Ecuantro

Physical Anthropology Equation Calculator

Simplified version of Ecuantro (Utility for physical Anthropology equations) for Android, contains modules for:

1. Estimation of height with long bones for adults and juveniles, with equations from the following authors:

North America:
- Angel and Cisneros, 2004
- Auerbach and Ruff, 2010
- Genoves, 1967
- Sciulli, 1990
- Trotter, 1970
Chili:
- Abarca, V. 2013
- Ross and Manneschi, 2012
Europe:
- De Mendoca, M. C, 2000
- Duyar and Pelin, 2003
- Ross and Konigsberg, 2002
- R. Hauser et al, 2005
Africa:
- Didia et al, 2009
-Raxter et al, 2008

Multiple populations:
- Feldesman and Fountain, 1996

Youth:
- Ruff, 2007
- Shelley L. Smith, 2007
- G. Robbins Schug et al, 2013


2. Estimation of age at death with the technique of Lamendin et al 1992, and subsequent revisions:

Linear regression:
- Lamendin et al, 1992
- Prince and Ubelaker, 2002
- Ubelaker and Parra, 2007
- Gonzalez et al, 2007
-Schmitt et al, 2010

Multinomial logistic regression:
-Schmitt et al, 2010

3. Estimation of the number of individuals in mixed skeletonized human remains, calculating the following indices

- MNI (Minimum Number of Individuals)
- LI (Lincoln Index)
- GMT (Grand Minimum Total)
- MLNI (Most Likely Number of Individuals), with confidence intervals.
- MLNI (Most Likely Number of Individuals), with HDR.

4. Body mass with femoral head diameter:
-Ruff et al, 1991
- Auerbach and Ruff, 2004
- McHenry, 1992
- Grine et al, 1995