ANTH 0538 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Artificial Cranial Deformation, Squatting Position, Dental Caries
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Osteobiographies: looking at daily lives through the bones, dna, etc, occupational markers. Repetitive actions leave wears on the bones. Squatting facets on knees and ankle bone: base of tibia (which connects to the foot) will develop and indentation, seen frequently in prehistoric southwest women. Auditory exostosis (swimmers ear: bony growth in inner ear, caused by spending time in cold water, often seen in prehistoric chilean fishermen. Bone tissue will move to where the skeleton needs it: more demand on bone by muscles, the more robust the bone. 2: extended joint surface on big toe, suggesting she spent time in a kneeling position while pounding grain. Case study: bones of la florida: mission native americans under spanish rule, previously hunter-gatherers until the spanish brought agriculture. Simplified the diet, they ate mainly maize: developed new issues due to the starch-heavy diet. Porotic hypertosis, caused by poor diet and parasites. More tooth decay from the sugars in the maize.
