Samantha M Hen
Biographic Data
| ID | 137978 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samantha M Hen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samantha M |
| FAMILY NAME | Hen |
| SIGNATURE | HEN S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Sacramento |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4538-6309 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 107 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Frailty and Mortality in Historic Americans: The Relationship Between Sex, Social Race, Health, and Survival
The study of human skeletal remains from historic contexts is uniquely positioned to explore inequality over time by linking the underlying sociocultural factors that enforce marginalization with lived experiences and health outcomes. We analyzed mortality rates among historic individuals of low socioeconomic status from a documented human skeletal collection, to examine how culture and identity become biologically embodied. Because pre-existing …
The impact of early childhood stressors on later growth in medieval and postmedieval London
This research examined the relationship between linear enamel hypoplasia (LEH) and stature in medieval and postmedieval London cemeteries to determine whether individuals with LEH in their permanent dentition also exhibited shorter stature. Pathological and metric data for 87 adult individuals from the medieval East Smithfield Black Death cemetery and 136 adult individuals from the postmedieval St. Bride's Lower Churchyard Cemetery were used in t…
An epidemiological approach to the analysis of cribra orbitalia as an indicator of health status and mortality in medieval and post‐medieval London under a model of parasitic infection
OBJECTIVES: Many individuals living in medieval and post-medieval London suffered issues with sanitation, food insecurity, infectious disease, and widespread exposure to parasites from a multitude of sources, causing increased risk of death for many inhabitants. We examine this stressful environment and its relationship with various demographic and temporal dimensions, using cribra orbitalia (CO) as an indicator of stress, to model an increased r…
Sex estimation from cranial morphological traits: Use of the methods across American Indians, modern North Americans, and ancient Egyptians
Cranial Variation and Biodistance in Three Imperial Roman Cemeteries
Ancient Roman populations are expected to exhibit considerable biological variation because of extensive trade networks and migration patterns throughout Europe and the circum‐Mediterranean. The purpose of this research is to examine regional biological variation in Italy during imperial Roman times (1st to 3rd centuries ad ) using three samples exhibiting distinctive class and economic systems. The individuals buried at Isola Sacra and Velia rep…
Modeling senescence changes of the pubic symphysis in historic I talian populations: A comparison of the R ostock and forensic approaches to aging using transition analysis
Age‐related anatomical changes to the surface of the pubic symphysis are well‐documented in the literature. However, aligning these morphological changes with chronological age has proven problematic, often resulting in biased age estimates. Statistical modeling provides an avenue for forensic anthropologists and bioarchaeologists to increase the accuracy of traditional aging methods. Locating appropriate samples to use as a basis for modeling ag…
Age‐at‐death estimation in an Italian historical sample: A test of the Suchey‐Brooks and transition analysis methods
A growing body of research is demonstrating increased accuracy in aging from a relatively new method, transition analysis. Although transition analysis was developed for paleodemographic research, a majority of subsequent studies have been in the forensic arena, with very little work in bioarchaeological contexts. Using the Suchey‐Brooks pubic symphysis phases, scored on a target sample of historic Italians from the island of Sardinia, we compare…
Brief communication: Skeletal biology past and present: Are we moving in the right direction
In 1982, Spencer's edited volume A History of American Physical Anthropology: 1930–1980 allowed numerous authors to document the state of our science, including a critical examination of skeletal biology. Some authors argued that the first 50 years of skeletal biology were characterized by the descriptive‐historical approach with little regard for processual problems and that technological and statistical analyses were not rooted in theory. In an…
Ontogeny and diachronic changes in sexual dimorphism in the craniofacial skeleton of rhesus macaques from Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico
Ontogeny of craniofacial sexual dimorphism in the orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus). I: Face and palate
