All specimen shown represent bones of the wrist, hand and fingers.
Use your available reference material to answer the following:
- What bone is it?
- What side of the body did it come from?
- What was the possible age of the individual at time of death?
- What morphological features helped you to answer the above questions?
When identifying fragments, keep in mind:
- Metacarpals and metatarsal are very similar in their overall shape. What characteristics could help you differentiate these bones?
Specimen ID: STAFS 2009-004
Use your available reference material to answer the following:
- What bone is it?
- What side of the body did it come from?
- What was the possible age of the individual at time of death?
- What morphological features helped you to answer the above questions?
When identifying fragments, keep in mind:
- Metacarpals and metatarsal are very similar in their overall shape. What characteristics could help you differentiate these bones?
Specimen ID: STAFS 2009-004
Use your available reference material to answer the following:
- What bone is it?
- What side of the body did it come from?
- What was the possible age of the individual at time of death?
- What morphological features helped you to answer the above questions?
When identifying fragments, keep in mind:
- Metacarpals and metatarsal are very similar in their overall shape. What characteristics could help you differentiate these bones?
Specimen ID: STAFS 2009-004
Use your available reference material to answer the following:
- What bone is it?
- What side of the body did it come from?
- What was the possible age of the individual at time of death?
- What morphological features helped you to answer the above questions?
When identifying fragments, keep in mind:
- Metacarpals and metatarsal are very similar in their overall shape. What characteristics could help you differentiate these bones?
Specimen ID: STAFS 2009-004
Use your available reference material to answer the following:
- What bone is it?
- What side of the body did it come from?
- What was the possible age of the individual at time of death?
- What morphological features helped you to answer the above questions?
When identifying fragments, keep in mind:
- Metacarpals and metatarsal are very similar in their overall shape. What characteristics could help you differentiate these bones?
Specimen ID: STAFS 2018-030
Use your available reference material to answer the following:
- What bone is it?
- What side of the body did it come from?
- What was the possible age of the individual at time of death?
- What morphological features helped you to answer the above questions?
When identifying fragments, keep in mind:
- Metacarpals and metatarsal are very similar in their overall shape. What characteristics could help you differentiate these bones?
Specimen ID: STAFS 2018-030
Use your available reference material to answer the following:
- What bone is it?
- What side of the body did it come from?
- What was the possible age of the individual at time of death?
- What morphological features helped you to answer the above questions?
When identifying fragments, keep in mind:
- Metacarpals and metatarsal are very similar in their overall shape. What characteristics could help you differentiate these bones?
Specimen ID: STAFS 2018-030
Use your available reference material to answer the following:
- What bone is it?
- What side of the body did it come from?
- What was the possible age of the individual at time of death?
- What morphological features helped you to answer the above questions?
When identifying fragments, keep in mind:
- Metacarpals and metatarsal are very similar in their overall shape. What characteristics could help you differentiate these bones?
Specimen ID: STAFS 2018-030
Use your available reference material to answer the following:
- What bone is it?
- What side of the body did it come from?
- What was the possible age of the individual at time of death?
- What morphological features helped you to answer the above questions?
When identifying fragments, keep in mind:
- Metacarpals and metatarsal are very similar in their overall shape. What characteristics could help you differentiate these bones?
Specimen ID: STAFS 2018-030
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