Nancy Suzanne Ossenberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 95701 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nancy Suzanne Ossenberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nancy Suzanne |
| FAMILY NAME | Ossenberg |
| SIGNATURE | OSSENBERG N S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 175 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Brief communication: Cranial nonmetric trait database on the internet
This brief note announces the publication of a nonmetric cranial trait database as a freely available resource on the Internet at: http://library.queensu.ca/webdoc/ssdc/cntd . The files were constructed in the program Excel, and are available also in comma‐delimited format. These one‐observer data on 38 traits were recorded in 1963–2003 in skeletal collections curated at many museums. The 8,016 crania represent individuals from a broad geographic…
Ethnogenesis and craniofacial change in Japan from the perspective of nonmetric traits
To examine population affinities in light of the ‘dual structure model’, frequencies of 21 \nnonmetric cranial traits were analyzed in 17 prehistoric to recent samples from Japan and five from \ncontinental northeast Asia. Eight bivariate plots, each representing a different bone or region of the \nskull, as well as cluster analysis of 21-trait mean measures of divergence using multidimensional scaling \nand additive tree techniques, revealed goo…
Os intermetatarseum: A heritable accessory bone of the human foot
Os intermetatarseum: A heritable accessory bone of the human foot
The os intermetatarseum is a relatively common accessory bone of the human foot located at the tarsometatarsal border between the first and second metatarsals. It can occur as an independent ossicle or as an osseous spur projecting from the proximal ends of the first two metatarsals, or the distal end of the first cuneiform. To determine the frequency of this congenital defect in native North American groups and East Asians from Japan, the skelet…
Retromolar foramen of the human mandible
Analysis of retromolar foramen (RMF) in a large series of mandibles (N 2500) was undertaken to provide descriptive statistics for this variant. RMF of diameter 0.5 mm or greater were scored. Consistent with other data on accessory canals in the facial skeleton, RMF was found to occur more commonly in native populations of North America than in other populations (Africa, Europe, India, northeast Asia). The ratio of bilateral to unilateral occurren…
An argument for the use of total side frequencies of bilateral nonmetric skeletal traits in population distance analysis: The regression of symmetry on incidence
In population studies based on frequencies of bilateral nonmetric skeletal traits, the choice between sampling by individuals or by sides should depend less on the exigencies imposed by fragmentary remains than on fundamental assumptions about the biological meaning of symmetry/asymmetry. Though the latter has been interpreted in various ways, little attention has focused on the possibility that bilateral correlation is meaningful in quantifying …
Are the Biological Differences Between North American Indians and Eskimos Truly Profound? [and Comments and Reply]
A prevailing view in North American anthropology is that Eskimos are descendants of the most recent migrants from Siberia and are more closely related to Asiatic Mongoloids than to Indians. The assumption of Eskimo-Indian biological distinctiveness is challenged by genetic-marker and cranial data, analyzed separately and then compared, for populations from the Arctic, Subarctic, Northwest Coast, and Great Plains. Genetic distances and cluster ana…
Congruence of distance matrices based on cranial discrete traits, cranial measurements, and linguistic‐geographic criteria in five Alaskan populations
Biological distances (C. A. B. Smith's Measure of Divergence) based on 25 nonmetric skull variants have been compared with distances (Mahalanobis' D 2 ) based on cranial measurements of four Eskimo populations representing the Yupik subdivision of the Eskaleut linguistic stock, and one Aleut population. The ranking of Measures of Divergence (pooled‐sex samples ) for ten pairwise comparisons is significantly correlated (pearman's r s ) with both t…
Within and between race distances in population studies based on discrete traits of the human skull
A battery of 24 discrete cranial traits has been tested for its power to discriminate within‐ and between‐race distances for the two principal North American indigenous populations: Indian (7 samples, N = 366) and Eskimo (7 samples, N = 451). One of the Indian samples, Dakota Sioux, has been split according to tribal subdivisions, the intra‐tribal mean distance providing a parameter of very close relationship. In addition, two Negro samples provi…
