PřF:Bi7352c Forensic anthropology practica - Course Information

Bi7352c Forensic anthropology practical training

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. RNDr. Petra Urbanová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Mikoláš Jurda, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Dominik Černý (assistant)

Guaranteed by

doc. RNDr. Petra Urbanová, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Petra Urbanová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Anthropology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science

Timetable

Wed 10:00–11:50 FORLAB,-1021

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 prepare anthropologists for practical utilization of knowledge acquired in the course Forensic anthropology. At the end of this course the students should be able to: define the principles and apply the procedures of treating human remains; i.e. secure them at site (archeology of the site of discovery) and treat them in the laboratory. They should also be able to define and apply the basic methods and procedures used to analyze skeletal remains - should be able to assess the demographic classification of the individual (age, sex, body height, ethnic affinity); disclose and analyse his/her individual characteristics; decide on the procedures essential for the final identification of skeletal remains in the forensic practice.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course the students will be able to: define the principles and apply the procedures of treating human remains; i.e. secure them at site (archeology of the site of discovery) and treat them in the laboratory. They should also be able to define and apply the basic methods and procedures used to analyze skeletal remains - should be able to assess the demographic classification of the individual (age, sex, body height, ethnic affinity); disclose and analyse his/her individual characteristics; decide on the procedures essential for the final identification of skeletal remains in the forensic practice.

Syllabus

• Documentation and description of human skeletal remains
• Forensic casework, forensic reports
• Histomorphometric determination of human and non-human bones
• Forensic taphonomy
• Group identification (assssement of sex, population affinity, age at death and stature)
• Individual identification of human remains and the living
• Forensic odontology
• Traumatology
• Biological trace evidence
• Alternative light sources

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.
• Murail P, Bruzek J, Houët F, Cunha E (2005). DSP: A tool for probabilistic sex diagnosis using worldwide variability in hip-bone measurements. Bulletins et mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris 17, 167–176.
• Králík M., Urbanová P., Mikešová T., Wagenknechtová M., Klíma O. (2013) HIP: High-sensitive Innominate Processing. Computer program for sex assessment according to the hip bone. Brno: Masaryk University. http://anthrop.sci.muni.cz/page.yhtml?id=594

Teaching methods

Preparation in form of practical training. The students perform practical tasks related to the topics in the Forensic anthropology course, they work in groups and individually under supervision of lectors. Within the course they elaborate a review paper related to a published scientific study within the context of forensic sciences, they present the review and engage in discussion. The training will be conducted as in-person classes, if the situation allows it. If worsened, it will be taught on-line or in groups as a combination of online and in-person classes.

Assessment methods

To receive credit students must complete all practical tasks, submit all protocols and prepare and present a report on a research paper. One unexcused absence is allowed, however, the lesson must be made up.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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