Book
Klales AR (ed). 2020. Sex Estimation of the Human Skeleton: History, Methods, and Emerging Techniques. Elsevier.
Authored/co-authored chapters within volume:
1. A history of sex estimation of human skeletal remains (co-authors Long & Willsey)
2. Practitioner preferences for sex estimation from human skeletal remains
6. Pelvis morphology
13. Statistical and machine learning approaches to sex estimation (co-authors Ousley & Passalacqua)
Authored/co-authored chapters within volume:
1. A history of sex estimation of human skeletal remains (co-authors Long & Willsey)
2. Practitioner preferences for sex estimation from human skeletal remains
6. Pelvis morphology
13. Statistical and machine learning approaches to sex estimation (co-authors Ousley & Passalacqua)
Journal Articles
Klales AR. 2021. Current State of Sex Estimation in Forensic Anthropology. Forensic Anthropology. Invited Review Article. https://doi.org/10.5744/fa.2020.3033
Greathouse H*, EN Chapman, AB Maxwell, AR Klales. 2021. Identifying Handsaw Tooth Shape based on the Micro- and Macroscopic Analysis of the Kerf Floor Contour. Forensic Anthropology. Research Article. https://doi.org/10.5744/fa.2020.0034
Originally presented by Klales at the 72nd Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Anaheim, CA, February 17-22.
Originally presented by Klales at the 72nd Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Anaheim, CA, February 17-22.
Long HA*, AR Klales. 2021. Application of the Optimized Summed Scored Attributes Method to Sex Estimation. Forensic Anthropology. Technical Note. https://doi.org/10.5744/fa.2020.0049
Originally presented at the 71st Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Baltimore, MD, February 18-23.
Originally presented at the 71st Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Baltimore, MD, February 18-23.
Klales AR, HM Garvin, T Gocha, K Lesciotto, M Walls*. 2021. Examining the Reliability and Validity of Popular Morphological Sex Estimation Methods. Forensic Anthropology Anthropology 3(3):139-150. Research Article.
Originally presented at the 70th Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, WA. February 19-24.
Originally presented at the 70th Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, WA. February 19-24.
Corron LK, MK Stock, SJ Cole*, CN Hulse*, HM Garvin, AR Klales, KE Stull. 2021. Testing for Repeatability and Reproducibility in Ordinal Skeletal and Dental Subadult Age Indicators across Imaging Modalities. Forensic Science International 320 (2021):110687. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2021.110687. Research Article.
Klales AR. 2021. A Review of Garvin and Langley’s (2019) Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology: Bonified Skeletons. Forensic Anthropology 3(3):173-174. Invited Book Review.
Stull K, EJ Bartelink, AR Klales, GE Berg, MW Kenyhercz, EN L’Abbé, MC Go, K McCormick, C Mariscal. 2020. A Response to “Moving Beyond a Lost Cause: Forensic Anthropology and Ancestry Estimates in the United States.” Journal of Forensic Sciences 66(1):417-420. Letter to the Editor.
Stock MK, HM Garvin, LK Corron, CN Hulse, LE Cirillo, AR Klales, KL Colman, KE Stul. 2020. The Importance of Processing Procedures and Threshold Values in CT Scan Segmentation of Skeletal Elements: An Example Using the Immature Os Coxa. Forensic Science International 309: 10232. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110232.
Klales AR, SD Ousley, JM Vollner. 2020. Response to multivariate ordinal probit analysis in the skeletal assessment of sex (Konigsberg and Frankenberg). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 169(2):388-389.
Garvin HM, AR Klales. A Validation Study of the Langley et al. (2017) Decision Tree Model for Sex Estimation. Journal of Forensic Sciences doi.10.1111/1556-4029.13
Presented at the 70th Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, WA. February 19-21, 2018
Presented at the 70th Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, WA. February 19-21, 2018
Kenyhercz MW, AR Klales, KE Stull, KA McCormick, SJ Cole. Worldwide Population Variation in Pelvic Sexual Dimorphism: A Validation and Recalibration of the Klales et al. Method. Forensic Science International 277:259.e1-25.e8.
Originally presented at the 85th Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Atlanta, GA. April 17, 2016. Poster here.
Originally presented at the 85th Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Atlanta, GA. April 17, 2016. Poster here.
Klales AR, T Burns. Adapting and Applying Adult Pelvis Morphological Sex Estimation Techniques to Sub-Adults. Journal of Forensic Sciences. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.13332
Originally presented at the 67th Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando, FL. February 16-21, 2015. Poster here.
