What 's Up With Those Skeletons?

Some people out there would disagree with me. Some people would say that Digging out a lost cities secrets articles is better because it tells about history , and that it's better because of that it tells more. But the skeleton article tells more about the human body and its history as well. To me it's more interesting to learn about the hands that made the artifacts of history than the artifacts themselves. er than the others is that it shows the problems of studying bones from long ago. In the text it states, “‘ These early skeletons are so rare we have to really get as much information as we can from them.’” This shows that there is an problem in finding the historical

An unscrupulous archaeologist by the name of Henirich Hochstetter excavated the Shoen-Tell site in Turkey in the late 1920s. Hochstetter was interested more in antiquities than in data, so he provided little substantive information tot eh professional community about his dig or his findings. However, a conscientious assistant of Hochstetter’s, Roxanne Browne, managed to collect detailed information on fifty of the burials Hochstetter plundered. Her data is

At 4 pm, in a certain park, 2 skeletons were found lying side by side behind the bushes. It was concluded that the two were a couple because they were holding hands whilst the skull was facing each other. A femur, pelvic girdles, skulls, tibia, and humerus were taken from each of the skeleton and observations were made to identify their gender, race, age, and height. One is a female, and the other was a male, also the skeletons pretty much remained intact from being undisturbed however, a few of the hand or feet bones can be found lying a little further off perhaps due to the scattering of birds.

In the book Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death In West Africa (published in 1994), the core argument is best shown when the author, Katherine A. Dettwyler, says on page 142, “ What is wrong with this picture?” Suddenly, it dawned on me. The children- dancing with abandon, smiles on their faces looked like dancing skeletons. They were the living embodiment of Camille Saint-Saen’s “Dance Macabre. “They were the warrior skeletons from Ray Harryhausen’s film Jason and the Argonauts-dancing, instead of fighting. They flung their arms and legs about like kindling, knees and elbows jutting out of painfully thin arms and legs like knots in the wood” (Dettwyler 142).

In my paper, I will explain forensic osteology and how it helps determine child abuse. I will also explain different cultures and situations where child abuse cases take place. I will describe where child abuse has taken place even in ancient times. Lastly, I will explain the challenges of forensic osteology in determining child abuse, what could be mistaken for it, and how it’s properly analyzed.

Dating of the collection was’nt avalible for the lack of stratagraphy but bone from one the the skulls was date. It returned a date of 1000 BP, the date was retreived using the uranium thorium method. These skulls have been shown to show links to those from Kow Swamp.

Speaking of skeletal remains, there is evidence of body modification at Cahokia. Gregory Perino discovered filed teeth at Cahokia. These findings showed observers that this practice was only done for a short period of time in the transition from Late Woodland Period to the Mississippian period. According to Perino, the siginificance of filing teeth cannot be explicitly determined but majority of them were thought to be ambassadors; but the fact that these filings were also found on young persons, throw off the conclusively of saying this was due to differentiating in social status (Perino 1967:541).

Although, no credible information regarding burials has been discovered, Headrick claims the highest-ranking ancestors underwent mortuary bundles, a treatment in which their remains are wrapped in assemblages (chapter 3). Mortuary bundles have not been found at Teotihuacan, thus, Headricks supports her claims by presenting information regarding mortuary bundles found in the Classical Maya and the Mixtec. Assimilating information about the treatment in those cultures and the discovery of the three stone masks, Headrick proposes that stone masks were likely tied to mortuary bundles as they are largely depicted in the city’s artistic record (chapter 3). Moreover, Headrick further supports her claim by comparing an archeological find of a ceramic bust with a mask to a similar one elsewhere in Mesoamerica (chapter 3). Headrick’s argument regarding mortuary bundles is convincing and the evidence to support her claim is

Since our culture does not leave much documentation, my tomb must be used to provide an awareness and understanding of how we live our lives. My husband was able to achieve hegemony through the main activities of agriculture and metallurgy , eventually becoming known as a dignitary, making us a well-known family and an important part of the aristocracy in the Etruscan society. The Banditaccia necropolis in Cerveteri is where my noble family

In this report I am discussing the mystery of Otzi, a perfectly preserved body of a 5000 year old man and how and why he died.

Seeing the dried up yellowed skeletons of the dead can entail many a story, from the skull of Phineas Gage with its life changing hole in it to seeing the battle hardened brittle bones of warriors of past worlds, but it is a depressing sight the see the pain in the physically deformed skeletons of those who only had the help of herbs and what would now be deemed the monstrous act of bloodletting, and other ill performed helps of our ancestors. This is exactly where my imagination ran as I gazed at the terrifying images of scoliosis. It was quite bizarre and frightening to think that I had this disease that could make what would make a twenty something year old mother of the past look like a hundred year old cripple. Not

Archeologists have unearthed a bog body in an Irish peat bog that dates back to the bronze age. Waterlogged conditions of European bogs created a highly acidic envoirment that allowed bogs to preserve thousands of bog bodies. Most bodies tended to stay intact for 2,000 years. What makes the Irish peat bog so special is that the body found was 4,000 years old! This particular bog was found in the Irish county of Laois by a resident who was mining the bog for its oil when he noticed he had hit something. He looked to see what he had hit, and discovered the ancient, and well-preserved, bog body. He didn't know what is was, so he notified The Museum of Ireland. The museum didn't know what it was either, so they had it x-rayed and discovered

Found in Chilean Desert in 2003, this little skeleton was found to have a remarkable DNA and has fewer ribs, tiny body, and irregularly-shaped head. The Ata Skeleton was believed to be a premature fetus with some medical deformities. Although some are skeptical of scientific study, there are believers who claimed that its a bone of an extraterrestrial.

Thomas Booth and his colleagues from the Natural History Museum analyzed bones from thirty-four bodies. Sixteen of these bones showed little to no bacterial damage. That suggests mummification had blocked rapid decay of a corpse’s flesh, Booth’s team says. The researchers describe their findings in the October Antiquity.

Every year, my elementary school would clear out the main lobby in preparation for the wonderful books, toys and trinkets that would come with the Scholastic Book Fair in the following days. Books lined every wall, creating a mosaic of bright illustrations and colorful covers. I was drawn in instantly. I’d drag my parents around to each table, flipping through books and winding up the display toys. It was a celebration—a day to commemorate all the joys and pleasures that came from indulging my curiosity in a good book. And on one display, surrounded by chemistry sets and test tubes, sat a little book about human anatomy. The illustration of a human skeleton, interwoven with vibrant blue and red veins, caught my eye. I picked it up and inspected it. A blurb on the cover made a bold promise: it would teach me the unknown complexities of my body. I scoffed at the very idea of it. To me, there was no mystery; I was quite confident that I knew myself. It challenged me, goaded me on to prove its assumptions wrong. Upon request,