ANTH 225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Dental Caries, Bioarchaeology, Hyperostosis
2 Feb 2018
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Bioarchaeology: bioarchaeology: the study of human remains from archaeological contexts, the aim is to interpret ancient behavior based on evidence in human skeletons, paleopathology: the study of disease and injury as evidenced on ancient skeletal remains. Behavior: tooth usage: shift from foraging to farming indicated in changed patterns of tooth wear, advent of domestication lead to consumption of coarser cereal grains, stone grinding of grains introduced additional grit into diet. Behavior: skeletal remains: osteoarthritis: degenerative pathology caused by workload on joints, biomechanical analysis used on bones to assess levels of physical activity. Thursday, november 30, 2017: muscle attachment scars also indicate physical activity. Isotopic analysis: dietary analysis can inform us about societal structure or settlement patterns, signi cant shifts in major dietary resources utilized, switch to maize in na, consumption of marine resources, infant feeding and weaning, population movement, climate reconstruction.
