ASM 275 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Ossification, Garrote, Premolar

• School: ASU
• Department: Anthropology (Science and Mathematics)
• Course: ASM 275
• Professor: Stojanowski

Document Summary

Identify with high probability the exact identity of the individual: final phase of forensic analysis, begin with information on sex, age, stature, and ancestry, add to this other information gleaned from the skeleton. Module 19: pathology and disease history: paleopathology: the study of ancient disease in skeletal remains, basic paleopathology. Pathology affects bone in three ways: excess osteoclastic activity produces lytic lesions, excess osteoblastic activity produces proliferative lesions, maxillary sinusitis - proliferative, abnormalities of shape produced by both processes, importance of bone pathology for forensics. Can be confused with perimortem trauma (fusion defects) Can be confused with postmortem taphonomic alterations. Can provide information on life course experience of the individual. Can provide information on socio-economic status (poor health) Past patterns of trauma: occupation, social-economic status, work-related injuries. Diet and health conditions generalized stress and likely socio-economic status of the decedent. Congenital disease malformations id and individuation. Infectious diseases health, medical history: patterns of trauma and work related changes, osteoarthritis.