Practice question · Multiple choice
A skeleton shows enamel hypoplasia lines and a healed fracture. Why do the two together say more about this person’s life than either alone?
Hints
- Ask what must be true for a fracture to HEAL.
- One mark is about the individual; the other implies somebody else.
Show the answer
C. Because one records stress survived and the other care received
Why
A healed fracture is evidence of other people: a badly injured person survives only if fed and sheltered. Read with the childhood stress lines, the skeleton documents a group.
Practise Bioarchaeology
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More questions on Bioarchaeology
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