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In field work, depending on the type of burial, era, trousseau and anatomical postures , the individual will provide certain information about the community to which he or she belongs. In the laboratory is where we can learn more about the individual himself, taking into account his age, sex and height . Thanks to technological advances applied to physical anthropology, its use in archeology is crucial. We can know what face they had, what illnesses they suffered from or what their work was within the community. In the th century, the first technological applications in archeology began , at the hands of Howard Carter and the mummy Thutmose IV . She underwent an x-ray clandestinely at the maternity hospital in Cairo (the only one that had this device). But it is not the only case, another non-destructive observation method called xeroradiography was applied to the mummy of Ramses II .

When used on the skull, a tiny bone that belonged to an animal could be seen inserted into the pharaoh's nose to support it. . Mummies have been the ones that have suffered the most anthropological studies, given the conservation of Gmail Email List the skeleton and in some cases of soft tissues . tutankhamun-mummy Facial reconstruction of Tutankhamun's mummy. If we want to know what health our ancestors had, it is possible to find out in some diseases. Paleopathology takes care of this, and it is not an easy task since soft tissues are not preserved in most cases and not all pathologies affect bones. The conditions most likely to mark the bone are those related to joints, such as osteoarthritis or accidents ( trauma ) that the individual has suffered in life. War wounds are very decisive when identifying an individual, such as the case of Philip II who could have suffered massive ankylosis caused by a spear wound, where his limp would come from (see our post on the controversy of the new discovery of Philip II ).



There are also characteristic cases of diseases that do leave a mark in the bone record, such as leprosy, syphilis and tuberculosis . For example, tuberculosis leaves a very characteristic trace, called Pott's disease (contraction of the spinal column). Pott Individual suffering from Pott's disease On the other hand, there are anatomical variations , which are sometimes caused by cultural reasons. If we travel to South America, it is very common to find among the pre-Hispanic elites morphologically altered skulls or decorations such as dental embellishment in Bonampak (Mexico) made with jade. We already know what sex, height, age and possible pathologies or ornaments our individual has. Now it's time to know what he did on a daily basis and if this is recorded in his bones: the stress markers .
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