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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Human skeletal remains"”.
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A comparative analysis of human skeletal remains from Parowan Fremont, Virgin Anasazi, and Kayenta Anasazi archaeological sites
Human skeletal remains from the prehistoric Parowan Fremont, Virgin Anasazi, and Kayenta Anasazi cultural traditions are examined, to quantify differences in skeletal parameters and burial practices. Statistical comparisons show no significant differences in skeletal metric traits among the 125 …
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An archaeological, anthropological study of the human skeletal remains from the Oakhurst Rockshelter, George, Cape Province, Southern Africa
… to nutritional and physiological stress in human bone. It is argued that agriculturalists and transitional agro/pastoralists are more stressed than the hunter gatherers who preceded t hem. This is evinced by mortality profiles, mean age at death and the number and extent of stressors …
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The re-examination of extant human skeletal remains from excavated earlier neolithic long barrows and chambered tombs in southern Britain
… of previously excavated Earlier Neolithic human remains from Southern Britain. These form the subject of a Synoptic Overview. The Synoptic Overview places the papers within the context of academic debate and knowledge as it stood in the mid 1980s and 1990s. The background events surrounding …
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Postcontact Native American health and adaptation: Assessing the impact of introduced diseases in sixteenth century Gulf Coast Florida
… during the sixteenth-century. The evidence from human skeletal remains and mortuary sites is presented as particularly suitable for enhancing ethnohistoric descriptions of the events that transpired during that time.
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The early inhabitants of the Upemba depression, the Democratic Republic of Congo
… rejection of ancestral relationships with the human skeletal remains found in the Upemba Depression of Central Katanga, the Democratic Republic of Congo. This was done by assessing the biological variation of the human skeletal remains of the early inhabitants from the Upemba Depression in the …
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Nutritional consequences of prehistoric subsistence strategies in lower Central America
… and stable nitrogen isotopic composition of human bone collagen. The effect of a monotonous diet of a starchy grain such as maize on the health of these populations is evaluated through the examination of individual human skeletal remains for macroscopic indications of nutritional stress.
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An automated tool for measuring human limb bones
Sorting commingled human skeletal remains is one of the most time-consuming jobs for forensic anthropologists. Multiple measurements must be taken from each bone by hand. 3D scanners are an unfeasible alternative because they are expensive and difficult to transport. This thesis presents a software …
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AGE AT DEATH ESTIMATION FROM THE SACRAL SIDE OF THE SACROILIAC JOINT
… presents a new method of age estimation in adult human skeletal remains based on age related degenerative changes of the sacral side of the sacro iliac joint. It is inspired by the existing method of aging based on age related degenerative changes of the iliac side of the sacro iliac joint …
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AGE AT DEATH ESTIMATION FROM THE SACRAL SIDE OF THE SACROILIAC JOINT
… presents a new method of age estimation in adult human skeletal remains based on age related degenerative changes of the sacral side of the sacro iliac joint. It is inspired by the existing method of aging based on age related degenerative changes of the iliac side of the sacro iliac joint …
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A COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA CASE 29
In this professional paper I examine the human skeletal remains of one individual. The remains were analyzed to gain information on the sex, ancestry, age, stature, weight, pathology, and trauma of the individual. This information is helpful in assisting law enforcement personnel or for research …
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A COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA CASE 29
In this professional paper I examine the human skeletal remains of one individual. The remains were analyzed to gain information on the sex, ancestry, age, stature, weight, pathology, and trauma of the individual. This information is helpful in assisting law enforcement personnel or for research …
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Peopling Portland’s Past: A paleodemographic, osteological and funerary investigation of the burial population excavated from the site of St. Andrew’s Church, Portland, UK.
… were united through a comprehensive analysis of human skeletal remains and the creation of a complete burial plan. Demographical data concluded typical findings regarding biological sex and age-at- death categories, minimal trauma with joint disease the most common pathological condition in this …
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What makes war? Assessing Iron Age warfare through mortuary behaviour and osteological patterns of violence.
… of Britain. Interpretations regarding material remains from this period fluctuate between classifying instruments of violence (i.e. swords, spears, hillforts) as functional tools of war and as ritual symbolic devices. Human skeletal remains provide the most unequivocal evidence for violent …
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Using diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis to determine age at death
… an age-related condition, diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) and used it to create a new technique for estimating the age at death of older human skeletal remains (age ≥40). Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis is a condition characterized spinally by ossification of the …
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Combining forensic anthropological and geological approaches to investigate the preservation of human remains in British archaeological populations and their effects on palaeodemography
… has been no research into the degradation of the human skeleton, with many projects focussing only on the soft tissue decomposition rates and factors. Using a combination of techniques from forensic anthropology and geology, the collections were analysed using traditional palaeodemographic life …
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Intrinsic properties of bone as predictors of differential survivorship
… missing. Assuming complete recovery, individual skeletal parts should have different recovery probabilities. This research examines the differential survivorship of human skeletal remains based on intrinsic properties (density, size, and shape) of bone. Fifty skeletons from the William M. Bass …
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Bringing Childhood Health into Focus: Incorporating Survivors into Standard Methods of Investigation
… of past population health generated from human skeletal remains reflect the health of the living population from which they were drawn. Selective mortality and hidden heterogeneity in frailty are particularly relevant when assessing childhood health in the past, as subadults are the most …
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Paleopathology in archaeological faunal remains: a new approach
… lesions have been noted in the literature on non-human archaeological animal remains since the mid 19th century. In the last 20 years the accumulation of research into human skeletal remains has engendered a dynamic palaeopathological science producing highly valid in sights into the condition of …
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