Originally presented at the 67th Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando, FL. February 16-21, 2015. Poster here.
Klales AR, SJ Cole. Improving Nonmetric Sex Classification for Hispanic Individuals. Journal of Forensic Sciences. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.13391
Originally presented to the 69th Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, New Orleans, LA. February 13-18, 2017. Poster here.
Originally presented to the 69th Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, New Orleans, LA. February 13-18, 2017. Poster here.
Gómez- Valdés JA, Garmenda AM, Barzola LG, Sánchez-Mejorada G, Karam C, Baraybar JP, Klales AR. Recalibration of the Klales’ Method of Sexing the Human Innominate for use in Mexican Population. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 162(2):600-604.
Stock MK, KE Stull, HM Garvin, AR Klales. Development of Modern Human Subadult Age and Sex Estimation Standards using Micro-slice Computed Tomography Images from Medical Examiner’s Offices. SPIE Optics & Photonics 2016 Proceedings.
Kenyhercz MK, Klales AR, Rainwater CW, Fredette SM. 2016. The Optimized Summed Scored Attributes Method for the Classification of American Blacks and Whites: a Validation Study. Journal of Forensic Sciences. DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.13243
Originally presented at the 67th Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando, FL. February 16-21, 2015. Poster here.
Originally presented at the 67th Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando, FL. February 16-21, 2015. Poster here.
Klales AR. 2016. Secular Change in Morphological Pelvic Traits used for Sex Estimation. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 61(2):295-301.
Originally presented at the 66th Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, WA. February 17-22, 2014. Poster here.
Originally presented at the 66th Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, WA. February 17-22, 2014. Poster here.
Kenyhercz MW, AR Klales, WE Kenyhercz. 2014. Molar Size and Shape in the Estimation of Biological Affinity: Comparison of Relative Cusp Location Using Geometric Morphometrics and Interlandmark Distances. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 153:269-279.
Originally presented at the 40th Meeting of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology, Victoria, BC. November 7-10, 2012. Poster here.
Originally presented at the 40th Meeting of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology, Victoria, BC. November 7-10, 2012. Poster here.
Klales AR, MW Kenyhercz. 2014. Morphological Assessment of Ancestry using Cranial Macromorphoscopics. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 60:13-20.
Klales AR, SD Ousley, JM Vollner. 2012. A Revised Method of Sexing the Human Innominate Using Phenice’s Nonmetric Traits and Statistical Methods. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 149:104-114.
Originally presented at the 78th Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropology, Chicago, IL. March 31-April 4, 2009.
Originally presented at the 78th Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropology, Chicago, IL. March 31-April 4, 2009.
Book Chapters
Paolello JM, AR Klales, J Pokines, E Bartelink. 2021. Contemporary Cultural Alterations to Bone: Anatomical, Ritual, Trophy. In Manual of Forensic Taphonomy, 2nd edition, eds. J Pokines and SA Symes. New York: Taylor & Francis, LLC. Forthcoming December 2021, available for pre-order.
Klales AR. 2020. Introduction to Sex Estimation and this Volume. In Sex Estimation in the Human Skeleton: History, Methods, and Emerging Techniques, eds. AR Klales. Elsevier.
Klales AR, HA Long, C Willsey. 2020. A History of Sex Estimation in Human Skeletal Remains. In Sex Estimation in the Human Skeleton: History, Methods, and Emerging Techniques, eds. AR Klales. Elsevier.
Klales AR. 2020. Practitioner Preferences for Sex Estimation from Human Skeletal Remains. In Sex Estimation in the Human Skeleton: History, Methods, and Emerging Techniques, eds. AR Klales. Elsevier.
Klales AR. 2020. Pelvis Morphology. In Sex Estimation in the Human Skeleton: History, Methods, and Emerging Techniques, eds. AR Klales. Elsevier.
Klales AR, SD Ousley, NV Passalacqua. 2020. Statistical and Machine Learning Approaches to Sex Estimation. In Sex Estimation in the Human Skeleton: History, Methods, and Emerging Techniques, eds. AR Klales. Elsevier.
Klales AR. 2020. MORPHOPASSE: Morphological and Pelvis Sex Estimation Program. In Sex Estimation in the Human Skeleton: History, Methods, and Emerging Techniques, eds. AR Klales. Elsevier.
Elias JP, C Lupton, AR Klales. 2014. Assessment of Arm Arrangements of Egyptian Mummies in Light of Recent CT Studies. Yearbook of Mummy Studies vol2.