The orangutan is widely recognized as a highly dimorphic species. An ontogenetic approach to the study of sexual dimorphism can assist researchers in understanding both where and when these differences develop. In this study, 357 orangutans from Borneo were divided into five developmental stages representing infancy to mature adulthood. Three-dimensional (3D) coordinate data from 16 landmarks representing the face and palate were analyzed by mean…
Growth and sexual dimorphism in orangutan crania: A three‐dimensional approach
New insights may be gleaned by taking an ontogenetic approach to investigations of adult dimorphism. Previous work in this area relied on traditional, caliper‐based, morphometric methods, and produced conflicting results. This study uses a three‐dimensional (3‐D) approach for both local and global form comparisons of sex‐specific growth and growth patterns. 3‐D coordinate data were collected for 20 landmarks on 94 orangutan crania divided into fi…
Estimating stature in fossil hominids: Which Regression Model and Reference Sample to Use
Use of ordinal categorical variables in skeletal assessment of sex from the cranium
Stature estimation and calibration: Bayesian and maximum likelihood perspectives in physical anthropology
Many applied problems in physical anthropology involve estimation of an unobservable quantity (such as age at death or stature) from quantities that are observable. Two of the more disparate subdisciplines of our discipline, paleoanthropology and forensic anthropology, routinely make use of various estimation methods on a case-by-case basis. We discuss the rationales for making estimations on isolated cases, taking stature estimation from femoral…
Stature estimation and calibration: Bayesian and maximum likelihood perspectives in physical anthropology
Many applied problems in physical anthropology involve estimation of an unobservable quantity (such as age at death or stature) from quantities that are observable. Two of the more disparate subdisciplines of our discipline, paleoanthropology and forensic anthropology, routinely make use of various estimation methods on a case-by-case basis. We discuss the rationales for making estimations on isolated cases, taking stature estimation from femoral…
Use of ordinal categorical variables in skeletal assessment of sex from the cranium
In anthropological studies, visual indicators of sex are traditionally scored on an ordinal categorical scale. Logistic and probit regression models are commonly used statistical tools for the analysis of ordinal categorical data. These models provide unbiased estimates of the posterior probabilities of sex conditional on observed indicators, but they do so only under certain conditions. We suggest a more general method for sexing using a multiva…
Estimation of African ape body length from femur length
Technical note: A blind test of mandibular ramus flexure as a morphologic indicator of sexual dimorphism in the human skeleton
Loth and Henneberg (1996, Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 99:473-487) identified a single morphological feature of the mandible, the presence or absence of a distinct flexure or angulation of the posterior margin of the mandibular ramus at the level of the occlusal plane, which appears to be an extraordinarily accurate predictor of sex. Using only this feature, Loth and Henneberg were able to predict sex with 94% accuracy in a large sample of mandibles. …
Estimating stature in fossil hominids: Which Regression Model and Reference Sample to Use
Age‐at‐death estimation in an Italian historical sample: A test of the Suchey‐Brooks and transition analysis methods
A growing body of research is demonstrating increased accuracy in aging from a relatively new method, transition analysis. Although transition analysis was developed for paleodemographic research, a majority of subsequent studies have been in the forensic arena, with very little work in bioarchaeological contexts. Using the Suchey‐Brooks pubic symphysis phases, scored on a target sample of historic Italians from the island of Sardinia, we compare…
Estimation of African ape body length from femur length
Ontogeny and diachronic changes in sexual dimorphism in the craniofacial skeleton of rhesus macaques from Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico
An epidemiological approach to the analysis of cribra orbitalia as an indicator of health status and mortality in medieval and post‐medieval London under a model of parasitic infection
OBJECTIVES: Many individuals living in medieval and post-medieval London suffered issues with sanitation, food insecurity, infectious disease, and widespread exposure to parasites from a multitude of sources, causing increased risk of death for many inhabitants. We examine this stressful environment and its relationship with various demographic and temporal dimensions, using cribra orbitalia (CO) as an indicator of stress, to model an increased r…
Modeling senescence changes of the pubic symphysis in historic I talian populations: A comparison of the R ostock and forensic approaches to aging using transition analysis
