Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Anderson, Melissa, Derek Anderson, and Daniel J. Wescott. 2009. Estimation of adult skeletal age-at-death using the Sugeno Fuzzy Integral. American Journal of Physical Anthropology in press (pdf)

Wescott, Daniel J. 2009. Approaches and trends in forensic anthropology. Minerva Medicolegale in press (pdf)

Cunningham, Deborah L. and Daniel J. Wescott. 2009. Still more "fancy" and "myth" than "fact" in students' conceptions of evolution. Evolution: Education and Outreach 2:505-517 (pdf)

Wescott, Daniel J. and Srikanta, Deepa. 2008. Assessing ancestry using femur subtrochanteric shape revisited: testing the assumptions of the Gilbert and Gill method. Journal of Comparative Human Biology HOMO 59:347-363 (pdf).

Wieberg, Danielle A.M. and Daniel J. Wescott. 2008. Estimating the timing of long bone fractures: correlation between the postmortem interval, bone moisture content and blunt force trauma fracture characteristics. Journal of Forensic Sciences 53:1028-1034. (pdf)

Konigsberg, Lyle W., Nicholas P. Herrmann, Daniel J. Wescott, and Kimmerle, Erin M. 2008. Estimation and evidence in forensic anthropology: 2. age-at-death. Journal of Forensic Sciences 53:541-557. (URL) (pdf available upon request)

Wescott, Daniel J. 2008. Biomechanical analysis of humeral and femoral structural variation in the Great Plains. Plains Anthropologist 53(207):333-355 (pdf).

Giroux, Carolyn L. and Daniel J. Wescott. 2008. Stature estimation based on dimensions of the bony pelvis and proximal femur. Journal of Forensic Sciences 53(1):65-68 (URL). (pdf available upon request)

Wescott, Daniel J. 2008 Bioarchaeological analysis of the Fenton Mounds (23SL1064). Missouri Archaeologist 68 (pdf).

Barnes, Jonathan and Daniel J. Wescott. 2008. Sex determination of Mississippian skeletal remains from humeral measurements. Missouri Archaeologist 68 (pdf).

Wescott, Daniel J. and Stephanie Child. 2007. Osteological analysis of the "mother and child" skeletons from Kemna Cave (23ML1). Missouri Association of Professional Archaeologists Newsletter 4(1):5-7.

Wescott, Daniel J. 2006. Ontogeny of femur subtrochanteric shape in Native Americans and American Blacks and Whites. Journal of Forensic Sciences 51:1240-1245. (pdf)

Wescott, Daniel J. 2006. Effect of mobility on femur midshaft external shape and robusticity. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 130:201-213. (pdf)

Wescott, Daniel J. and Deborah L. Cunningham. 2006. Temporal changes in Arikara humeral and femoral cross-sectional geometry associated with horticultural intensification. Journal of Archaeological Science 33:1022-1036. (pdf) (Reported on in Science 312:507)

Wescott, Daniel J. and Deboarh L. Cunningham. 2005. Recognizing student misconceptions about science and evolution. MountainRise 2(2).(link)

Wescott, Daniel J. 2005. Population variation in femur subtrochanteric shape. Journal of Forensic Sciences 50 (2):286-293 . (pdf)

Wescott, Daniel J. and Richard L. Jantz. 2005. Assessing craniofacial secular change in American whites and blacks using geometric morphometry. In: Slice D (editor). Modern Morphometrics in Physical Anthropology, Volume V: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. New York: Kluwer Academic Press, 231-246. (pdf)

Wescott, Daniel J. 2004. Osteological analysis of human skeletal remains rom the Fenton (Grovois Bluffs Tract) Mounds (23SL1064), St. Louis County, Missouri. Missouri Association of Professional Archaeologists Newsletter 2(2):6-8. (pdf)

Cunningham, Deborah L. and Daniel J. Wescott. 2002. Within-group human variation in the Asian Pleistocene: an assessment of the three Upper Cave crania. Journal of Human Evolution 42(5):627-638. (pdf)

