Environmental Stress in Bio-archeological Studies WF-OB-TOMSTRES-ER
1.Definition and division of environmental stress (lecture). (2h)
2. The Concept of adaptation in biological anthropology (lecture). (2h)
3.Growth and development – skeleton (lecture and practice). (4h)
4. Growth and development – dentition (lecture and practice). (4h)
5.Skeletal pathological markers of deprivation (lecture and practice). (4h)
6. Dental pathological markers of deprivation (lecture and practice). (4h)
7. Ecology of past population (lecture). (2h)
8. Ecology of contemporary population (lecture). (2h)
9. Environmental stress: consequences for human health outcomes (lecture). (2h)
10. Pollution and human growth (lecture). (2h)
11. Human culture. (2h)
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
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Type of subject
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Learning outcomes
knowledge: knows the causes and effects of environmental degradation and their effects on the human organism, Recognizes correctly the English terms in the lecture area.
Skills: perform simple tasks individually and in teams, plans and can use appropriate methods to solve assigned tasks
ECTS 6 (30h-1ECTS)
1st task: participation in the lecture - 30h
2nd task: preparing four articles - 120h3rd task: participation in the discussion during the mecture - 30h
Assessment criteria
1. 70% attendance.
2. Final test (100-90% very good, 80-70% good, 60-50% satisfactory, less than 50% insufficient).
Bibliography
Aufderheide A.C., Rodríguez-Martín C., 2008, The Cambridge encyclopedia of human paleopathology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Bass W.M., 1995, Human osteology, A laboratory and field manual, Missouri Archaeological Society, Columbia.
Buikstra J.E., Ubelaker D.H., 1994, Standards for data collection from human skeletal remains, Arkansas Archeological Survey Research Series No,4.
Byers S.N., 2005, Introduction to forensic anthropology, Pearson Education, Boston.
Garruto R.M., Litte M.A., Weitz C.A., 2004. Environmental Stress and Adaptational
Responses: Consequences for Human Health Outcomes. Coll. Antropol. 28 2: 509–540.
Irish J.D., Nelson G.C. (eds.), 2008. Technique and application on dental anthropology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Katzenberg M.A., Saunders S.R. (eds.), 2008. Biological anthropology of the human skeleton, Willey&Sons, New Jersey
Larsen C.S., 2003, Bioarcheology, Interpreting behavior from the human skeleton, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Mascie-Taylor C.G.N., Lasker G.W., 1991, Applications of biological anthropology to human affairs. Cambridge.
Literature will be given during the course.
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