ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Epidemiological Transition, Bioarchaeology, Paleopathology
6 Feb 2017
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Intro to sex, food and death february 6, 2017. The study of the human skeleton in an archaeological context. Study of health and disease in past populations. Only those conditions that leave traces on the skeleton. Patterns of illness and disease relate to cultural aspects. This tells us a lot about how they lived in their society (ex: a person with scurvy had a lack of vitamin d which means they might not have had access to any fresh fruits) The deficiency rickets, belongs to the second epidemiological transition. Teeth can be worn down if they ate tough food in their lifetime. Might see a grinding of the teeth which could equate to eating grains. How do we look at work? (ex: activity markers) People have skeletal changes depending on occupation they had. 5th century bc italian woman skeleton has signs of arthritis due to the high housework labour. Also look for signs of trauma in the remains.
