Tag: forensics

• Fieldwork Comes to an End

  

  Hello anthropologists, I know it has been a while since my last post, and there is more to catch up on than I could ever cover. But I can say that I have officially finished my fieldwork in Guatemala now. It was nothing like I expected it to be, so many things went wrong I…

  sarahmrosen92

  May 9, 2018

  Uncategorized

  academia, anthropologist, anthropology, cemetery, forensic anthropology, forensics, Guatemala, osteology, phd, research

• Question re: Sticks and Stones

  

  A good friend of mine, Nicole, has asked a great question about the post Sticks and Stones: Basics of Skeletal Trauma. She says: “Love this! Also if this is the superior view would you say that the trauma occurred along any suture lines? Also out of curiosity, which bone of the skull is pictured?” Thanks for…

  sarahmrosen92

  January 5, 2017

  Concepts in Anthropology

  anthropology, archaeology, biological anthropology, biology, bones, forensic anthropology, forensics, science, skeleton, trauma

• Biological Anthropology – An Overview

  Biological anthropology is one of the four major subfields of anthropology. Very generally, biological anthropology examines the biological development of human beings–meaning that we study everything from human evolution, our evolutionary cousins (other primates), comparative anatomy, osteology (the study of bones), and ecology. Here are just some of the many subfields of biological anthropology: Palaeoanthropology…

  sarahmrosen92

  January 2, 2017

  Concepts in Anthropology, Uncategorized

  anthropology, biological anthropology, biology, evolution, forensics, history, primatology