Richard Wright
University of Sydney
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ieee international conference on high performance computing data and analytics | 2005
Stephen W. Hughes; Richard Wright; Mark D. Barry
A mummy of an Egyptian priestess dating from the 22nd dynasty (c. 770 BC), completely enclosed in an anthropoid (human shaped) coffin, was scanned on a CT scanner. An accurate reconstruction of the cranium was generated from 115 × 2 mm CT images using AVS/Express on a SGI computer. Linear measurements were obtained from six orthogonal cranial views and used in a morphometric analysis software package (CRANID). The analyses carried out were both linear and nearest neighbour discriminant analysis. The results show that there is a 52.9% probability that the mummy is an Egyptian female, with a 24.5% probability that the mummy is an African female. Thus the technique confirms that the coffin contains an Egyptian female, which is consistent with the inscription on the coffin and the shape of the pelvic bones as revealed by plain X-rays. These results show that this technique has potential for analysing forensic cases where the bones are obscured by soft tissue and clothing. This technique may have an application in virtual autopsies.
Antiquity | 2016
Michael C. Westaway; Douglas Williams; Richard Wright; Rachel Wood; Jon Olley; Jaime Swift; Sarah Martin; Justine Kemp; Shane Rolton; William Bates
Abstract Skeletal remains from a burial in New South Wales exhibit evidence of fatal trauma, of a kind normally indicative of sharp metal weapons, yet the burial dates to the mid thirteenth century—600 years before European settlers reached the area. Could sharp-edged wooden weapons from traditional Aboriginal culture inflict injuries similar to those resulting from later, metal blades? Analysis indicates that the wooden weapons known as ‘Lil-lils’ and the fighting boomerangs (‘Wonna’) both have blades that could fit within the dimensions of the major trauma and are capable of having caused the fatal wounds.
Journal of Human Evolution | 2006
Debbie Argue; Denise Donlon; Colin P. Groves; Richard Wright
Journal of Human Evolution | 1996
Marta Mirazón Lahr; Richard Wright
Journal of Human Evolution | 1988
Johan Kamminga; Richard Wright
Journal of Archaeological Science | 1997
Mj Baxter; C.C. Beardah; Richard Wright
Journal of Archaeological Science | 2004
Robin Torrence; Richard Wright; Rebecca Conway
Archaeology in Oceania | 1992
Richard Wright
Archaeology in Oceania | 1986
Richard Wright
Archaeology in Oceania | 1984
P. P. Gorecki; D. R. Horton; N. Stern; Richard Wright