Osteology, from the Greek osteon, meaning bone, and logos, meaning science, is the study of the structure and function of bones.
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Blau, S. (2018). Osteology: Definition. In: Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_127-2
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