Bioarchaeology 3101-DB228B
Framework curriculum: (1) the definition and basic concepts bioarcheologii, (2) stress, malnutrition and development of the skeleton, (3) skeletal indicators of stress, (4) dental caries as an indicator of diet, (5) startup and mikrostarcie enamel as an indicator of diet, (6) analysis of trace elements in bones and teeth, (7) analysis of stable isotope ratios in bones and teeth, (8) patterns of activity: pathological and non-pathological modifications of the joints, (9) patterns of activity: muscles of the trailer, changing the geometry of the bone, obciżenie masticatory (10) human palaeoecology: basic definitions, (11) models the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture and animal husbandry (12) determining the size of the population on the basis of archaeological data, (13) paleoepidemiologia: eg plague pandemic, (14) changes Climate in the history of ancient Mesopotamia.
Type of course
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
The text below is an automatic translation; if you need any clarification, please write to me using USOS mail. The student has a basic knowledge of the place and importance in the system bioarcheology science and of its specificity and methodological question, knows the basic concepts and terminology used in bioarcheology; have a basic knowledge of analysis, description and interpretation of bioarchaeological sources, has detailed knowledge of prehistoric societies, ancient, medieval or modern times, including the terminology, theories and methodology of bioarcheology; have a basic knowledge of the main directions of development and major new developments in the field of bioarcheology, knows and understands the basic methods of analysis and interpretation of the various products of culture specific to individual traditions, theories and research schools the bioarcheology; have basic knowledge about human development and its main strategies of adaptation to different environmental conditions can use the basic concepts of theoretical research and action appropriate to the bioarcheology; detect simple relationships between the bioarcheological data, and the old cultural and social processes, understand the ethical issues related to scientific integrity and the responsibility for the accuracy of decisions made during bioarcheological sourcing, in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which research is carried out, the problems associated with the interpretation of bioarchaeological sources, is aware of the manifold interpretations; know how to choose the bioarchaeological tools the basic problem, use, and specialized, in which methods are used in bioarcheology.
Assessment criteria
Assessment: exam.
Bibliography
Adams R.M., Heartland of cities: Surveys of ancient settlement and land use on the central floodplain of the Euphrates, University of Chicago Press 1981.
Brothwell D.R., Digging up bones, Cornell University Press 1981.
Hassan F.A., Demographic archaeology, New York 1981.
Hillson S., Dental anthropology, Cambridge University Press 1996.
Katzenberg M.A., Saunders S.R. (ed.), Biological anthropology of the human skeleton, Wiley-Liss 2001.
Larsen C.S., Bioarchaeology. Interpreting behavior from the human skeleton, Cambridge 1997.
Molleson T., A method for the study of activity related skeletal morphologies, "Bioarchaeology of the Near East" 1:2007, 5-33 [www.anthropology.uw.edu.pl]
Schutkowski H., Human ecology. Biocultural adaptations in human communities, Springer-Verlag 2006.
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