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Bone Broke by Jess Beck is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.
Category Archives: Osteology
Tibial Pursuit: How to identify and side the tibia
Trials and Tib-ulations. Shin Vogue. Ti-bia Determined. Tibia or not Tibia*. I have so many tibial puns on file that it was hard to pick just one for the title of this post. And if you’re wondering, yes, you are … Continue reading
Posted in Long Bones, Osteology
Tagged anatomy, bioarchaeology, features of the tibia, How to identify a tibia, how to side a tibia, leg, osteology
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Osteology Everywhere: Airport Edition
It’s spring break here in Ann Arbor (Editor’s Note: “spring” is misleading – technically this should read “intractable winter punctuated by copious amounts of unpredictable precipitation, ranging from snow to freezing rain” break). In celebration I’ve been taking this week relatively easy, … Continue reading
Posted in Osteology, Osteology Everywhere
Tagged cranium, Fashion, Human Skull, osteology, Osteology Everywhere
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Top Ten Christmas Gifts for Osteologists
It’s mid-December, and we’re fast approaching that magical time of year when we’re tasked with finding the perfect gifts for friends and loved ones: Kazakhstan Independence Day. No, wait, wrong country. Seeing as Christmas is only a week away, I figured I’d … Continue reading
Posted in Anatomy, Bioarchaeology, Osteology
Tagged bioarchaeology, Bone Clones, Christmas gifts, osteology
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Osteology Cakes
I’m currently living in a part of the world where the sun rises at 9:00 am, and sets at 5:00 pm. Given that I’m at approximately 51˚N, this is not cause for apocalyptic alarm but instead reflects the brevity of winter … Continue reading
Posted in Grad School, Osteology
Tagged academia, archaeology, baking, Bones, cakes, food, osteology
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Osteology Everywhere: Via Verde Edition
This is the view currently visible outside of my window: For a variety of reasons, I’m spending a few months in a city that is, quite appropriately, locally dubbed “The White Grave”. What with the weather and the monotonous slog that … Continue reading
Posted in Osteology, Osteology Everywhere
Tagged Andalucía, osteology, Osteology Everywhere, parietals, Spain, Travel
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How to identify and side parietal bones
When analyzing human bones (or taking your first osteology course), you will occasionally be presented with bags brimming with large numbers of cranial fragments that you are tasked with sorting, identifying and siding. When I took my first intensive osteology course, … Continue reading
Pop Culture Osteology: The Blacklist
I left the U.S. just before a number of the TV shows that I watch (e.g., anything that streams for free on Hulu) concluded their first seasons, meaning that I departed the country while at least three different plot lines had … Continue reading
Posted in Long Bones, Osteology, Pop Osteology
Tagged Human bones, Human Osteology, Knives, Long Bones, NBC, The Blacklist
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Pop Culture Osteology: Once Upon a Time #3
If you read this blog for the osteology and are largely unaware of the plot of the hit ABC show Once Upon a Time, allow me to concisely catch you up to speed: A 28-year old New York bail bondswoman named … Continue reading
Posted in Osteology, Pop Osteology
Tagged Once, Once Upon a Time, Osteoarthritis, osteology, taphonomy, TV
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