Paolello JM, AR Klales. 2013. Contemporary Cultural Alterations to Bone. In Manual of Forensic Taphonomy, eds. J Pokines and SA Symes. New York: Taylor & Francis, LLC. http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439878415
Dirkmaat DC, GO Olson, AR Klales, S Getz. 2012. The Role of Forensic Anthropology in the Recovery and Interpretation of the Fatal Fire Victim. In Companion to Forensic Anthropology, ed. DC Dirkmaat. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Conference Presentations
Published Abstracts or Posters
Deem E*, Passalacqua NV, Messer D, Zejdlik K, Klales AR. A Review of the Anatomical Terminology Variation for the Bony Pelvis. Presentation at the 2021 Meeting of Experimental Biology, April 27-30.
Abstract Link
Abstract Link
Maxwell AM, Klales AR, Moeder B*. Variation in bone shrinkage due to thermal exposure: A patellar case study. Poster presentation at the 73rd Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, February 15-19. Also presented at the 7th Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Bioanthropology Interest Group, October 10, 2020 by B Moeder*.
Klales AR, Maxwell AM. 2020. Utility of the Sacrum for Sex Estimation. Poster presentation at the 73rd Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, February 15-19.
| Klales Maxwell AAFS 2020 Poster |
Stull KE, Garvin HM, Klales AR, Corron L, Price M. 2020. KidStats: Improving the Subadult Biological Profile. Presented Workshop at the 72nd Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Anaheim, CA, February 17-22.
Garvin HM, Stull KE, Corron L, Klales AR. 2020. Discussing Landmark Placement, Protocol Development, Reliability of Indicators. Oral presentation in KidStats: Improving the Subadult Biological Profile Workshop at the 72nd Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Anaheim, CA, February 17-22.
Corron L, Klales AR, Garvin HM. 2020. 3D Printed Subadult Material. Hands-on demonstration in KidStats: Improving the Subadult Biological Profile Workshop at the 72nd Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Anaheim, CA, February 17-22.
Stock MK, Corron LK, Cirillo LE, Garvin HM, Hulse CN, Cole SE, Stull KE, Klales AR. 2019. Quantifying Error in Virtual Data Collection: the Impact of MSCT Scan Segmentation Protocol and Inter-observer Error in 3-D Landmark Placement on the Human Subadult Pelvis. Poster presentation at the 88th Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Cleveland, OH, March 27-30.
Klales AR, Cole SJ, Stull KE, Garvin HM, Go MC, Menéndez Garmendia A, Walls M, Sánchez-Mejorada G. 2020. Worldwide Population Variation in Skull Sexual Dimorphism. Poster presented at the 71st Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Baltimore, MD, February 18-23.
| klales_et_al._2019_aafs_skull_variation_final.pdf |
Klales AR, Long H. 2019. Secular Change in Morphological Traits of the Skull and Pelvis. Poster presentation at the 88th Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Cleveland, OH, March 27-30.
| Klales and Long AAPA 2019 Poster |
Villegas-Camposeco B, Walls MM, Menéndez Garmendia A, Sánchez-Mejorada G, Klales AR, Gómez-Valdés JA. 2019. A Validation of the Hefner & Ousley (2014) Decision Tree Model for Ancestry in a Mexican Population. Poster presented at the 71st Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Baltimore, MD, February 18-23.
| walls_et_al_aafs_2019_desicion_tree_model_final.pdf |
Klales AR, Cole SJ. 2018 . Introducing MorphoPASSE: the Morphological Pelvis and Skull Sex Estimation Database. Poster presentation at the 87th Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Austin, TX. April 11-14.
| Klales and Cole AAPA 2018 Poster |
Dunn R, Perez D, Klales AR, Dirkmaat D. Differential Recovery Rates of Skeletonized Human Remains. Accepted for poster presentation at the 70th Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, WA. February 19-24.
| Dunn et al. Poster |
Walls M, Klales AR, Lesciotto K, Gocha TP, Garvin HM. Reliability and Validity of the Walker (2008) and Klales et al. (2012) Methods. Accepted for poster presentation at the 70th Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, WA. February 19-24.
| Walls et al. 2018 |
Cole SJ, Cabo LL, Klales AR. 2017. The Effects of Cranial and Pelvic Asymmetry on Accurate Sex Classification. Poster presentation to the 69th Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, New Orleans, LA. February 13-18.
| Cole et al. |
Klales AR, Dirkmaat DC, Cabo-Pérez LL. 2016. New Forensic Archaeological Recovery Protocols for Fatal Vehicle Fires. Podium presentation at the 68th Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Las Vegas, NV. February 22-27.
