PřF:Bi8352 Methods of anthropology II - Course Information

Bi8352 Methods of anthropology II

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)
Mgr. Adela Hupková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Mikoláš Jurda, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
RNDr. Robin Pěnička, 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

Wed 8:00–10:50 Bp1

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

there are 11 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

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 course 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 estimating age at death on human skeleton
• 3. Methods of estimating biological age in living man
• 4. Methods of assessing sex on human skeleton - morphoscopic, 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)
• 13) Microscopy of dental hard tissues

Literature

• Hupková Adela, Králík Miroslav (2015): Mikrostruktura tvrdých zubních tkání. Výukový atlas a metodická příručka pro antropology. MU, LaMorFA, Brno.
• Virtuální učebnice morfologie kostry člověka. Volně dostupné na: http://anthrop.sci.muni.cz/page.yhtml?id=592
• 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 examiner. 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.

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