Bi6127 Anthropology for Archaeologists II - Anthropological methods

Faculty of Science
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Eva Drozdová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Eva Drozdová, Ph.D.
Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Eva Drozdová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Tue 16:00–17:50 B11/333
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FF:AEB_77 Anthropology || FF:PAPVB_12 The physical Anthropology for Archaeologists ||( Bi5125 Anthrop. for Archeologists I && Bi5125c Anthrop. for Arch. I practice ) && NOW( Bi6127c Anthr. for Arch. II - practice )
Studenti musí předem absolvovat předměty Bi5125 a Bi5125c
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Aim of the course is to make familiar students with modern anthropological methods. At the end of the course the sutdents will be able to apply anthropological methods on human skeletal material.
Syllabus
  • 1. Aims and skills of skeletal anthropology. Types of burials. Influences on preservation of skeletal materiál in soil and its connection with preservation of human skeletons.
  • 2. Basic of anthropometry. Orientation on human body. Antropological measures. Technic of measurement. Anthropologal instruments. Basics of craniometry. Antropometric landmarks at skull. Measures on skull. Basics of measurement of postcranial skeleton.
  • 3. Sex diagnosis. Sexual dimorphism. Influence of age on sexual diagnosis. Morphometric a morphoscopis methods at pelvis. Morphometric a morphoscopis methods at skull. Sexing other bones of human postcranial skeleton. Sexual diagnosis using theeth. Genetic methods for determining sex.
  • 4. Determining age at death. Biological age contra chronological age. Problems in determining age. Methods of determining age in children. Methods of determining age in adults.
  • 5. Rekonstruction of height of stature. Metods. Problems.
  • 6. Demographic reconstruction of structure of historical populations. Computing of demographic tables and its interpretation.
  • 7. Basics of paleopathology. Methods of paleopathological study. Differencial diagnostics. Oweview of most frequent diseases and injuries found in skeletal material.
  • 8. Study of markers of professional stress at skeletal remains.
  • 9. Paleodiet rekonstruction. Metods of trace element analysis, stable isotopes of C and N. Mikroabsion of dental enamel.
  • 10. Migrations. Metods using strontioum isotopes, haplotypes of mitochondrial DNA.
  • 11. Face reconstruction of the skull. Method of Gerasimov. Graphic reconstruction, plastic reconstruction. Diferences in facial reconstruction in historical and recent skeletal material.
  • 12. Study of kinship. Epigenetic traits on skeleton and on teeth. Possibilities of use of genetic methods. Advantages and disadvantages of kiship studies. Limiting factors.
  • 13. Paleoserology. Determining of serological traits by methos AE and AI. Using of genetic methods of determining of blood groups. Advantages and disadvantages of use of individual methods.
  • 14. Study of secondary burials. Computing minimum number of individuals and maximum number of individuals.
Literature
  • AUFDERHEIDE, Arthur C. The scientific study of mummies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, xvii, 608. ISBN 0521818265. info
  • Antropologie :příručka pro studium kostry. Edited by Milan Stloukal. 1. vyd. Praha: Národní muzeum, 1999, 510 s. ISBN 80-7036-101-8. info
  • AUFDERHEIDE, Arthur C. and Conrado RODRÍGUES-MARTÍN. The Cambridge encyclopedia of human paleopathology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997, xviii, 478. ISBN 9781107403772. info
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Assessment methods
Oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013, Spring 2015.
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