Klales AR, Lesciotto K. 2016. The “Science of Science:” Examining Bias in Forensic Anthropology. Podium presentation at the 68th Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Las Vegas, NV. February 22-27.
Klales AR, Elias JP, Hoppa RD. 2015. Craniometric Variation in Ancient Egypt and Influences from the East. Poster presentation at the 84th Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, St. Louis, MO. March 25-29.
| Klales et al. 2015 AAPA |
Klales AR, JP Elias. 2013. “A Disjointed Muddle of Bones?” Deliberate Disseveration in Egyptian Mummification. Podium presentation at the 41st Meeting of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology, Scarborough, ON. October 17-20.
| Klales & Elias (2013) CAPA Abstract |
Klales AR. 2013. Current Practices in Physical Anthropology for Sex Estimation in Unidentified, Adult Individuals. Poster presentation at the 82nd Meeting of the American Association for Physical Anthropology, Knoxville, TN. April 9-13.
| Klales (2013) AAPA Poster |
Klales AR. 2013. Current Practices in Forensic Anthropology for Sex Estimation in Unidentified, Adult Individuals. Podium presentation at the 65th Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Washington, DC. February 18-23.
| Klales (2013) AAFS Abstract |
Hoppa RD, AR Klales, L Lindstone, AB Scott, N Lynnerup. Sex Determination using 3D Coordinate Landmark Data of the Skull: A Test using a CT Sample. Poster presentation at the 81st Meeting of the American Association for Physical Anthropology, Portland, OR. April 11-14.
| hoppa_et_al_aapa_2012_final.pdf |
Klales, AR. 2012. Secular Change in the Human Innominate: from the 19th to the 20th century. Poster presented as part of the symposia entitled Examining the Big Picture: Working Towards a Holistic Understanding of Secular Change in Modern Populations at the 81st Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Portland, OR. April 11-14.
| Klales (2012) AAPA Poster |
MW Kenyhercz, SM Fredette, AR Klales, DC Dirkmaat. 2012. Metric and Non-metric Assessment of Sex: Accuracy, Correlation and Corroboration. Poster presentation at the 64th Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Atlanta, GA. February 20-25.
| Kenyhercz et al. (2012) AAFS Poster |
Klales, AR, N Lynnerup, RD Hoppa. 2011. Geometric Morphometric Analysis of Sex Determination from Cranial Landmark Data Using Computed Tomography. Poster presentation at the 39th Meeting of the Canadian Association of Physical Anthropology, Montréal, QC. October 26-29.
| Klales et al. (2011) CAPA Poster |
Dirkmaat DC, LL Cabo-Pérez, AR Klales*, EN Chapman, AM Nesbitt. 2011. New Forensic Archaeological Recovery Protocols for Fatal Fire Scenes. Podium presentation at the 63nd Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Chicago, IL. February 21-26. (*Presenter)
| Dirkmaat et al. (2011) AAFS Abstract |
Dirkmaat DC, LL Cabo-Pérez, MW Kenyhercz, AM Nesbitt, AR Klales, EN Chapman. 2011. Improving Evidence and Victim Recovery Protocols at the Mass Fatality Incident. Podium presentation at the 63nd Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Chicago, IL. February 21-26.
| Dirkmaat et al. (2011) AAFS Abstract |
Klales AR, AE Marjenin, AM Nesbitt, ÁV Valdes, LL Cabo-Pérez. 2010. Bio-archeological Analysis of a Faunal Assemblage from the Castro de Chao Samartín, Austurias, Spain. Poster presentation at the 79th Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropology, Albuquerque, NM. April 14-17.
Vollner JM, AR Klales, SD Ousley. 2010. Geometric Morphometric Analysis of the Human Innominate for Sex Estimation. Poster presentation at the 79th Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropology, Albuquerque, NM. April 14-17.
| Vollner et al. (2011) AAPA Poster |
Klales AR, SD Ousley. 2010. The Utility of Cohen's Kappa for Testing Observer Error in Discrete Data and Alternatives. Poster presentation at the 62nd Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, WA. February 22-27.
| Klales & Ousley (2010) AAFS Poster |
Klales AR, JM Vollner, SD Ousley. 2009. A New Metric Procedure for the Estimation of Sex and Ancestry from the Human Innominate. Poster presentation at the 61st Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Science, Denver, CO. February 16-20.
| Klales et al. (2009) AAFS Poster |
