Recent Publications

Baumer TG, Passalacqua NV, Powell BJ, Newberry WN, Fenton TW, and Haut RC. 2010. Age-Dependent Fracture Characteristics of Rigid and Compliant Surface Impacts on the Infant Skull – A Porcine Model. Journal of Forensic Sciences 55(4):993-997.

Baumer TG, Powell P, Fenton TW, and Haut RC. 2009. Age-Dependent Mechanical Properties of the Infant Porcine Parietal Bone and a Correlation to the Human. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 131(11): 111-116. 

Baumer TG, Nashelsky M, Hurst CV, Passalacqua NV, Fenton TW, and Haut RC. 2010. Characteristics and Prediction of Cranial Crush Injuries in Children. Journal of Forensic Sciences 55(6):1416-1421. 

Burt NM, Sauer N, and Fenton T. 2011. Testing the Demirjian and the International Demirjian Dental Aging Methods on a Mixed Ancestry Urban American Subadult Sample from Detroit, MI. Journal of Forensic Sciences 56(5):1296-1301. 

DiGangi EA, Bethard JD, and Sullivan LP. 2009. Differential Diagnosis of Cartilaginous Dysplasia and Probable Osgood-Schlatter’s Disease in a Mississippian Individual from East Tennessee. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 20(4):424-442. 

DiGangi EA, Bethard JD, Kimmerle EH, and Konigsberg LW. 2009. A New Method for Estimating Age-at-Death From the First Rib. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 138(2):164-176.

Garvin HM, Passalacqua NV. 2012. Current Practices by Forensic Anthropologists in Adult Skeletal Age Estimation. Journal of Forensic Sciences 57(2):427-433.

Garvin HM, Passalacqua NV, Uhl NM, Overbury R, and Gipson RD. 2012. Developments in Forensic Anthropology: Age-At-Death Estimation. In A Companion to Forensic Anthropology. D.C. Dirkmaat (ed.). Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. Pp. 202-223.

Hurst CV. 2012. Morphoscopic Trait Expressions Used to Identify Southwest Hispanics. Journal of Forensic Sciences 57(4):859-865.

Hurst CV. 2010. A Test of the Forensic Application of Transition Analysis with the Pubic Symphysis. In Age Estimation of the Human Skeleton. KE Latham and M Finnegan (eds.). Springfield: Charles C. Thomas. 

Kimmerle EH, Chrostowski L. 2011. Medico-legal Issues in Battered Baby Syndrome. In AH Ross AH and S Abel (eds.). The Juvenile Skeleton in Forensic Abuse Investigations. London: Springer-Verlag. 

Kimmerle EH, Massucci CH, and Tise ML. 2012. Interview Protocol for Missing, Endangered, and Unidentified Persons. Version 1.0.2012. University of South Florida: www.icfahr.usf.edu/rhi.

Kimmerle EH, Pope MA, and ML Tise. 2012. Atlas for Biometric Variation among African Populations for Human Identification. Version 1.0.2012. University of South Florida: www.icfahr.usf.edu/rhi.

Kimmerle EH, and Powell, J.W. 2012. 3D Digital Reference Guide for Research in Human Identification. Version 1.0.2012. University of South Florida: www.icfahr.usf.edu/rhi.

Kimmerle EH, Tise ML, with Humphries AL. 2012. Data Collection Protocol for Human Identification. Version 1.0.2012. University of South Florida: www.icfahr.usf.edu/rhi.

Malone CA, Sauer NJ, and Fenton TW. 2011. A Radiographic Assessment of Pediatric Fracture Healing and Time Since Injury. Journal of Forensic Sciences 56(5):1123-1130. 

Megyesi, ME, Tubbs RM, Sauer NJ. 2009. An Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains with Cerebral Palsy: Associated Skeletal Age Delay and Dental Pathologies. Journal of Forensic Sciences 54(2):270-274. 

Mutolo MJ, Jenny LL, Buzek AR, Fenton TW, and Foran DR. 2012. Osteological and Molecular Identification of Brucellosis in Ancient Butrint, Albania. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 147(2):254-263.

