Osteology (the study of prehistoric and contemporary populations WB-BI-ANG-21
• Acquaint with anatomy of the skeletal system and also definition of the non-metric traits, and basic discrete traits on skull and postcranial skeleton
• Acquaint with definition of the skeletal stress markers (enamel hypoplasia, cribra orbitalia, Harris lines, fluctuating asymmetry (FA))
• Acquaint with definition of the musculoskeletal stress markers
• Acquaint with definition of the paleopathology and basic types
• Recovery of skeletal remains and non-metric traits identification
• Applications of non-metric methods in standard osteological analysis
• Paleopathology (skeletal signs of diseases and their interpretation)
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
Subject level
Learning outcome code/codes
Type of subject
Learning outcomes
Knowledge:
Student understands phenomena and processes in osteological research
Student knows the main problems in different disciplines of historical anthropology and knows their relations with other ones in natural sciences
Student possesses knowledge about basic terminology in osteological research, knows current trends and methodological applications in forensic anthropology.
Skills:
Student understands literature in Polish osteological research; reads and understands scientific texts in English
Social competencies:
Student shows a necessity of permanent actualization of his/her specific knowledge
Assessment criteria
Lectures
Teaching methods: Lectures with PowerPoint presentations.
Method of assessment: test exam based on lectures
Bibliography
1.Berry A, Berry RJ. 1967. Epigenetic variations in the human cranium. Journal of Anatomy, vol. 101; 361-379.
2. Bochenek A, Reicher M. 2005.Anatomia człowieka Tom 1. PZWL
3. Goodman AH. 1993. On the interpretation of health from skeletal remains. Current Anthrop 34: 169 – 202
4. Katzenberg MA, Saunders SR. 2008. Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton. Wiley - Liss. New Jersey
5. Mays S. 2002. The Archaeology of Human Bones. Routledge London & New York.
6. Piontek J. 1999. Biologia populacji pradziejowych. Wyd UAM.
7. White TD, Folkens PA. 2005. The Human Bones Manual. Elsevier Academic Press.
Literatura uzupełniająca:
1. Aufderheide AC, Rodriguez-Martin C. 1998. Human Paleopathology, The Cambridge Encyclopedia, Cambridge
2. Cohen M, Crane-Kramer G. 2007. Ancient Health: Skeletal Indicators of Agricultural and Economic Intensification. University Press of Florida: Gainesville.
3. Cucina A. 2002. Diachronic Investigation of Linear Enamel Hypoplasia in Prehistoric Skeletal Samples From Trentino, Italy. Am J Phys Anthropol 119: 283–287.
4. DeLeon VB. 2007. Fluctuating asymmetry and stress in a medieval Nubian population. Am J Phys Anthropol 132: 520-534.
5. Gawlikowska–Sroka A. 2013. Ocena homeostazy ustrojowej populacji pradziejowych na podstawie analizy asymetrii fluktuującej oraz występowania hipoplazji szkliwa. Ann Acad Med Stetin 176. Wyd. PUM: Szczecin.
6. Kaur J, Choudhry R, Raheja, S, Dhissa NC. 2012. Non metric traits of the skull and their role in anthropological studies. J. Morphol. Sci. vol. 29 (4); 189-194
7. Krenz–Niedbała M, Kozłowski T. 2011. Comparing the Chronological Distribution of Enamel Hypoplasia in Rogowo, Poland (2nd century ad) Using Two Methods of Defect Timing Estimation. Int. J. Osteoarchaeol 23(4): 410–420
9. Liebe-Harkort C. 2010. Cribra orbitalia, sinusitis and linear enamel hypoplasia in Swedish Roman Iron Age adults and subadults. Int. J. Osteoarchaeol: DOI: 10.1002/oa.1209
9. Myszka A. 2012. Variation of Musculoskeletal Stress Markers in
the Medieval Population from Cedynia (Poland) –
Proposal of Standardized Scoring Method Application. Antropol. 36 (3): 1009–1017
10. Novak M, Ślaus M, Pasarić M. 2010. Subadult Stress in the Medieval and Early Modern Populations of Continental Croatia. Pril. Inst. Arheol. Zagrebu 26: 247-270
11. Obertová Z. 2005. Environmental stress in the Early Mediaeval Slavic population at Borovce (Slovakia). HOMO 55: 283–291.
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