You pick it: Bioarchaeology

1. Bioarchaeology Robert Wu ANP203

2. What is Bioarchaeology? Study and Analysis of Skeletal Remains Diet/Nutrition Disease Physical Activity Age Migration Reconstructing the past

3. Methods ofAnalysis Calipers Observing the bone itself Destructive Analysis Stable Isotope Analysis Biomechanical Analysis Radiocarbon Dating Genetic Testing Histology Nondestructive Analysis Biological Profile

5. Nitrogen

6. Oxygen

7. StrontiumTo identify a meat, plant, or marine meat – heavy diet.

8. Biomechanical Analysis Cross section cutting Fine tooth Saw Photographs + Software = Results Mobility Patterns Physical Activity

9. Radiocarbon Dating Amount of C-14 Determines Age Possibly Age-of-Death

10. Genetic Testing DNA mtDNA Pathogenic DNA Blood Cell Antigens Protein Polymorphisms All help understand Genetic Diversity

11. Histology Analysis of the microstructure of bone and teeth Determines the age of the buried And possible diseases too!

12. Limitations and Acts UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Bans illicit import, export, trade/transfer of cultural property NAGPRA - 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. Tlingit Indians of Alaska Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

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