Bertillon Files
An Untapped Source of Nineteenth-Century Human Height Data
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2957114 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Glenice Joanne Guthrie, Sharon Rae Jenkins (0000-0003-3753-3161), Sharon Jenkins |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 201-215 |
| Publication date | 2005-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Anthropological Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-7710 • E-ISSN: 2153-3806 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3998/jar.0521004.0061.204 |
| OpenAlex | W2333722996 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Height data were collected from a set of Bertillon records housed at the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society. The 1,021 individuals represent a cross-section of American society in the nineteenth century. They include males and females of all socioeconomic levels (determined by occupation), native and foreign-born, who had come to western New York from all areas of the United States. A brief description of the Bertillon method is presented, followed by a description of the sample. While not statistically significant (P < 0.05), the results of male height data analysis suggest that military records of height for this time period used by previous researchers are not fully representative of the United States population
Art history · Genealogy · Geography · Historical record · Population · Sample (material) · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |