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Palaeo Flashcards

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What is palaeopathology?

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Study of disease and disorders in past populations

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What are the approaches to pathology interpretation?

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  • macroscopic (eye)
  • microscopic (thin section of bone)
  • radiographic analysis
  • chemical analysis
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What is a infectious disease?

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Skeletal tuberculosis:

-care of sick and this with disabilities

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What is rickets

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-Metabolic disease
-Disturbance in bone formation while growing
-failure to deposit calcium
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What is palaeodemography

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Study of population dynamics through an examination of a population age and sex structure (population growth, fertility, mortality)

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What are some problem with palaeodemography?

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Migration
Environmental factors (winter ground is frozen)
PH levels in soil

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What is palaeonutrition? Methods?

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Reconstructing past diets using soil conditions, artifacts (tools to skin etc), artwork, plant remains, animals remains, corprolites

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Anth 1210 (8 decks)

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