⟩ 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