Konigsberg, Lyle W., Nicholas P. Herrmann, and Daniel J. Wescott. 2001. Commentary on McBride DG, Dietz MJ, Vennemyer MT, Meadors SA, Benfer RA, and Furbee NL. Bootstrap methods for sex determination from the Os Coxae using the ID3 algorithm, Journal of Forensic Sciences 2001; 46:427-1. (pdf)

Wescott, Daniel J. and Peer H. Moore-Jansen. 2001. Metric variation in the human occipital bone: Forensic anthropological applications. Journal of Forensic Sciences 46(5):1159-1163. (pdf)

Wescott, Daniel J. 2000. Sex variation in the second cervical vertebra. Journal of Forensic Sciences 45(2): 470-474. (pdf)

Wescott, Daniel J. and Richard L. Jantz. 1999. Anthropometric variation mong the Sioux and Assiniboine. Human Biology 71(5): 847-858. (pdf)

Wescott, Daniel J. 1997. Tuberculosis: An anthropological perspective. Lambda Alpha Journal 27: 77-86.

Wescott, Daniel J. 1991. The phyletic affinity of Ramamorphs: An ongoing ontroversy. Lambda Alpha Journal 22: 50-81.

Journal Articles and Book Chapters (in review)

Cho, Moon-Heum, Deanna M. Lankford, and Daniel J. Wescott. 2009. Exploring the relationship between college students' epistemic beliefs and nature of science. International Journal of Science Education (submitted 4/7/09)

Graves, Ronda, Amy Lupo, Robert C. McCarthy, Daniel J. Wescott, and Deborah L. Cunningham. 2009. Just how strapping was the Nariokotome Boy? Journal of Human Evolution (submitted 3/31/09)

Wescott, Daniel J., Kelly Brinsko, Stephanie L. Golda, Jeff Nichols, Mark Spigelman, Bob Stewart, Margaret Streeter, Robert H. Tykot, and Ljuda Zamstein. 2009. A Fisk Patent Metallic Burial Case from western Missouri: a interdisciplinary and comprehensive effort to reconstruct the history of an early settler of Lexington, Missouri. Historical Archaeology (submitted 3/16/09)

 Wescott, Daniel J. 2009. Reconstructing the habitual activities of Kennewick Man: a biomechanical analysis of long bone strength, shape, and asymmetry. In: Douglas Owsley and Richard Jantz (editors). Skeletal Biology of Kennewick Man. College Station: Texas A&M Press (pdf)

Dissertation and Thesis

Wescott, Daniel J. 2001. Structural variation in the humerus and femur in the American Great Plains and adjacent regions: differences in subsistence strategy and physical terrian. Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee-Knoxville. (pdf)

Wescott, Daniel J. 1996. The effect of age on the sexual dimorphism in the adult cranial base and upper cervical region. Department of Anthropology, Wichita State University. (pdf) Note: PDF slightly modified from origninal

Published Book Reviews

Wescott, Daniel J. 2002 Review of Prehistoric Lifeways in the Great Basin Wetlands: Bioarchaeological Reconstruction and Interpretation. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 119:343-344. (pdf)

Wescott, Daniel J. 2002 Review of Paleodemography: Age Distributions from Skeletal Samples. SAS Bulletin 25(2):30. (pdf)

Wescott, Daniel J. 2000. Review of Pompeii: Public and Private Life. Discovering Archaeology April:82-83.

Technical Reports—Federally Reviewed

Moore-Jansen, Peer H. and Daniel J. Wescott. 1996. Osteological inventory of skeletal remains from sites 14ML5, 14ML15, and 14ML16, Mitchell County, Kansas. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Grand Island, NE.

Moore-Jansen, Peer H. and Daniel J. Wescott. 1996. Skeletal remains from the Begin Ossuary, site 14JW312, Jewell County, Kansas. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Grand Island, NE.

