ANTH 2015 : Anth 2015 Final SG
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Human osteology field id of bones: age at death sex health status (while alive) 206 adult skeleton; 305 newborn skeleton cranial: skull & mandible post-cranial joined through foramen magnum and spine big hole". Aging (1) suture closure; in newborns cranial bones fussed; together or not; smooth in elderly (2) fusion of long bones diaphysis (shaft) epiphysis (end) fuse @ known ages (3) teeth; bone resorption; bone decay. Health status: metric traits (eg height, non-metric traits (eg os inca, shovel-shaped incisors) inherited, lifestyle: cranial deformation; sign of beauty, horseback riding; dislocation of hip bone. C13/12 for corn (corn=c3 plant; others are c4) Diet: trace element analysis (eg. lead poisoning in franklin expedition) Nagpra: native american grave protection and repatriation act; november 16, 1990. February 1974: walter kenyon, grimsby site, ontario (canada, eh) 2 fires: 1876 & 1975: records lost, church burned (gerry boyce) Team of expert burial excavators: diane poirier, barb bly, martin betcherman, lorelyn giese.
