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Example of good preservation in Ice? |
Iron Age Pazyryk mummies. Bodies found 4m down in refrigerator environment. |
Iron Age |
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Example of good preservation in heat? |
Tarim desert in North China. Bronze Age, indo-European. |
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Example of poor preservation in acidic conditions? |
Sutton hoo burial from Anglo Saxon period. Only a dark stain remain. |
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Taphonomic factors affecting samples? |
•one doesn’t represent all. •selective deposition - may not be native. •different preservation child vs adult. •selective excavation |
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How to tell Age in children? |
1st molar at 7, 2nd at 14 and 3rd at 18-21. |
Teeth |
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How to tell Age in adults? |
•clavicle fuses 16-21 but before it is undulated. •the older the person is the more the sacrum is porous and ragged. •the sternal end of ribs become ragged and hollow with age. |
Epiphyseal fusion |
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Sex determination |
Pelvis = broader and shallower in women Cranially = the mastoid is larger in males Teeth = less wide and shorter in women |
Pelvis, cranium and teeth |
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What are the categories of diseases? |
Congenital = from birth Dental = abscesses |
Congenital and dental |
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Types of Trauma? |
•Fractures - compound/compression Remodelling - natural repair Cranial fractures - blade wounds, trepanation Joint diseases - arthritis and spine disease from labour |
Fractures, remodelling and diseases |
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Infections |
Tuberculosis- spinal hump from medieval period Syphilis - causes erosive lesions on skull Leprosy - causes bone reabsorption Rickets- vitamin D deficiency |
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