ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Squatting Position, Exostosis, Paleopathology
5 Apr 2018
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Investigating variety of aspects: paleopathology, study of health and disease in past populations, only those conditions that leave traces on the skeleton, patterns of illness and disease - relate to cultural aspects. Infected root - abscesses causing infection in the bone: calcified plaque in some cultures, papua new guinea, dietary changes over time, contact periods and it changes. Introduction to agriculture: how do we look at work? (activity markers) Increase in the rate of caries: what work did people do and what other activity did people engage in for profit, external auditory exostosis, outer ear canal - boney outgrowth - long term in cold waters. See it in deep sea divers and roman bathers. Intentional cultural modifications: foot binding, trephination, holes being cut onto the skull, there has been healing, the bones have been filling back in a little bit and boney healing. Sharper edges are the ones that are more recent: dental inlays, dental filing and inlays.
