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单词 bioarchaeology
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Definition of bioarchaeology in English:

bioarchaeology

(US bioarcheology)
noun ˌbʌɪəʊɑːkɪˈɒlədʒiˌbīōˌärkēˈäləjē
mass noun
  • The study of bones and other biological materials found in archaeological remains in order to provide information about human life or the environment in the past.

    he recommended that the skeletons be reinterred after being studied by experts in bioarchaeology
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Complementing the historical data are the resources of archaeology and my own specialty, bioarchaeology.
    • Martin Jones has been at the forefront of bioarchaeology as the subject has matured in the 1980s and 1990s.
    • DNA analysis in bioarchaeology is still in its infancy, but promises to be a powerful tool for identification of population history.
    • This book offers for the first time a global perspective on the bioarchaeology of the transition to agriculture.
    • Bioarchaeology is beginning to fill in the details of the historical record, offering specifics about how food sources changed.

Derivatives

  • bioarchaeological

  • adjective
    • The final essay exploits a range of bioarchaeological data to establish a framework for reviewing female health in urban Roman Britain.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • When applied in a bioarchaeological context, stable strontium isotope analysis has been successfully used to provide information about human mobility.
      • Bioarchaeological investigations focusing on the skeletal remains of the general populace are beginning to shed new light on earlier presumptions that everyone was happy and healthy in this capital city.
      • The preserved human hair, fur, plant and other bioarchaeological materials are among the largest and best preserved collections of their kind ever recovered.
      • The impact of the adoption of intensive maize agriculture on the human skeletal system is well documented in the bioarchaeological literature.
  • bioarchaeologist

  • noun
    • Using stable isotope analysis, bioarchaeologists can directly determine the dietary sources of carbon and nitrogen
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The team of bioarchaeologists used a newly refined technique of amino acid analysis that measures the deterioration of proteins in fossils found close to the tools.
      • She is an experienced bioarchaeologist examining changes in the health of prehistoric people living nearly 4000 years ago in Thailand through skeletal and archaeological analysis.
      • The oldest DNA ever found comes from Siberian dirt analyzed by bioarchaeologist Eske Willerslev at Oxford University.
      • It has been stated by some bioarchaeologists that iron deficiency anemia increases with the adoption of maize agriculture.
 
 

Definition of bioarchaeology in US English:

bioarchaeology

(also bioarcheology)
nounˌbīōˌärkēˈäləjē
  • The study of bones and other biological materials found in archaeological remains in order to provide information about human life or the environment in the past.

    he recommended that the skeletons be reinterred after being studied by experts in bioarchaeology
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Bioarchaeology is beginning to fill in the details of the historical record, offering specifics about how food sources changed.
    • Complementing the historical data are the resources of archaeology and my own specialty, bioarchaeology.
    • This book offers for the first time a global perspective on the bioarchaeology of the transition to agriculture.
    • Martin Jones has been at the forefront of bioarchaeology as the subject has matured in the 1980s and 1990s.
    • DNA analysis in bioarchaeology is still in its infancy, but promises to be a powerful tool for identification of population history.
 
 
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