ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Foot Binding, Blunt Trauma, Squatting Position
27 Feb 2017
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The study of the human skeleton in an archaeological context: health, diet. What (cid:449)as suita(cid:271)le for the(cid:373) to eat a(cid:374)d (cid:449)hat (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t: habitual activities. What kind of jobs did they have: mobility. Palaeopathology 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: sex, gender, age. When did they fall ill and die: status. Access to resources clean water, health care: time. Understanding how they fit into the time they lived in. We do(cid:374)"t stay stati(cid:272) fore(cid:448)er, (cid:449)e are (cid:272)o(cid:374)sta(cid:374)tly (cid:272)ha(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g. Rickets: bending and fracture of bones caused by lack of vitamin d. Portion from it is from our diet, primarily from uv radiation: spending time in the sun, bowed tibiae and fibulae as a result of childhood rickets. Heavy tooth wear: worn down allowing bacteria to get in there and food particles to get stuck.
