Search publications and datasets Advanced search. Add to list. Veselka, B. European Association of Archaeologists. European Association of Archaeologists; Veselka et al. The aim of this study is to investigate the applicability of the Falys-Prangle method on burnt human remains. Bass collection of the Forensic Anthropology Center Knoxville, Tennessee of known age-at-death and sex. Surface topography, porosity, and osteophyte formation are evaluated, after which the calculated composite score is associated with the corresponding age range as described by Falys and Prangle.
The method is also applied on an archaeological case study from Oudenburg, Belgium, dating to the Roman period. The case study from Oudenburg yields markedly improved age-at-death estimates, significantly enhancing our understanding of the age distribution within this community. Information on age-at-death is key in the construction of biological profiles of past individuals. Our study stresses the usefulness of a large-scale application of the Falys-Prangle method, which will increase the visibility of mature adults, especially in archaeological burnt human skeletal collections, where such information is, at present, extremely difficult to obtain.
