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Cards in this set: Term Bioarchaeology Definition relationship between biology and behavior and the influence on human biological variation. Term paradox Definition when you find unhealthy looking bones it means the person was healthy. Term occupational stress Definition repetative or severe trauma will leave the mark Term malunion Definition when something heals wrong Term demography Definition statisitcal analysis of population Term Primary burial Definition when the body was left in a natural poistion Term secondary burial Definition when the bady has been placed in a grave and messed with Term death beliefs Definition cultures believe that the way you are buried is the way you go tot he afterlife Term taphonopmy Definition the study of what happens after the artifact is buried Includes: Decompoistion post-mortem transport burial compaction chemical prosesses Term Bog Bodies Definition Bodies found in low oxygen climate which led to really good preservation Term types of preservation Definition dry-preservation cold-preservation fossilization   Term Bog Bodies Definition They were preserved in a low oxygen environment and were well preserved. Term Epiphyseal Fusion Definition Bones fuse at certain times in life. By looking these bones you can figure out how old someone was. Term resorbtion Definition when action is not put on a certain part of the body it begins to grow. Term Trephination Definition an ancient practice still done today in which a patch of skull is artifictually removed by scraping drilling or cutting. Term dental modification Definition when people do things to their teeth. Term patheology Definition size, shape, and topography Term epigenetic Definition genetic trait triggered by environment Term antemortem Definition before death Term eburnation Definition bone rubbing against bone Term osteomyelitis Definition infection in the bone. Adult- vertebrae, pelvis Children- long bones Can progress into chronic condition Term Ankylosis Definition vertibrae collapse Term  treponormal disease Definition pinta, endemic syphilis, venereal syphilis Term  metabolic Definition anemia and rickets Term congenital disorder Definition  genetic or epigenetic or environmental at or before birth Term trauma and broken bones Definition from looking at bones you can tell if the trauma was pre or post mortem Term Definition Term 3 types of fracture Definition bending, breaking, little pieces Term proximal Definition closer to the body Term distal Definition far from body Term sword calvery Definition many head injuries Term knife Definition seen when there are cuts at the joints Term Saami Definition Burials were sacred there is fear of the ansestors. Were buried with animals, drums, pottery etc. Term Vikings Definition Ones station in life was correlated to the grave goods. Burials incorperated Christian and Norse beliefs. Term Definition