Anthropology 275       Reading Report 14
Disease in Prehistory       due 11/6-2007

Please answer the following questions, which are based on the paper by Nancy C. Lovell. 1997. Trauma Analysis in Paleopathology. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology 40:139–170.

1. Explain the difference between direct and indirect fractures. How can direct and indirect fractures be distinguished from one another in the case of human skeletal remains?
2. What are some typical complications of fractures?
3. What types of fractures commonly occur on the skull? Name some common causes of cranial fractures and describe their appearance.
4. Define each of the following terms: green stick fracture, comminuted fracture, stress fracture, compression fracture, callus.