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ANTHR 490

Human Osteoarchaeology

3 units

Winter 2020

Topics

  • Describe appropriate procedures for the excavation of human remains
  • Describe appropriate procedures for the post-excavation care of human remains
  • Explain the principles underlying sex assessment
  • Identify sexual dimorphism in adults
  • Explain the principles underlying the estimation of age-at-death in adults & juveniles
  • Identify age differences in the bones and teeth of adults and juveniles
  • Compare individual and populational levels of analysis
  • Explain the principles underlying biological affinities analysis
  • Identify common non-metric traits of the skull and teeth
  • Describe the processes, and their effects, that act on the body between death and discovery
Fall 2016

Readings

  • 1Martin, Debra L., Harrod, Ryan P., Pérez,Ventura R. (2013) Bioarchaeology: An Integrated Approach to Working with Human Remains. Springer Verlag, 2013
    required
  • Katzenberg, M.A., Saunders, S.R. (2000) Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton, Wiley-Liss, New York
    recommended
  • Buikstra, J. and Ubelaker D., (eds.) and David Aftandilian, G.R. Scott, C.G. Turner II, P.L. Walker, E. Weidl, M. Fin- negan (1994) Standards for Data Collection from Human Skeletal Remains: Proceedings of a Seminar at the Field Museum of Natural History, Arkansas Archeological Survey Research Series #44
    recommended
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