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Bone Broke by Jess Beck is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.
Tag Archives: osteology
Standard Anatomical Position
Bioarchaeological labs can be confusing places. Witness the following interaction, which takes place at least once a season: Bioarch 1: “This fragment’s a humerus, right?” Bioarch 2: [Examines bone] “No, it’s a left.” Bioarch 1: “But it’s humerus?” Bioarch 2: … Continue reading
Posted in Anatomy, Bioarchaeology Vocab
Tagged anatomy, bioarchaeology, corpse pose, mountain pose, osteology, puppies, Standard Anatomical Position, yoga
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Osteology Everywhere: Storm King Edition
I’m spending part of this summer in southern New York, and have been doing my best to distract myself from various overdue manuscript drafts by exploring the area. To that end, a few friends and I went to an outdoor … Continue reading
Posted in Osteology Everywhere, Travel
Tagged bioarchaeology, Master of None, Mohunk State Preserve, New York, osteology, Storm King Art Center, summer
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Wolff’s Law
Ever heard the expression “use it or lose it”? That pithy phrase encapsulates Wolff’s law, an anatomical rule that describes how bone grows and changes over time. The law was developed by German surgeon Julius Wolff, whose name you will now always remember … Continue reading
Posted in Bioarchaeology, Bioarchaeology Vocab, Osteology
Tagged Avengers, Captain America, human bone, Mjölnir, osteoblasts, osteology, Thor, Wolff's law, wolves
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Bone Quiz 21
Every human osteologist reaches a point in their life when they are forced to make a foray into zooarchaeology. My most recent brush with the world of skeletal fauna took place over the summer, when I spent a week visiting one of my friends … Continue reading
Posted in Bone Quiz, Fauna, Travel
Tagged human or non-human, Maine, osteology, True Detective, zooarchaeology
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Osteology Everywhere: Lithic Edition
It’s been a relaxing few months in Ann Arbor – lots of lounging around, sipping hot beverages around a warm fireplace, and quietly contemplating life. JUST KIDDING. I’ve been firing on all cylinders recently, dividing my time between applying for … Continue reading
Osteology Everywhere: College Bar Edition
This past Monday night I grabbed a pitcher* with a friend at a local watering hole. After a long day of grappling with histograms of canine metrics, I felt that some time apart from bones in any form was well-warranted: But of … Continue reading
Posted in Carpals, Grad School, Osteology Everywhere
Tagged Beer, bioarchaeology, Good Time Charley's, hamate, manuscript revisions, osteology
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Hip hip hooray: Orienting and identifying features of the os coxae
One of the ranges in my museum is decorated with a number of different osteological puns, and every time I walk past their on point door makes me jealous. I’ve always been particularly envious of the “Hip Hip Hooray” slogan, … Continue reading
Posted in Anatomy, Osteology
Tagged anthropology, Forensic Anthropology, How to identify a pelvis, iliac crest, ilium, innominate, ischium, os coxa, ossa coxae, osteology, pelvis, pubis
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Anthropology Teaching Tips: Playdoh
As you may have garnered from the radio silence that blanketed the blog for week-long periods this summer, in July and August I solo taught my first self-designed course. Now, at this point in my academic career, I have a … Continue reading
Posted in Bioarchaeology, Osteology, Teaching
Tagged anatomy, anthropology, archaeology, bioarchaeology, Human bones, osteology, pelvis, playdoh
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Skeleton Keys – Talk for the Michigan Archaeological Society
Tonight I’m going to be giving a public talk for the Huron Valley chapter of the Michigan Archaeological Society. The talk will discuss how to lose ten pounds in a single week, how to make $10,000 a month while working from … Continue reading
Posted in Bioarchaeology, Osteology
Tagged anthropology, archaeology, bioarchaeology, Kelsey Museum, osteology, University of Michigan
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