Bi8352 Methods of anthropology II

Faculty of Science
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/3/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martin Čuta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. RNDr. Miroslav Králík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Tomáš Mořkovský (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.
Supplier department: Department of Anthropology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable of Seminar Groups
Bi8352/01: Wed 8:00–10:50 Bp1, M. Čuta, M. Králík, T. Mořkovský, P. Urbanová
Bi8352/02: Wed 11:00–13:50 Bp1, M. Čuta, M. Králík, T. Mořkovský, P. Urbanová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Bi7351 Methods of anthropology I
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The main objective of the course is to introduce to students the complex use of basic anthropological methods and with advanced methods of anthropological research; at the end of the cours the students should be able use the methods of evaluation of body type (somatotype), nutritional status and body composition in living human, eventually offer means of adjustment toward a healthier status; should be able to work with software and and with use of advance program application analyze population traits in an anthropological find; should know and use advanced methods -2D, 3D digitalization, geometric morphometrics, shape variability. At the end of the course the student should be able to assess in the anthropological find - sex; age at death estimation; body height; population affinity; should be able to use for these purposes specialized software and programs; take advantage of advanced methods; in living human determine nutritional status; body type (somatotype); body composition.
Syllabus
  • 1. Methods of determining biological origin of an anthropological find
  • 2. Methods of estimation age at death on human skeleton
  • 3. Methods of estimating biological age in living man
  • 4. Methods of assessing sex on human skeleton - morphoscopical, morphometric methods, combined methods, discrimination models
  • 5. Methods of determining population affinity in human skeleton
  • 6. Typology and interpopulation variability in living human.
  • 7. Methods of estimating body height and proportions of man from skeletal find - regression models
  • 8. Methods of estimating body height and proportions of living man - somatotypes.
  • 9. Methods for evaluating human body composition
  • 10. Photodocumentation, work with graphical software, virtual anthropology, 3D modelling
  • 11. FORDISC 3.0, COLIPR - work with programs for sex assessment and population affinity estimation on human skeleton; MicroScribe digitizer
  • 12. Basics of geometric morphometrics and multivariate statistics; work with programs for study of shape variability (Statistica, TPS, Morphologica)
Literature
  • WHITE, T. D. and Pieter A. FOLKENS. The human bone manual. Boston: Elsevier Academic, 2005, xx, 464. ISBN 0120884674. URL info
  • TANNER, J. M. Assessment of skeletal maturity and prediction of adult height :(TW3 Method). 3rd ed. London: Saunders, 2001, vi, 110 s. ISBN 0-7020-2511-9. info
  • Antropologie :příručka pro studium kostry. Edited by Milan Stloukal. 1. vyd. Praha: Národní muzeum, 1999, 510 s. ISBN 80-7036-101-8. info
  • BOOKSTEIN, Fred L. Morphometric tools for landmark data : geometry and biology. 1st pbk. ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997, xvii, 435. ISBN 0521383854. info
  • KNUSSMANN, Rainer. Vergleichenden Biologie des Menschen : Lehrbuch der Anthropologie und Humangenetik. 2. bearb. Aufl. Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1996, xii, 524. ISBN 382740763X. info
  • SOKAL, Robert R. and James F. ROHLF. Biometry :the principles and practice of statistics in biological research. 3rd ed. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1995, xix, 887 s. ISBN 0-7167-2411-1. info
  • CARTER, J. E. L. and Barbara Honeyman HEATH. Somatotyping - development and applications. Cambridge: Cambridge university press, 1990, xiv, 503. ISBN 0521351170. info
  • FETTER, Vojtěch. Antropologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1967, 704 s. info
Teaching methods
The course is taught in form of practical training. Each class begins with a brief theoretical introduction into the matter at hand, followed by individual (or group) practical student work supervised by the teacher.
Assessment methods
The credit is awarded based on 90% presence (1-2 absences tolerated), protocols elaborated on content of each lab class, the course is concluded with a final test. The test consists of practical and theoretical part. In the practical part the students carry out one of the methods learned during the semester, selected by the tester. The theoretical part includes roughly 25 questions; it is a combination of multiple-choice answers and free, short definition type of answers. The test evaluates the level of methodological knowledge in using complex anthropological methods which were learned during the semester. 60 % of correct answers and proving mastering of complex anthropological methods is necessary to pass the test.
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, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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