ANTH 2015 Chapter : Human Osteology For Archaeologists
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Anthropology 2015: human osteology for archaeologists heather mckillop. Example used: human skeleton, female hipbones, and male hipbones. Maya buried the dead under the house floor. Example: in canada the police brought heather a horse skull: field id of bones (3 things you can tell from bones), age at death, sex, health status (while alive) Archaeologist can identify all this from even fragmentary material. Burial in canada, all fragmentary and broken, anatomy instructors can only find when the bones are together. bones) =270: number bones? adult skeleton total =206 ; newborn skeleton(have more. Fuses at know ages: suture closure- a known age, fusion of long bones. Diaphysis (shaft) middle part you have an injury and if you break your ankle you"re breaking the tibia, fibula. Each bones consists of diaphysis and epiphysis, 18-24 almost every bone is fusing. If inside or outside: teeth (tooth eruption) - sharks have never eating teeth.
