ANT 175 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bioarchaeology, Osteology, Ancient Dna
Document Summary
Archaeology: the scientific study of biological and cultural material remains of people in the past. Was there always war, or were their periods of peace: asks question is there evidence for extraterrestrial influence in the past (like history channel says), no archaeological evidence to back this up. Females: acute angle on bottom, smooth and rounded, thicker bones, legs go straight down, orbital ridge (supraorbital ridge) or brow bone, more pronounced on males, more rounded and smooth on females. These diffs are based on muscle attachments: nuchal crest (at the base of the skull above the neck) Large with sharp edges on males: mastoid process (behind the jaw bone) Large on males: ways to tell age based on bones, skull sutures (marks on skull that show where bones have grown together, determine age. Takes certain amounts of time for bones to grow together these lengths of time have been determined down to the exact year: teeth, determine age based upon perm.
