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Question #1

What is the definition of bioarchaeology?

A. the application of skeletal analysis to assist in legal investigations

B. the study of human skeletal remains from archaeological sites

C. the study of all animal skeletal remains from archaeological sites

D. the study of the cultural life of living people

Question #2

What is the definition of forensic anthropology?

A. the study of all animal skeletal remains from archaeological sites

B. the study of human skeletal remains from archaeological sites

C. the study of the cultural life of living people

D. the application of skeletal analysis to assist in legal investigations

Question #3

What is the first step in analyzing skeletal remains in both bioarchaeological and forensic contexts?

A. Calculate the postmortem interval.

B. Determine the minimum number of individuals.

C. Determine the sex of each individual.

D. Distinguish between human and animal bone.

Question #4

After skeletal remains have been identified as human, what step usually comes next in bioarchaeological and forensic investigations?

A. Determine the sex of each individual.

B. Determine the age at death for each individual.

C. Identify pathology in each individual.

D. Determine the minimum number of individuals.

Question #5

Compared with antemortem pathology, perimortem pathology

A. occurs closer to the time of death.

B. is more likely to have healed before death.

C. is less likely to have contributed to death.

D. is less useful in determining manner of death.