PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY SEMINAR

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

OBC101

Academic Year of enrolment:

2023

Year of supply:

2023/2024

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in CULTURAL HERITAGE

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

D'ANASTASIO RUGGERO

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

Prerequisites:

No prerequisite

Objectives

The aim of the course is to provide the knowledge and skills necessary for the application of the main anthropological investigation techniques to define the biological profile of a skeletal or mummified individual.
At the end of the course the students will have to be able to outline the biological profile, the paleodietas and the health status of a skeletal or mummified individual starting from the biological remains.

Contents

The laboratory provides the basic knowledge and skills to deal with an anthropological excavation in archaeological contexts.
In particular, it illustrates the anatomy of the skeleton and teeth, as well as the techniques for determining age at death, skeletal sex, behavioral patterns and the state of health of an individual from his biological remains.

Extended Syllabus

Anatomy of the skeleton: the skull, the shoulders, the pelvis, the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton.
Anatomy of the teeth.
Estimation of biological age to death based on morphometric characteristics of teeth and bones.
Estimation of sex based on the morphometric characteristics of the skeleton and the teeth.
Occupational indicators (occupational markers): enthesopathies, syndesmopathies and joint changes.
Paleopathology: identification of skeletal changes correlated with infectious, degenerative and tumor diseases, nutritional and traumatic deficiencies.

Recommended Bibliography

Burns K.R. Forensic Anthropology Manual Training (2013)Pearson Ed.
Mallegni F, Rubini M. 1994. Recupero dei materiali scheletrici umani in archeologia.CISU, Roma.
Canci A., Minozzi S. Archeologia dei resti umani (2005). Carocci Editore.

Teaching Methods

Lectures carried out concurrently with practical laboratory activities.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The modality of verification of learning consists in the reconstruction of the biological profile of a skeletal individual from his remains (casts).

Contacts/More Information

Student reception on Tuesday at 10.00 am at the Institute of Anthropology.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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