ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Paleopathology, Bioarchaeology, Foot Binding
4 Feb 2016
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The anga of papua new guinea languages isolated areas. Papua new guinea is very isolated as there are over 800. New guinea is a rainforest area and it is difficult to get into these. Koke village is the village we will be focusing on. The anga mummify their dead who look over the village. Mummification was dictated by the activities an individual did in their life, those who were honoured were mummified in a special hut mummification process provide for the people. Ochre clay must be applied to the mummy which aids in the. Belief that if we do not feed the earth blood, the earth will not. Mummies mark territory for a clan or village. Study of human skeleton in human context. Rickets: bending and fracture of bones due to low vitamin d (a disease of civilization) Can be found by deformities in leg bones: diet. Possible old foods found in teeth: habitual activities.
