Honors Program Theses

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Open Access Honors Program Thesis

First Advisor

Tyler O'Brien

Abstract

Bones are an integral part to the human body. They support the entire system, help produce blood, and serve as places for muscles to attach. The condition of bones can say something about the conditions a person lived in. When and how bones warp and fail can also reflect upon the living conditions of a person. Fractures in bones prior to death can show the types of stressors the person had to put up with in life or if there was a particular type of stressor for a certain population. The number of individuals in the University of Iowa-Stanford Collection who had at least one fracture was found to be less than ten percent, and a majority of these fractures were probably caused by accidental trauma.

Year of Submission

2010

Department

Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology

University Honors Designation

A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the designation University Honors

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Date Original

5-2010

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