen…
Homo floresiensis
The value of infracranial nonmetric variation in studies of modernHomo sapiens
The value of quantitative infracranial nonmetric variation is examined in the study of population relationships by using samples from populations originating from five major geographic regions: Australia (two populations), Africa, East Asia, Europe, and Polynesia. According to the nonspecificity hypothesis, there are no distinct large classes of genes affecting one group of attributes exclusively; thus infracranial nonmetric traits should compare…
Aboriginal Skeletal Collections And Research In Physical Anthropology
long been dependent upon collections of skeletal remains of Aboriginal people. In the decade 1984 to 1994 some important collections were reburied and Aboriginal people were given control over access to most skeletal collections. This paper traces research in physical anthropology in the last 20 years within the context of changes in control of access to Aboriginal skeletal collections. The effects of reburial and the greater Aboriginal con-trol …
The Skeleton Manual
(1987). The Skeleton Manual: A Handbook for the Identification of Aboriginal Skeletal Remains, by Alan Thorne and Anne Ross, illustrated by Minifred Mumford and Betsy-Jane Osborne. Australian Archaeology: Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 80-82
Homo floresiensis
Survival and recovery of DNA from ancient teeth and bones
The first archaeological evidence for death by spearing in Australia
An Aboriginal man done to death on the dunes 4000 years ago was recently discovered during excavations beneath a bus shelter in Narrabeen on Sydney's northern beaches. The presence of backed microliths and the evidence for trauma in the bones showed that he had been killed with stone-tipped spears. Now we know how these backed points were used. A punishment ritual is implied by analogies with contact-period observations made in the eighteenth cen…
Aboriginal Skeletal Collections And Research In Physical Anthropology
long been dependent upon collections of skeletal remains of Aboriginal people. In the decade 1984 to 1994 some important collections were reburied and Aboriginal people were given control over access to most skeletal collections. This paper traces research in physical anthropology in the last 20 years within the context of changes in control of access to Aboriginal skeletal collections. The effects of reburial and the greater Aboriginal con-trol …
Anthropological and Forensic Aspects of Odontological Variation in Two Contemporary Australian Populations
The utilization of odontometric variation as a discriminator between modern human groups continues to decline, despite its value in both anthropological and forensic contexts. Traditional odontometric methods, coupled with advanced statistical methods, are applied to illustrate the continuing usefulness of these techniques. The ability to discriminate between the major population groups (Caucasoid and Mongoloid) in the Sydney region of Australia,…
The Skeleton Manual
(1987). The Skeleton Manual: A Handbook for the Identification of Aboriginal Skeletal Remains, by Alan Thorne and Anne Ross, illustrated by Minifred Mumford and Betsy-Jane Osborne. Australian Archaeology: Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 80-82
Aboriginal Skeletal Collections And Research In Physical Anthropology
long been dependent upon collections of skeletal remains of Aboriginal people. In the decade 1984 to 1994 some important collections were reburied and Aboriginal people were given control over access to most skeletal collections. This paper traces research in physical anthropology in the last 20 years within the context of changes in control of access to Aboriginal skeletal collections. The effects of reburial and the greater Aboriginal con-trol …
The value of infracranial nonmetric variation in studies of modernHomo sapiens
The value of quantitative infracranial nonmetric variation is examined in the study of population relationships by using samples from populations originating from five major geographic regions: Australia (two populations), Africa, East Asia, Europe, and Polynesia. According to the nonspecificity hypothesis, there are no distinct large classes of genes affecting one group of attributes exclusively; thus infracranial nonmetric traits should compare…
Homo floresiensis
Dental enamel hypoplasias and health changes in the Middle Bronze Age – Early Iron Age transition at Pella in Jordan
The first archaeological evidence for death by spearing in Australia
An Aboriginal man done to death on the dunes 4000 years ago was recently discovered during excavations beneath a bus shelter in Narrabeen on Sydney's northern beaches. The presence of backed microliths and the evidence for trauma in the bones showed that he had been killed with stone-tipped spears. Now we know how these backed points were used. A punishment ritual is implied by analogies with contact-period observations made in the eighteenth cen…
A comparison of cortical bone thickness in the femoral midshaft of humans and two non-human mammals
Deadly weapons
A recently excavated skeleton dated to 3677 cal BP provides an extraordinary opportunity to determine the function of its associated backed artefacts. Seventeen stone artefacts were recovered during salvage excavation of an adult male Aboriginal skeleton from a sand dune in Narrabeen, a coastal suburb of Sydney. The skeletal and artefact evidence indicate death by spearing. Three artefacts were refitted, and, of the 14 near complete artifacts, 12…
Obituaries
A re-examination of the cortical thickness of the femur as an aid to distinguishing between human and non-human bone fragments
Survival and recovery of DNA from ancient teeth and bones
Anthropological and Forensic Aspects of Odontological Variation in Two Contemporary Australian Populations
The utilization of odontometric variation as a discriminator between modern human groups continues to decline, despite its value in both anthropological and forensic contexts. Traditional odontometric methods, coupled with advanced statistical methods, are applied to illustrate the continuing usefulness of these techniques. The ability to discriminate between the major population groups (Caucasoid and Mongoloid) in the Sydney region of Australia,…
Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (11 works) · Biology (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (6 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Dentistry (3 works) · Evolutionary biology (3 works)