Age‐related anatomical changes to the surface of the pubic symphysis are well‐documented in the literature. However, aligning these morphological changes with chronological age has proven problematic, often resulting in biased age estimates. Statistical modeling provides an avenue for forensic anthropologists and bioarchaeologists to increase the accuracy of traditional aging methods. Locating appropriate samples to use as a basis for modeling ag…
Growth and sexual dimorphism in orangutan crania: A three‐dimensional approach
New insights may be gleaned by taking an ontogenetic approach to investigations of adult dimorphism. Previous work in this area relied on traditional, caliper‐based, morphometric methods, and produced conflicting results. This study uses a three‐dimensional (3‐D) approach for both local and global form comparisons of sex‐specific growth and growth patterns. 3‐D coordinate data were collected for 20 landmarks on 94 orangutan crania divided into fi…
Brief communication: Skeletal biology past and present: Are we moving in the right direction
In 1982, Spencer's edited volume A History of American Physical Anthropology: 1930–1980 allowed numerous authors to document the state of our science, including a critical examination of skeletal biology. Some authors argued that the first 50 years of skeletal biology were characterized by the descriptive‐historical approach with little regard for processual problems and that technological and statistical analyses were not rooted in theory. In an…
The impact of early childhood stressors on later growth in medieval and postmedieval London
This research examined the relationship between linear enamel hypoplasia (LEH) and stature in medieval and postmedieval London cemeteries to determine whether individuals with LEH in their permanent dentition also exhibited shorter stature. Pathological and metric data for 87 adult individuals from the medieval East Smithfield Black Death cemetery and 136 adult individuals from the postmedieval St. Bride's Lower Churchyard Cemetery were used in t…
Use of ordinal categorical variables in skeletal assessment of sex from the cranium
Stature estimation and calibration: Bayesian and maximum likelihood perspectives in physical anthropology
Many applied problems in physical anthropology involve estimation of an unobservable quantity (such as age at death or stature) from quantities that are observable. Two of the more disparate subdisciplines of our discipline, paleoanthropology and forensic anthropology, routinely make use of various estimation methods on a case-by-case basis. We discuss the rationales for making estimations on isolated cases, taking stature estimation from femoral…
Stature estimation and calibration: Bayesian and maximum likelihood perspectives in physical anthropology
Many applied problems in physical anthropology involve estimation of an unobservable quantity (such as age at death or stature) from quantities that are observable. Two of the more disparate subdisciplines of our discipline, paleoanthropology and forensic anthropology, routinely make use of various estimation methods on a case-by-case basis. We discuss the rationales for making estimations on isolated cases, taking stature estimation from femoral…
Use of ordinal categorical variables in skeletal assessment of sex from the cranium
In anthropological studies, visual indicators of sex are traditionally scored on an ordinal categorical scale. Logistic and probit regression models are commonly used statistical tools for the analysis of ordinal categorical data. These models provide unbiased estimates of the posterior probabilities of sex conditional on observed indicators, but they do so only under certain conditions. We suggest a more general method for sexing using a multiva…
Estimation of African ape body length from femur length
Technical note: A blind test of mandibular ramus flexure as a morphologic indicator of sexual dimorphism in the human skeleton
Loth and Henneberg (1996, Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 99:473-487) identified a single morphological feature of the mandible, the presence or absence of a distinct flexure or angulation of the posterior margin of the mandibular ramus at the level of the occlusal plane, which appears to be an extraordinarily accurate predictor of sex. Using only this feature, Loth and Henneberg were able to predict sex with 94% accuracy in a large sample of mandibles. …
Estimating stature in fossil hominids: Which Regression Model and Reference Sample to Use
Growth and sexual dimorphism in orangutan crania: A three‐dimensional approach
New insights may be gleaned by taking an ontogenetic approach to investigations of adult dimorphism. Previous work in this area relied on traditional, caliper‐based, morphometric methods, and produced conflicting results. This study uses a three‐dimensional (3‐D) approach for both local and global form comparisons of sex‐specific growth and growth patterns. 3‐D coordinate data were collected for 20 landmarks on 94 orangutan crania divided into fi…
Ontogeny of craniofacial sexual dimorphism in the orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus). I: Face and palate
The orangutan is widely recognized as a highly dimorphic species. An ontogenetic approach to the study of sexual dimorphism can assist researchers in understanding both where and when these differences develop. In this study, 357 orangutans from Borneo were divided into five developmental stages representing infancy to mature adulthood. Three-dimensional (3D) coordinate data from 16 landmarks representing the face and palate were analyzed by mean…
Ontogeny and diachronic changes in sexual dimorphism in the craniofacial skeleton of rhesus macaques from Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico
Brief communication: Skeletal biology past and present: Are we moving in the right direction
In 1982, Spencer's edited volume A History of American Physical Anthropology: 1930–1980 allowed numerous authors to document the state of our science, including a critical examination of skeletal biology. Some authors argued that the first 50 years of skeletal biology were characterized by the descriptive‐historical approach with little regard for processual problems and that technological and statistical analyses were not rooted in theory. In an…
Age‐at‐death estimation in an Italian historical sample: A test of the Suchey‐Brooks and transition analysis methods
A growing body of research is demonstrating increased accuracy in aging from a relatively new method, transition analysis. Although transition analysis was developed for paleodemographic research, a majority of subsequent studies have been in the forensic arena, with very little work in bioarchaeological contexts. Using the Suchey‐Brooks pubic symphysis phases, scored on a target sample of historic Italians from the island of Sardinia, we compare…
Modeling senescence changes of the pubic symphysis in historic I talian populations: A comparison of the R ostock and forensic approaches to aging using transition analysis
Age‐related anatomical changes to the surface of the pubic symphysis are well‐documented in the literature. However, aligning these morphological changes with chronological age has proven problematic, often resulting in biased age estimates. Statistical modeling provides an avenue for forensic anthropologists and bioarchaeologists to increase the accuracy of traditional aging methods. Locating appropriate samples to use as a basis for modeling ag…
Cranial Variation and Biodistance in Three Imperial Roman Cemeteries
Ancient Roman populations are expected to exhibit considerable biological variation because of extensive trade networks and migration patterns throughout Europe and the circum‐Mediterranean. The purpose of this research is to examine regional biological variation in Italy during imperial Roman times (1st to 3rd centuries ad ) using three samples exhibiting distinctive class and economic systems. The individuals buried at Isola Sacra and Velia rep…
Sex estimation from cranial morphological traits: Use of the methods across American Indians, modern North Americans, and ancient Egyptians
An epidemiological approach to the analysis of cribra orbitalia as an indicator of health status and mortality in medieval and post‐medieval London under a model of parasitic infection
OBJECTIVES: Many individuals living in medieval and post-medieval London suffered issues with sanitation, food insecurity, infectious disease, and widespread exposure to parasites from a multitude of sources, causing increased risk of death for many inhabitants. We examine this stressful environment and its relationship with various demographic and temporal dimensions, using cribra orbitalia (CO) as an indicator of stress, to model an increased r…
The impact of early childhood stressors on later growth in medieval and postmedieval London
This research examined the relationship between linear enamel hypoplasia (LEH) and stature in medieval and postmedieval London cemeteries to determine whether individuals with LEH in their permanent dentition also exhibited shorter stature. Pathological and metric data for 87 adult individuals from the medieval East Smithfield Black Death cemetery and 136 adult individuals from the postmedieval St. Bride's Lower Churchyard Cemetery were used in t…
Frailty and Mortality in Historic Americans: The Relationship Between Sex, Social Race, Health, and Survival
The study of human skeletal remains from historic contexts is uniquely positioned to explore inequality over time by linking the underlying sociocultural factors that enforce marginalization with lived experiences and health outcomes. We analyzed mortality rates among historic individuals of low socioeconomic status from a documented human skeletal collection, to examine how culture and identity become biologically embodied. Because pre-existing …
Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (16 works) · Biology (11 works) · Statistics (9 works) · Mathematics (8 works) · Demography (7 works) · Anatomy (5 works) · Anatomy (5 works) · Forensic and Genetic Research (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Sexual dimorphism (5 works)