Written in Bone Vocabulary

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Forensic Anthropology

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Study of human remains

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Osteology

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Study of bones

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Excavation

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Digging up artifacts

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Artifacts

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Objects made by humans

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Preservation

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Protecting from decay

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Decomposition

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Breakdown of organic matter

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Archaeology

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Study of ancient cultures

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Carbon Dating

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Determining age of organic material

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Epiphysis

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End part of a long bone

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shroud

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cloth or enveloping garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial