Human osteology Flashcards
1
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osteology
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The study of human bones
2
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objective
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Demographies, state of health, population relationships, bone identification, preliminary age/sex/MNI, context
3
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demographies
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age and sex
4
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state of health
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diet, nutrition, disease and deformity
5
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population and relationships
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skeletal variability, biochemistry, genetics
6
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context
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human remains, grave construction, grave contents
7
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age
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denition, cranial sutures, epiphyseal fusion, bone degeneration
7
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sex
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pevis, skull, metrics
8
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sex
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skull and pelvis
9
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age
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sutures
epiphyseal fusion
10
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analysing human remains: paleopathyology
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trauma
