craniometry
/ˌkreɪnɪˈɒmɪtri
/noun [mass noun] historical
The scientific measurement of skulls, especially in relation to craniology.The SAP physicians were far more rigorously quantitative in their craniometry....
- Some of the examples he discusses may remind us of the metaphorical appropriation of biology by racist craniometry in the nineteenth century.
- The nineteenth-century interest in craniometry had assumed that intelligence was both biological and inheritable.
Derivatives
craniometric
- Thus, this anatomical region is favorable for sex determination due to its craniometric characteristics.
- The results of the present craniometric analysis are compared with other lines of evidence.
- This article examines the potential contribution of archaeological human skeletal material, in particular craniometric data.