The influence of artificial cranial deformation on discontinuous morphological traits
Following the elucidation by geneticists of the nature of minor skeletal variants in the mouse, anthropologists have stressed the potential of these traits for tracing the affinities and movements of extinct human populations. Earlier Sullivan observed that discrete traits could be particularly valuable where artificial cranial deformation limits the use of craniometry. Twenty‐eight minor variants were studied in bifronto‐occipitally deformed and…
The influence of artificial cranial deformation on discontinuous morphological traits
Following the elucidation by geneticists of the nature of minor skeletal variants in the mouse, anthropologists have stressed the potential of these traits for tracing the affinities and movements of extinct human populations. Earlier Sullivan observed that discrete traits could be particularly valuable where artificial cranial deformation limits the use of craniometry. Twenty‐eight minor variants were studied in bifronto‐occipitally deformed and…
Ethnogenesis and craniofacial change in Japan from the perspective of nonmetric traits
To examine population affinities in light of the ‘dual structure model’, frequencies of 21 \nnonmetric cranial traits were analyzed in 17 prehistoric to recent samples from Japan and five from \ncontinental northeast Asia. Eight bivariate plots, each representing a different bone or region of the \nskull, as well as cluster analysis of 21-trait mean measures of divergence using multidimensional scaling \nand additive tree techniques, revealed goo…
Are the Biological Differences Between North American Indians and Eskimos Truly Profound? [and Comments and Reply]
A prevailing view in North American anthropology is that Eskimos are descendants of the most recent migrants from Siberia and are more closely related to Asiatic Mongoloids than to Indians. The assumption of Eskimo-Indian biological distinctiveness is challenged by genetic-marker and cranial data, analyzed separately and then compared, for populations from the Arctic, Subarctic, Northwest Coast, and Great Plains. Genetic distances and cluster ana…
Within and between race distances in population studies based on discrete traits of the human skull
A battery of 24 discrete cranial traits has been tested for its power to discriminate within‐ and between‐race distances for the two principal North American indigenous populations: Indian (7 samples, N = 366) and Eskimo (7 samples, N = 451). One of the Indian samples, Dakota Sioux, has been split according to tribal subdivisions, the intra‐tribal mean distance providing a parameter of very close relationship. In addition, two Negro samples provi…
Congruence of distance matrices based on cranial discrete traits, cranial measurements, and linguistic‐geographic criteria in five Alaskan populations
Biological distances (C. A. B. Smith's Measure of Divergence) based on 25 nonmetric skull variants have been compared with distances (Mahalanobis' D 2 ) based on cranial measurements of four Eskimo populations representing the Yupik subdivision of the Eskaleut linguistic stock, and one Aleut population. The ranking of Measures of Divergence (pooled‐sex samples ) for ten pairwise comparisons is significantly correlated (pearman's r s ) with both t…
An argument for the use of total side frequencies of bilateral nonmetric skeletal traits in population distance analysis: The regression of symmetry on incidence
In population studies based on frequencies of bilateral nonmetric skeletal traits, the choice between sampling by individuals or by sides should depend less on the exigencies imposed by fragmentary remains than on fundamental assumptions about the biological meaning of symmetry/asymmetry. Though the latter has been interpreted in various ways, little attention has focused on the possibility that bilateral correlation is meaningful in quantifying …
Brief communication: Cranial nonmetric trait database on the internet
This brief note announces the publication of a nonmetric cranial trait database as a freely available resource on the Internet at: http://library.queensu.ca/webdoc/ssdc/cntd . The files were constructed in the program Excel, and are available also in comma‐delimited format. These one‐observer data on 38 traits were recorded in 1963–2003 in skeletal collections curated at many museums. The 8,016 crania represent individuals from a broad geographic…
The influence of artificial cranial deformation on discontinuous morphological traits
Following the elucidation by geneticists of the nature of minor skeletal variants in the mouse, anthropologists have stressed the potential of these traits for tracing the affinities and movements of extinct human populations. Earlier Sullivan observed that discrete traits could be particularly valuable where artificial cranial deformation limits the use of craniometry. Twenty‐eight minor variants were studied in bifronto‐occipitally deformed and…
