ANT100Y1 : Archaeology Lecture Two + Readings
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Long difficult process; can take up to many years: catalogue items by numerating them into categories, classify items by assigning items to pre-arranged systems which are determined by rules whether they belong in the category or not. Estimation of age (textbook only: skeletal age-indicator techniques: used to estimate the age at death of an individual from skeletal remains, depends on, macroscopic. focus on pattern of age-related degeneration of bones. Include examination of the pubic symphysis and auricular structure of hipbone, closure of sutures between the bones on skull etc: microscopic. focuses on remodelling to see how microscopic fractures occur normally from everyday wear and tear: remodelling occurs after growth has ceased and replaces old tissue with new formed bone to maintain bone strength. easiest and most accurate to estimate the age of children from looking at their dental and skeletal tissues www. notesolution. com.
