Bioarchaeology

Question 1

What is bioarchaeology?

Answer 1

Bioarchaeology
• The study of the human biological component of the archaeological record.

Question 2

What is osteology?

Answer 2

The study of bone

Question 3

What is burial population?

Answer 3

• Burial Population: A set of human burials that come from a certain region and a certain time period

Question 4

The first Americans: story in the skills

Answer 4

• Kennewick
• Spirit Cave, Carson Desert, Nevada
• Long, narrow skulls, rather than round
• High-bridged nose and gracile mandible, with prominent and square chins.
• Skull shape largely reflects genes, suggesting the earliest residents came from a different Asian population than later migrants.

Question 5

First Americans: Evidence from Y Chromosome

Answer 5

• Y chromosome is genetic material that is inherited only through male line.
• Only a few Y chromosome haplogroups are known for Native Americans.
• Around 18,000 years ago.
• Issues.

Question 6

What are the major Bones of the Human Skeleton?

Answer 6

• Sex
-Pelvis and Skull
• Age
- Teeth
- Bone fusion

Question 7

How to determine the sex of individuals: subpubic angle

Answer 7

-The female has a wider angle than the male
-the female also has a wide sciatic notch than the male

Question 8

Sex Key skeletal elements

Answer 8

Male: Female:
(Notch)Pelvis: <68 degrees >68

Pelves(subpubic angle) <90 degree >90

Mandible eye orbits Square Round

Supraorbital ridges Pronounced Slight

Skull: muscle attachment Robust Slight

Question 9

What are carbon and nitrogen isotopes?

Answer 9

Isotopes of carbon and nitrogen are used to determine where an animal belongs relative to potential food sources and other animals in its ecosystem.