ANTH 2015 Study Guide - Final Guide: Hip Bone, Acetabulum, Osteology
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Field identification of bones: age at death, sex, health status (while alive) Number of bones in body: adult skeleton 206 and, newborn skeleton more (a lot of cartilages and there are separate bones that form into pure bones) Skeleton: cranial (skull and mandible, post-cranial, spinal cord. Newborn bones get closer together and form one bone. Teeth: really good for aging to a certain point b/c teeth don"t continue to grow. Then it is no longer good for aging: bone absorption. Sex: 99% complete, 85% hip bones size of openting. Sub-pubic angle female > 90 degrees: 60% skull, mandible. Female sloping: brow ridge male more pronounced, forehead male have a more sloping forehead female"s steeper, occipital protuberance (the back of the head) male more pronounced, mastoid (ear) male has larger. Age and sex from bones: constellation of traits. Health status: metric traits, ex: height from measuring femur length, non-metric traits os inca having extra bones.