ANT101H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Osteology, Hyperostosis, Natural Trumpet
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How do bioarcheologists contribute to a study of the past: bioarcheology is the study of the human biological component evident in the archaeological record; it examines the health and workload of ancient populations. This specialty requires expertise in the method and theory of both biological anthropology and field archaeology. Slight: an i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s age (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e deter(cid:373)i(cid:374)ed (cid:271)y tooth eruptio(cid:374); patter(cid:374)s of (cid:271)o(cid:374)e fusio(cid:374), tooth wear, and bone wear are used to age individuals over the age of 25, age: key skeletal elements. Tooth eruption pattern, degree of suture closure (more closed with age) How do bioarcheologists use paleopathology and bone chemistry to reconstruct the lives of ancient peoples: paleopathology is the study of those ancient diseases that leave skeletal traces. How are genetic data used to reconstruct population and the ages of migrations: molecular archaeology uses data from living and ancient peoples to reconstruct population migrations.
