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⟩ What are Methods of Osteology?

A typical analysis will include:

☛ an inventory of the skeletal elements present

☛ a dental inventory

☛ aging data, based upon epiphyseal fusion and dental eruption (for subadults) and deterioration of the pubic symphysis or sternal end of ribs (for adults)

☛ stature and other metric data

☛ ancestry

☛ non-metric traits

☛ pathology and/or cultural modifications

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