Bi7352c Forensic anthropology practical training

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Miroslav Králík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. RNDr. Petra Urbanová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Malina, DrSc.
Department of Anthropology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Miroslav Králík, Ph.D.
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:50 Bp1
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, M-BI)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Physical Antropology)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Socio-Cultural Antropology)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, N-AN)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BC)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BC, specialization Fyzická antropologie)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BC, specialization Sociokulturní antropologie)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BI)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Physical Antropology)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Socio-Cultural Antropology)
Course objectives
The main objective of the course is to prepare anthropologists for practical utilization of knowledge acquired in the course Forensic anthropology. During this course the applicant will be introduced to the principles and procedures of treating human remains; securing them at the site (archeology of the site of discovery) and laboratory treatment. Another part of the course is a practical study of basic methods and procedures used to analyze skeletal remains: population classification assessment of the individual (age, sex, body height, ethnic affinity); disclosing and analysing his/her individual characteristics, essential for the final identification of skeletal remains in the forensic practice.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to forensic anthropology
  • 2. Theoretical problems in osteometry; taphonomic changes of bone tissue
  • 3. Testing measurement accuracy
  • 4. Recordings and analyses of digital image; basic geometric morphometrics
  • 5. Histomorphometrics in forensic anthropology (histomorphometric discrimination of human and animal bones, determining age at death)
  • 6. Histomorphometric determination of age based on dental thin sections
  • 7. Assessment of population affinity
  • 8. Assessment of sex based on the pelvis
  • 9. Bone tissue pathologies
  • 10. Parturition changes to bone tissue
  • 11. Hair in forensic anthropology
  • 12. Authorized expert activities
  • 13. Forensic genetics
  • 14. Student presentations
Literature
  • Iscan M.Y. (1988): Rise of Forensic Anthropology. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology 31: 203-230.
  • VACCA, Eligio, Vladimír NOVOTNÝ, Václav VANČATA and Vittorio PESCE DELFINO. Sex Determinatio from the Pelvis: Analytic Definition of Reference Outlines in Sexing Incisura Ischiadica Major. (Sex Determination from the Pelvis: Analytic Definition of Reference Outlines in Sexing Incisura Ischiadica Major.). In Proceedings of the 10th Meeting of the International Association for Craniofacial Identification (A head Start on the New Millenium: the Latest in Craniofacial Identification). Bari, Italy: Universitá degli Studi di Bari, 2002, p. 27. info
  • VACCA, Eligio, Vladimír NOVOTNÝ, Václav VANČATA and Vittorio PESCE DELFINO. Symmetry analysis of incisura ischiadica major in sexing of human pelvis. Anthropologie. Brno: Moravian Museum - Anthropos Institute, 1997, XXXV, No 3, p. 291-301. ISSN 0323-1119. info
  • VYSTRČILOVÁ, Michaela and Vladimír NOVOTNÝ. Estimation of age at death using teeth. Variability and Evolution. Poznań: Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Anthropology, 2000, No 8, p. 39-49. ISSN 0860-7907. info
  • VYSTRČILOVÁ, Míchaela. Are microscopic ageing techniques more accurate than macroscopic ones. Scripta medica. Brno, 2003, vol. 76, No 4, p. 265-266. ISSN 1211-3395. info
  • URBANOVÁ, Petra and Vladimír NOVOTNÝ. Distinguishing between Human and Non-human bones: Histometric metod for forensic antropology. Anthropologie. 2005, XLIII, No 1, p. 77-85, 8 pp. ISSN 0323-1119. info
  • Ortner, D. J. - Putschar, W. G. J. (1981): Identification of Pathological Conditions in Human Skeletal Remains. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington.
Assessment methods
Practical classes. Credit awarded based on laboratory protocols, presentation and evaluation of a practical task.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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