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ANTHR 584

Advanced Topics in Archaeology and/or Biological Anthropology

3 units

Fall 2023 · Topics in Archaeology and/or Biological Anthropology

Topics

  • Understand the relationship between bone structure and failure
  • Identify non-pathological trauma to human bone
  • Distinguish between the types of trauma affecting human bone
  • Understand how bone failure occurs antemortem, perimortem, and postmortem and distinguish between these traumas
  • Conduct a practical experiment to further your understanding of how trauma occurs to bone

Readings

  • Ellingham, S., Adserias-Garriga, J., Zapico, S. C., & Ubelaker, D. H. (Eds.). (2023). Burnt Human Remains:
    required
  • Recovery, Analysis, and Interpretation. John Wiley & Sons
    required
  • Kimmerle, E.P.,& Baraybar, J.P. (Eds.). (2008). Skeletal trauma: Identification of injuries resulting from human rights abuse and armed conflict. New York (NY): CRC press
    required
  • Wedel, V.L. (2013). Broken bones: anthropological analysis of blunt force trauma (Second edition.). Charles C Thomas, Publisher
    required
  • Adams, B., Passalacqua, N.V., & Rainwater, C.W. (Eds.). (2015). Skeletal trauma analysis: case studies in context. Wiley Blackwell
    unspecified
  • Currey, J.D. (2006). Bones: structure and mechanics (Second edition.). Princeton University Press
    unspecified
  • Schmidt, C.W., & Symes, S.A. (2015). The analysis of burned human remains (Second edition.). Academic Press
    unspecified
Winter 2023 · Forensic Anthropology

Topics

  • Participation (494)/Ethics seminar (584)
  • Poster Presentation
  • Understand how identifying information is gleaned from human skeletal material
  • Analyze human skeletal material and present the results in a technical report
  • Research issues within the discipline and communicate your results via a term paper and presentation
  • Understand how forensic anthropologists work with investigators, search managers, and other experts to assist in identifying unidentified remains
  • Understand the limitations of forensic anthropologists in the search, recovery, and analysis of human remains
  • Understand how the forensic analysis of human remains is evolving with developments in science, technology and working relationships

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