# Burns 1998: Amelia Earhart's Bones and Shoes? Current Anthropological Perspectives on an Historical Mystery

> Karen Ramey Burns, Richard L. Jantz, Thomas F. King et al., 1998. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The first re-analysis; the beginning of the…

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# Amelia Earhart's Bones and Shoes? Current Anthropological Perspectives on an Historical Mystery

Karen Ramey Burns, Richard L. Jantz, Thomas F. King et al., 1998. _TIGHAR Tracks 14(2)_.

Applies FORDISC discriminant analysis to Hoodless's measurements and concludes the bones were most likely those of a tall white female of northern European ancestry.

**Disappearance of Amelia Earhart** ReportChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The first re-analysis; the beginning of the bones controversy.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[Amelia Earhart's.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/answers/ANS0CYPMZKJ0BTE/amelia-earharts)

Answer

ANS

[The 1998 FORDISC analysis classed the bones as a tall white female.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/evidence/EVD0CYPN03658KZ/the-1998-fordisc-analysis-classed-the-bones-as-a-tall-white)

Evidence

EVD

[Burns, Jantz, King and Gillespie re-analyse the Hoodless measurements as a European female](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/events/EVT0CYPMQ9Y3H58/burns-jantz-king-and-gillespie-re-analyse-the-hoodless)

EVT

[The disappearance of Amelia Earhart](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
Burns, K. R., Jantz, R. L., King, T. F., & Gillespie, R. E. (1998). Amelia Earhart's Bones and Shoes? Current Anthropological Perspectives on an Historical Mystery. TIGHAR Tracks 14(2). https://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/14_2/14_2bones.pdf
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[Read it free at tighar.org](https://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/14_2/14_2bones.pdf)

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