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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Short review: Field recovery and potential information value of small elements of the skeleton

Susanna LlidoC. CochAlmudena García-rubioLuis RíosBerta Martínez

subject

AdultMaleHistoryLaryngeal CartilagesContext (language use)Laryngeal cartilageSkeleton (category theory)Bone and BonesAnthropology PhysicalYoung AdultOsteogenesisHumansCemeteriesInformation valuePrisonersHistory 20th CenturyPhalanxClavicleArchaeologyField (geography)ArchaeologySpainAnthropologySesamoid BonesEpiphysesCognitive psychology

description

The recovery of small elements of the skeleton (e.g. hyoid, carpals, and hand and foot phalanges) is one of the established tasks of the archaeologist and physical anthropologist when working in the field, whether in an archaeological or forensic context. In the present work, we illustrate the field location of ossified laryngeal cartilages, hand sesamoids, and the medial clavicular epiphyses. The potential information offered by these elements is briefly summarized. The frequency of these elements observed in a cemetery dating from 1943 indicates the possibility that these elements could be found in other contexts at a higher frequency than expected.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2011-08-01HOMO
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2011.06.003