Anthropology 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Corded Ware Culture, Woodland Period, Enamel Hypoplasia
25 Nov 2016
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Can the dead speak: mortuary practices, human skeleton. Gay caveman : czech rebuild, corded ware culture, 2900-2500 bp, male skeleton received burial treatment usually associated with women. Body position: extended, flexed, supine, prone. Removal of organs, wrapping, salts and chemical treatment: secondary burial. Follows primary mortuary practices such as explore, burial elsewhere: cremation, cemetery organization. Anglo-saxon england: arrived se england 400ad, early pagan cemeteries. Grave foods in elite burials: beginning 650ad: conversion to christianity. Mortuary practices: as much about the living as the dead, normally a public event, involving some sort of ceremony, not direct indicator of deceased"s status and roles of life. Bioarchaeology/osteoarchaeology: study of human remains from archaeological sites. Age and sex: dental eruption ex. deciduous or permanent, epiphyseal fusion (happening in our long bones, pelvis, skull. Health and disease: non-speci fc stress indicators. Trauma: damage to skeleton as a result of impact. Richard iii: injuries with no evidence of healing.