Moore-Jansen, Peer H. and Daniel J. Wescott. 1996. Skeletal remains from surface collections at sites 34GR3, 34GR4, 34GR5, 34GR6, 34GR7, 34KI3, and 34KI6, Greer and Kiowa Counties, Oklahoma. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Grand Island, NE.

Moore-Jansen, Peer H. and Daniel J. Wescott. 1995. Skeletal remains from the Hofts collection (KSHS 1882.P1-4), Lovewell Lake, Jewell County, Kansas. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Grand Island, NE.

Moore-Jansen, Peer H. and Daniel J. Wescott. 1995. Investigation and analysis of human skeletal remains from Scotts Bluff and Agate Fossil Beds National Monuments, Nebraska. National Park Services, Lincoln, NE.

Technical Reports—State Reviewed

Wescott, Daniel J. 2004. Report on MDNR Case # 97-00C: Fenton (Gravois Bluffs Tract) Mounds (23SL1064), St. Louis County, Missouri. Report submitted to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, State Historical Preservation Office, Jefferson City, MO.

Wescott, Daniel J. 2004. Report on MDNR Case # 90-002: Human Remains from 23NE12 and 23CO499. Report submitted to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, State Historical Preservation Office, Jefferson City, MO.

Wescott, Daniel J. 2004. Report on MDNR Case # 94-002: Burial from the Shallow Cave Site (23PH148). Report submitted to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, State Historical Preservation Office, Jefferson City, MO.

Wescott, Daniel J. 2004. Report on MDNR Case # 94-008: Historic Native American Burials from Scotland County, Missouri. Report submitted to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, State Historical Preservation Office, Jefferson City, MO.

Wescott, Daniel J. 2004. Report on MDNR Case # 95-006: Human Remains from 23NE12 and 23CO499. Report submitted to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, State Historical Preservation Office, Jefferson City, MO.

Wescott, Daniel J. 2004. Report on MDNR Case # 96-003: Burials from the Lindsay Cemetery (23SC944). Report submitted to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, State Historical Preservation Office, Jefferson City, MO.

Wescott, Daniel J. 2004. Report on MDNR Case # 97-002: Historic Burials from Site 23SL69. Report submitted to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, State Historical Preservation Office, Jefferson City, MO.

See my CV for a list of other osteological reports.

Manuscripts in Preparation

Wescott, Daniel J., Lori Baker, D. Clark Wernecke, and Michael B. Collins. Occupational injuries among Mexican soldiers from the battle of Resaca de la Palma.

Wescott, Daniel J., Lori Baker, D. Clark Wernecke, and Michael B. Collins. Battlefield injuries among Mexican soldiers from the battle of Resaca de la Palma.

Wescott, Daniel J. Secular change in femur subtrochanteric and midshaft shape among American Blacks and Whites from 1840-1980.

Wescott, Daniel J., Deborah L. Cunningham, and Douglas H. Ubelaker, Douglas H. Growth and development of femur shape and strength among Native American populations.

Wescott, Daniel J. and Lauren Zephro. Femoral secular change in the United States from 1840 to 1980..

Recent Presentations

Wescott, Daniel J. and Stephanie Child. 2009. Evidence of reduced mobility in a Missouri Woodland period adolescent male. American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Chicago, IL (Apr.4).

Hellmann, L., D. Wescott, M. Faerman, C. Greenblatt, and M. Spigelman. 2008. Can we trace family history through mycobacterial DNA? 9th International Conference on Ancient DNA and Associated Biomolecules. Pompeii, Italy (10/?).

Wescott, Daniel J. 2008. Humeral and femoral variation in the American Great Plains. Biological and Archaeological Variation in the New World, 25th Center for Archaeological Investigations Visiting Scholar Conference. Southern Illinois University (Apr. 26) (conference information)

Cho, Moon-Heum, Lankford, Deanna M., Wescott, Daniel J. and Cunningham, Deborah L. 2008. Exploring the relationship between epistemic belief and nature of science in a college biology course. National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Baltimore, MD (Apr. 2).

Upcoming Presentations