Estimating the Number of Individuals in a Large Commingled Assemblage
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5284434 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrea Palmiotto (0000-0002-8642-9398, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author), Carrie Brown (0000-0001-9820-5175), Carrie Ann Brown, Carrie B Legarde (0000-0002-1361-3653) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Forensic Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2573-5020 • E-ISSN: 2573-5039 |
| Publisher | University Press of Florida (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5744/fa.2019.1002 |
| OpenAlex | W2920681400 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 14 |
Estimation of the number of individuals in an assemblage is critical to determine the scale of an incident and whether all expected individuals have been accounted for. However, estimates are affected by recovery and other taphonomic factors inherent to the assemblage, as well as the estimation methods themselves. This study examines several quantification methods using data from the commingled remains of individuals who were aboard the USS Oklahoma at the time of its sinking. Alternatives to traditional minimum number of individuals (MNI) quantifications are presented, to include MNI by duplicated elements per mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence and use of the zonal inventory procedure. These methods are assessed to determine which provides an estimate closest to the expected population size. Potential advantages and limitations associated with each method are discussed. For this assemblage, a combination of mtDNA sequencing using hypervariable regions 1 and 2 (HV1, HV2) and element duplication provides the most accurate estimate of individuals, and methods that employ pair-matchingperform better than those that do not
Assemblage (archaeology · Biology · Cartography · Estimation · Evolutionary biology · Geography · Hypervariable region · Mitochondrial DNA · Population · Scale (ratio · Sequence (biology · Statistics · Taphonomy · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Demography · Engineering · Forensic and Genetic Research · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Mathematics · Genetics · Paleontology
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2021 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |