ASM 275 Study Guide module 4 chapter one PDF

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Study guide for chapter four, module one. It prepares you for the exam and will help you succeed....

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ASM 275: Forensic Anthropology Exam 4 Study Guide

What is positive identification and individuation? Pathology (Lecture 19): What is it? How is it useful to forensic anthropologists? *What can past patterns of trauma tell us about the individual? *What can diet and health conditions tell us? *What can congenital disease malformations tell us? *What can infections diseases tell us? *What can neoplasms tell us? *What can rare bone diseases tell us? Know the examples of each of the above that we went over in class! Know the three ways pathology affects bone and the terms lytic, osteoclastic, and osteoblastic Be familiar with the following terms: anemia, cribra orbitalia, porotic hyperostosis, linear enamel hypoplasia (LEH), Harris lines, arthritis, tuberculosis, leprosy, syphilis (treponemal infections). Non-specific stress markers- what are they and what do they tell us? What is "stress"? Occupational Stress Markers (Lecture 20) *Know what they are and why they are useful to forensic anthropologists. *Know the four "classes" of the markers 1) modifications to areas of muscle insertion 2) osteophytosis 3) discrete markers – squatting facets, dental attrition, habitual pipe-smoking, etc 4) stress fractures *How accurate are these methods? Radiography –how can it be used to ID individuals? (Lecture 21) *Comparison of ante-mortem records * Looking for odd variants or variation in frontal sinus pattern; difficulties involved in looking at the frontal sinus Forensic Odontology: (Lecture 22; Rothwell article) Know what it is and the two general uses of it *Matching of dental records to remains (dental anatomy and pathology—how is this used in personal identification? *Bite mark analysis—what is it? -Ted Bundy

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Anatomical variants: (Lecture 21) *What can they provide information on? *How are they forensically useful? *Know examples (e.g., metopic suture, extra-sutural bones in cranium, extra digits Intentional Cultural Modification (Lecture 21) *How is this forensically useful? *Know examples (foot binding, corset training, artificial cranial deformation, intentional tooth removal, etc.) Handedness: (Lecture 21) *Why is this forensically useful? *What specific indicators are used to assess handedness? Body Weight: (Lecture 21) *What goes into estimation of body weight from bones? *How accurate are body weight estimations? Facial Reconstruction: (Lecture 23) *What is it and why do we do it? *Know the techniques discussed in class (and in the film we saw) and difficulties involved. Human Rights Investigations: (Lecture 24; Fulginiti article) *Types of war crimes *Genocide—what constitutes it? What two elements are involved in this crime? *What are the goals of human rights investigations? Biohistorical case studies: know the basic details of each. (Lecture 25; Helmer article; Ubelaker et al article, Park et al article, Stojanowski and Duncan article)

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