Human Skeleton Anterior View Image
Donald Brothwell’s “Digging up Bones” has a broad coverage of the archaeological and anthropological aspects of excavating and interpreting human skeletal materials and is an excellent introductory text. More detailed books on human skeletal anatomy, with an anthropological orientation, are provided by Shipman et al. (1985) and White (1991).
The mandible The tooth bearing mandible is the largest and strongest bone of the facial skeleton and preferentially preserves in archaeological and palaeontological deposits. The horizontal body of the mandible is curved and joined to two relatively vertical rami.
The mandible The tooth bearing mandible is the largest and strongest bone of the facial skeleton and preferentially preserves in archaeological and palaeontological deposits. The horizontal body of the mandible is curved and joined to two relatively vertical rami.