FPF:UAA0104 Anthropology for Archaeologist - Course Information

UAA0104 Anthropology for Archaeologists

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

RNDr. Michal Živný, Ph.D. (lecturer)
RNDr. Michal Živný, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

RNDr. Michal Živný, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of the course topics .

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Archaeology in combination with another discipline (programme FPF, B6107 HuSt)
• Archaeology in combination with another discipline (programme FPF, B7105 HiVe)
• Archaeology (programme FPF, B7105 HiVe)
• Archaeology (programme FPF, B7109 Arch)
• Medieval Archaeology (programme FPF, B7105 HiVe)
• Medieval Archaeology (programme FPF, B7109 Arch)

Course objectives

One of a term aim of the course is to acquaint students with anthropology as a comprehensive science of man. Special attention is paid to the descriptive and functional anatomy of the skeletal system (human osteology) with reference to the most common pathological changes of locomotive system. Moreover, students are familiar with the methods of anthropological treatment of human skeletal remains (polling, laboratory treatment, estimate gender and age, metric evaluation) and the basics palaeodemography and Evolutionary Anthropology (phylogeny man and his ancestors). The course also includes exercises in which students apply the acquired knowledge on anthropological material.

Syllabus

• 1 / Introduction to the study of anthropology. Inclusion of Anthropology in the science system. Distribution of the sub-disciplines of anthropology. A Brief History of World and Czech anthropology
  2 / orientation of the human body. Basic anatomical terminology.
  3 / Human osteology - the construction of the trunk (chest and spine)
  4 / human osteology - the construction of the upper and lower limbs
  5 / Human osteology - the construction of the skull
  6 / Skeletal Anthropology - types of burial rite, picking up the skeletal material
  7 / Skeletal Anthropology - aspektivní evaluation of skeletal material
  8 / Skeletal Anthropology - metric evaluation of skeletal material
  9 / Skeletal Anthropology - methods to estimate gender on skeletal material
  10 / Skeletal Anthropology - methods to estimate the age of the skeletal material
  11 / Practice I.
  12 / Practice II.
  Note: The sequence of events-allocation will be based on current needs and possibilities.

Teaching methods

Interactive lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion

Assessment methods

Credit

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

Participation in seminars, the composition of credit in the form of the final oral examination.

Activity	Difficulty [h]
Cvičení	13
Domácí příprava na výuku	13
Konzultace	5
Přednáška	13
Příprava na zápočet	40
Summary	84

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