Tag: trauma

• 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

• Sticks and Stones: Basics of Skeletal Trauma

  

  What you’re looking at above is the superior aspect of a human cranium, i.e. the top of someone’s head. If your first thought was ‘holy hell, what happened to that poor guy?’ well done. You have the makings of a human osteologist.  The answer is what forensic anthropologists and bioarchaeologists call sharp force trauma, or when a…

  sarahmrosen92

  January 4, 2017

  Concepts in Anthropology

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