In‌ ‌the‌ ‌story‌ ‌Written‌ ‌in‌ ‌Bone, the‌ ‌author‌ ‌points‌ ‌out‌ ‌numerous‌ ‌central‌ ‌ideas‌ throughout‌ ‌the‌ ‌text.‌ ‌‌For‌ ‌example,‌ ‌one‌ ‌central‌ ‌idea‌ ‌is‌ ‌that‌ ‌forensic‌ anthropologists‌ ‌explore‌ ‌bones‌ ‌to‌ ‌tell‌ ‌the‌ ‌stories‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌past.‌‌ ‌According‌ ‌to‌ ‌page‌ ‌9,‌ ‌‌Archaeologists‌ ‌try‌ ‌to‌ ‌fill‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌gaps‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌historical‌ ‌record.‌ ‌They‌ ‌study‌ ‌buildings‌ ‌and‌ ‌man-made‌ ‌objects‌ ‌called‌ ‌artifacts,‌ ‌created‌ ‌by‌ ‌people‌ ‌who‌ ‌lived‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌past.‌ ‌They‌ ‌also‌ ‌study‌ ‌the‌ ‌remains‌ ‌people‌ ‌have‌ ‌left‌ ‌behind.‌ ‌As‌ ‌they‌ ‌find,‌ ‌excavate,‌ ‌and‌ ‌analyze‌ ‌these‌ ‌objectives‌, (‌including‌ ‌skeletons),‌ ‌archaeologists‌ ‌help‌ ‌us‌ ‌understand‌ ‌the‌ ‌past‌ ‌more‌ ‌fully‌ ‌and‌ ‌reclaim‌ ‌the‌ ‌histories‌ ‌of‌ ‌individuals‌ ‌who‌ ‌had‌ ‌been‌ ‌forgotten‌ ‌with‌ ‌the‌ ‌passage‌ ‌of‌ ‌time.‌ In the story Written in Bone, the author points out numerous central ideas throughout the text. Another example is forensic anthropology is the study of human skeletal artifacts to understand the life and death of people of the past. Another example is forensic anthropologists can determine information about remains by studying bone structure, bone size, teeth, and the way the remains were buried, as well as running diagnostic tests.