Bi8612c Comparative osteology - practical trainig

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Sandra Sázelová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lenka Jurkovičová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Radka Mrázková (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Svoboda, DrSc.
Department of Anthropology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Sandra Sázelová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Anthropology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Mon 19. 9. to Sun 18. 12. Mon 14:00–15:50 Bp1
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 9 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/9, only registered: 0/9, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/9
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course aims to widen practical knowledges and experiences of students attending Comparative osteology lecture. Within the course students will be familiarized with methodologies and rules of manipulation with human and animal osteological material dated to Pleistocene and Holocene. They achieve basic comparative principles leading to anatomic description and taxonomic determination of documented material, to age estimations and descriptions of basic taphonomic agents forming the taphonomic history of studied archeological site.
Syllabus
  • 1. Comparative osteology and its basic methodological protocols in description of osteological assemblage (MNI, NISP, MNE, MAU; age estimation; skeletal adaptation on different nourishment strategies)
  • 2.-3. Skeleton axiale I. Cranium: training in inter-species and age differencies
  • 4. Odonthology: training in inter-species and age differencies
  • 5. Skeleton axiale II. Ossa trunci: training in inter-species and age differencies
  • 6-7. Skeleton membrorum (appendiculare): upper/fore-limb training in inter-species and age differencies
  • 8-9. Skeleton membrorum (appendiculare): lower/hind-limb training in inter-species and age differencies
  • 10-11. Tafonomy: training in description and determination of biotic and abiotic agents ´ impact on osteological materiál from selected archeological contexts
  • 12. Human Animal relationship: domestication impact on skeletal variability of selected faunal species
Literature
    required literature
  • FRANCE, Diane L. Human and nonhuman bone identification : a color atlas. Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, 2009, xvii, 734. ISBN 9781420062861. info
  • HILLSON, Simon. Mammal bones and teeth : an introductory guide to methods of identification. 1st pub. Walnut Creek, Calif.: Left Coast Press, 1992, ix, 64. ISBN 9780905853307. info
  • HILLSON, Simon. Teeth. 2nd ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xiv, 373. ISBN 0521545498. URL info
  • LYMAN, R. Lee. Vertebrate taphonomy. 1st pub. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994, xxvi, 524. ISBN 0521458404. URL info
  • WHITE, T. D. and Pieter A. FOLKENS. The human bone manual. Boston: Elsevier Academic, 2005, xx, 464. ISBN 0120884674. URL info
    recommended literature
  • Adams, J. B., Crabtree, P. J. 2008: Comparative skeletal anatomy: A photographic atlas for medical examiners, coroners, forensic anthropologist and archeologist. New York: Springer.
  • Hupková, A., Urbanová, P., Pěnička, R. 2012: Virtuální učebnice pro studium morfologie kostry člověka. Dostupná na: http://anthrop.sci.muni.cz/page.yhtml?id=592
  • Reitz E. J., Wing, E. S. 2008: Zooarchaeology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Teaching methods
Preparation runs in form of practical training. Students (individually or together in small groups) process under the supervision of lectors practical tasks related to topics of Comparative osteology course.
Assessment methods
Credit is awarded based on laboratory protocols and continuous study preparation on the training.
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 autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2016, recent)
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