Passalacqua, NV. 2010. The Utility of the Samworth and Gowland Age-At-Death “Look-Up” Tables in Forensic Anthropology. Journal of Forensic Science 55(2):482-487. 

Passalacqua NV. 2010. Applications of the Sacrum in Age-At-Death Estimation. In Age Estimation of the Human Skeleton. KE Latham and M Finnegan (eds.). Springfield: CC Thomas. Pp. 102-117. 

Passalacqua NV. 2009. Forensic Age-At-Death Estimation from the Sacrum. Journal of Forensic Sciences 54(2):255-262. 

Passalacqua NV, Fenton TW. 2012. Developments in Skeletal Trauma: Blunt Force Trauma. In A Companion to Forensic Anthropology. D.C. Dirkmaat (ed.). Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. Pp. 400-412.

Powell BJ, Passalacqua NV, Baumer TG, Fenton TW, and Haut RC. 2012. Fracture Patterns On the Infant Porcine Skull Following Severe Blunt Impact. Journal of Forensic Sciences 57(2):312-317.

Rois L, Weisensee KE, and Rissech C. 2008. Sacral Fusion as an Aid in Age Estimation. Forensic Science International 180:111e1-111e7. 

Ross AH, Ubelaker DH, and Kimmerle EH. 2011. Implications of Dimorphism, Population Variation, and Secular Change in Estimating Population Affinity in the Iberian Peninsula. Forensic Science International 206(1-3):214.e1-e5. 

Schaefer M. 2011. Review of Age Estimation of the Human Skeleton. K. Latham and M. Finnegan (eds.). Journal of Forensic Sciences 56(3):828. 

Schaefer M. 2011. Review of Age Estimation in the Living: The Practitioner’s Guide. Eds. S. Black, A. Aggrawal, J. Payne-James (ed.s). Journal of Forensic Sciences. 56(6):1677.

Schaefer M, Scheuer L, and Black S. 2009. Juvenile Osteology, A Laboratory and Field Manual. Burlington: Academic Press. 

Sauer NJ, Lovis WA, Blumer ME, and J Fillion. 2009. The Contributions of Archaeology and Physical Anthropology to the John McRae Case: a Trial and a Retrial. In Hard Evidence: Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology. 2nd Edition. D.W. Steadman (ed.). Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall.

Sauer N, Michael A, and Fenton T. 2012. Human Identification Using Skull-Photo Superimposition and Forensic Image Comparison. In A Companion to Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology. D.C. Dirkmaat (ed.). Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. Pp. 432-446.

Sauer NJ, and Wankmiller J. 2009. Assessment of Ancestry. In Handbook of Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology. S. Blau and H. Ubelaker (ed.s). World Archaeological Congress (WAC) Research Handbooks in Archaeology Series. Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press, Inc. 

Weisensee KE. 2009. Reassessing Sex in the Pecos Pueblo Population: New Analyses of Hooton’s Data. In Reanalysis and Reinterpretation in Southwestern Bioarchaeology. A. Stodder (ed.). Tempe: Arizona State University Press. 

Weisensee KE, and Jantz RL. 2011. Secular Changes in Craniofacial Morphology of the Portuguese using Geometric Morphometrics. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 145(4):548-559. 

Weisensee KE, and Jantz RL. 2010. Rethinking Hooton: a Re-Examination of the Pecos Cranial and Postcranial Data Using Modern Methods. In Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, vol. 84. M. Morgan (ed). Cambridge: Peabody Museum Press. 

Wilson RJ, Bethard JD, and DiGangi, EA. 2010. The Use of Orthopedic Surgical Devices for Forensic Identification. Journal of Forensic Sciences 56(2):460-469.

In press: 

Passalacqua NV. 2011. Subadult Age-At-Death Estimation from the Human Calcaneus. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 

Semeraro DS, Passalacqua NV, Symes SA, and Gilson T. 2012. Patterns of Blunt Force Trauma Induced by Motorboat and Ferry Propellers as Illustrated by Three Known Cases from Rhode Island. Journal of Forensic Sciences.