Within and between race distances in population studies based on discrete traits of the human skull
A battery of 24 discrete cranial traits has been tested for its power to discriminate within‐ and between‐race distances for the two principal North American indigenous populations: Indian (7 samples, N = 366) and Eskimo (7 samples, N = 451). One of the Indian samples, Dakota Sioux, has been split according to tribal subdivisions, the intra‐tribal mean distance providing a parameter of very close relationship. In addition, two Negro samples provi…
Congruence of distance matrices based on cranial discrete traits, cranial measurements, and linguistic‐geographic criteria in five Alaskan populations
Biological distances (C. A. B. Smith's Measure of Divergence) based on 25 nonmetric skull variants have been compared with distances (Mahalanobis' D 2 ) based on cranial measurements of four Eskimo populations representing the Yupik subdivision of the Eskaleut linguistic stock, and one Aleut population. The ranking of Measures of Divergence (pooled‐sex samples ) for ten pairwise comparisons is significantly correlated (pearman's r s ) with both t…
Are the Biological Differences Between North American Indians and Eskimos Truly Profound? [and Comments and Reply]
A prevailing view in North American anthropology is that Eskimos are descendants of the most recent migrants from Siberia and are more closely related to Asiatic Mongoloids than to Indians. The assumption of Eskimo-Indian biological distinctiveness is challenged by genetic-marker and cranial data, analyzed separately and then compared, for populations from the Arctic, Subarctic, Northwest Coast, and Great Plains. Genetic distances and cluster ana…
An argument for the use of total side frequencies of bilateral nonmetric skeletal traits in population distance analysis: The regression of symmetry on incidence
In population studies based on frequencies of bilateral nonmetric skeletal traits, the choice between sampling by individuals or by sides should depend less on the exigencies imposed by fragmentary remains than on fundamental assumptions about the biological meaning of symmetry/asymmetry. Though the latter has been interpreted in various ways, little attention has focused on the possibility that bilateral correlation is meaningful in quantifying …
Retromolar foramen of the human mandible
Analysis of retromolar foramen (RMF) in a large series of mandibles (N 2500) was undertaken to provide descriptive statistics for this variant. RMF of diameter 0.5 mm or greater were scored. Consistent with other data on accessory canals in the facial skeleton, RMF was found to occur more commonly in native populations of North America than in other populations (Africa, Europe, India, northeast Asia). The ratio of bilateral to unilateral occurren…
Os intermetatarseum: A heritable accessory bone of the human foot
Os intermetatarseum: A heritable accessory bone of the human foot
The os intermetatarseum is a relatively common accessory bone of the human foot located at the tarsometatarsal border between the first and second metatarsals. It can occur as an independent ossicle or as an osseous spur projecting from the proximal ends of the first two metatarsals, or the distal end of the first cuneiform. To determine the frequency of this congenital defect in native North American groups and East Asians from Japan, the skelet…
Ethnogenesis and craniofacial change in Japan from the perspective of nonmetric traits
To examine population affinities in light of the ‘dual structure model’, frequencies of 21 \nnonmetric cranial traits were analyzed in 17 prehistoric to recent samples from Japan and five from \ncontinental northeast Asia. Eight bivariate plots, each representing a different bone or region of the \nskull, as well as cluster analysis of 21-trait mean measures of divergence using multidimensional scaling \nand additive tree techniques, revealed goo…
Brief communication: Cranial nonmetric trait database on the internet
This brief note announces the publication of a nonmetric cranial trait database as a freely available resource on the Internet at: http://library.queensu.ca/webdoc/ssdc/cntd . The files were constructed in the program Excel, and are available also in comma‐delimited format. These one‐observer data on 38 traits were recorded in 1963–2003 in skeletal collections curated at many museums. The 8,016 crania represent individuals from a broad geographic…
Biology (8 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Population (6 works) · Evolutionary biology (5 works) · Forensic and Genetic Research (5 works) · Trait (4 works) · Anatomy (3 works) · Anatomy (3 works)