bioarchaeology
Ancient bones science
Bioarchaeology is the study of human remains from archaeological sites to understand past populations—their health, diet, migration patterns, and causes of death.
Practitioners examine bones, teeth, and preserved tissue to reconstruct how ancient people lived and died.
Bioarchaeological analysis revealed evidence of malnutrition in the Bronze Age settlement.
Facility housing corpses
- funeraryOf burial rites
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- grave-goodsItems entombed with corpse
- cremationBurning the deceased
mummification · kinship · identity · violence · sacrifice · cannibalism · trepanation · disease
Scientific study of bones
- bonesRigid internal support structure
- skullHead's bone casing
- femurUpper leg bone
- tibiaMain lower leg bone
vertebrae · mandible · pelvis · ribs · clavicle · phalanges · patella · articulation
Placing deceased underground
- graveSerious and worrying
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
trowel · excavation · context · fieldwork · trench · sediment · screening · mapping
Extinct archaic human species
- MayaAncient Mesoamerican people
- EgyptianRelating to the pharaohs' land
- RomanOf ancient Italy's capital
- Anglo-SaxonPre-Conquest British Germanic peoples
Viking · Inca · Medieval · Neolithic · Paleolithic · Mesolithic · hominins · prehistoric
Isotope-based age measurement
- radiocarbonDecaying carbon isotope
- histologyStudy of tissue structure
- collagenStructural body protein
- phylogeneticsScience of ancestral relationships
mortuary
Facility housing corpses
- funeraryOf burial rites
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- grave-goodsItems entombed with corpse
cremation · mummification · kinship · identity · violence · sacrifice · cannibalism · trepanation · disease · diet
osteology
Scientific study of bones
tibia · vertebrae · mandible · pelvis · ribs · clavicle · phalanges · patella · articulation · dentition
burial
Placing deceased underground
stratigraphy · trowel · excavation · context · fieldwork · trench · sediment · screening · mapping · grid
Neanderthal
Extinct archaic human species
- MayaAncient Mesoamerican people
- EgyptianRelating to the pharaohs' land
- RomanOf ancient Italy's capital
Anglo-Saxon · Viking · Inca · Medieval · Neolithic · Paleolithic · Mesolithic · hominins · prehistoric · protohistoric
carbon-dating
Isotope-based age measurement
- radiocarbonDecaying carbon isotope
- histologyStudy of tissue structure
- collagenStructural body protein
bioarchaeologyforensic anthropology
Skeletal analysis for legal cases
human biology · public health · sports medicine · epidemiology
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