ANT334H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Bioarchaeology, Osteology, Repeatability
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Assess population affinities: e. g. ancestry assessment, in bio archaeology ancestry is not in question but want to know which local group is associated with which local group want to see who"s leaving or coming into community. Comparative growth and development of primates, fossils, etc. To study patterns of growth and adaptation in humans. Advantages of one offset the disadvantages of the other. Use both to: confirm results, increase power of interpretation. Metric advantages: fewer indeterminate results, easier to teach, more precise. Greater # and more powerful statistics: e. g. for population. Need a full bone for metric measurements can"t glue bone back together for exact measurement in forensics but in bioarchaeology it may still be valuable info despite warpage. Metric disadvantages: need good preservation, landmarks difficult to locate, not on burn bone due to bone shrinkage. Morphological advantages: less population specific, can be used on burned and fragmentary bone, no equipment needed.
