PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

The Physical Anthropology Laboratory (1 CFU), didactic activity and part of the Archaeology Laboratory SP is one of the training and guidance internships for the Archaeological Specialization course of the Master degree in Scienze dell'antichità: letteratura, storia e archeologia (Ancient Civilization: Literature, History and Archaeology). The aim of the course, both through lectures and practical work in the laboratory on ancient materials, is to provide fundamental skills for the analysis of human osteological remains coming from archaeological excavation contexts, with the purpose of performing the anthropological description of single deceased subjects and the paleodemographical reconstruction and lifestyle pattern of ancient human populations

The aim of the course is to develop theorical ad practical skills:
-knowledge and understanding of the basic human skeletal anatomy and specific glossary of terms
-knowledge of the main sex and age estimation methodologies for adults and juveniles
-capacity of description of the metrical, morphometrical, morphological, discontinuous and ergonomical traits of the human skeleton through the use of standard record sheets
-understanding of skeletal and dental pathological traces and comparison with "pseudopathologies" of other origin and cause
-knowledge of excavation, recovery, preservation and exhibition techniques and issues of human skeletal remains
-knowledge of literature on the topic
-capacity of autonomous work in the laboratory

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we advice a preliminary revision of the main human anatomy

Physical anthropology: past, present and future of the research.
Ethics of the human remains.
Skeletal and Dental anatomy, the skeleton and the muscular system, deciduous and permanent dentition.
Sex and age estimation techniques in adults and juveniles.
Metrical, morphometrical, morphological, discontinuous and ergonomical traits of the human skeleton through the use of standard record sheets.
Stature estimation.
Paleopathology and Paleonutrition.
Paleodemography.
Excavation, recovery and preservation of human remains.
Taphonomy.

Notes and teaching material

Non omnis moriar
di Francesco Mallegni, Barbara Lippi
Editore: CISU
Data di Pubblicazione: 2009
EAN: 9788879754484
ISBN: 8879754483
Pagine: 480

Archeologia dei resti umani. Dallo scavo al laboratorio
di Simona Minozzi, Alessandro Canci
Editore: Carocci
Collana: Manuali universitari
Data di Pubblicazione: 2015
EAN: 9788843078578
ISBN: 8843078577
Pagine: 267

Several manuals on the topic are available in Venice University Library with reading list given by the lecturer

Written test with open questions

Lectures
Practical work in the Laboratory

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