PřF:Bi7351 Methods of anthropology I - Course Information
Bi7351 Methods of anthropology I
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2012
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/3/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Martin Čuta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. RNDr. Miroslav Králík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Tomáš Mořkovský (seminar tutor)
doc. RNDr. Petra Urbanová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Malina, DrSc.
Department of Anthropology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Miroslav Králík, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Anthropology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- Bi7351/01: Fri 8:00–10:50 Bp1, M. Čuta, M. Králík, T. Mořkovský, P. Urbanová
Bi7351/02: Fri 11:00–13:50 Bp1, M. Čuta, M. Králík, T. Mořkovský, P. Urbanová - 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
- Anthropology (programme PřF, B-AN)
- Anthropology (programme PřF, M-BI)
- Anthropology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Physical Antropology)
- Anthropology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Socio-Cultural Antropology)
- Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BI)
- Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Physical Antropology)
- Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Socio-Cultural Antropology)
- Course objectives
- The main objective of the course is to acquaint the students with basic methods of anthropology. After completing the course the student should be able to plan and organize anthropological research; should be able to know and use basic anthropological methods to investigate biological properties of man (skeletal remains and living human); should be able to use the traditional metric and morphoscopic methods; should know the up-sides and negatives of the advanced shape analysis mehods and non-invasive methods of virtual anthropology; should be able to apply these advanced methods in research; should be able to decide, which methods are the most relevant for investigation of any given topic.
- Syllabus
- 1. Basics of organizing an anthropological examination; philosophy of measurements, measuring instruments, measuring units, reliability of anthropological methods
- 2. Traditional morphometrics I - human skull
- 3. Traditional morphometrics II - somatometry of the head
- 4. Traditional morphometrics III - postcranial skeleton - axial skeleton, the cingula of the upper and lower limb
- 5. Traditional morphometrics III - postcranial skeleton - bones of the upper and lower limb
- 6. Traditional morphometrics IV - somatometry of the human body
- 7. Traditional morphometrics V - somatometry of the human body
- 8. Non-metric traits I - the human skull
- 9. Non-metric traits II - the living human - head
- 10. Non-metric traits III - the postcranial skeleton
- 11. Non-metric traits IV - somatic characteristics in the living human
- 12. Recovery and examination of a skeletal find - preparation, documentation, reconstruction, sampling
- Literature
- Virtuální učebnice morfologie kostry člověka. Volně dostupné na: http://anthrop.sci.muni.cz/page.yhtml?id=592
- BASS, William M. Human osteology : a laboratory and field manual. 5th ed. Columbia, Mo.: Missouri Archaeological Society, 2005, xviii, 365. ISBN 9780943414966. info
- WHITE, T. D. and Pieter A. FOLKENS. The human bone manual. Boston: Elsevier Academic, 2005, xx, 464. ISBN 0120884674. URL info
- DROZDOVÁ, Eva. Základy osteometrie (Basic osteometry). 1st ed. Brno: Nadace Universitas Masarykiana, 2005, 196 pp. Panoráma biol. a sociokulturní antropologie 18. ISBN 80-7204-291-2. info
- Antropologie :příručka pro studium kostry. Edited by Milan Stloukal. 1. vyd. Praha: Národní muzeum, 1999, 510 s. ISBN 80-7036-101-8. info
- KNUSSMANN, Rainer. Vergleichenden Biologie des Menschen : Lehrbuch der Anthropologie und Humangenetik. 2. bearb. Aufl. Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1996, xii, 524. ISBN 382740763X. info
- FETTER, Vojtěch. Antropologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1967, 704 s. info
- Teaching methods
- The course is presented in form of practical training. Each class begins with a brief theoretical introduction into the matter at hand, followed by individual (or group) practical student work supervised by the teacher.
- Assessment methods
- The credit is awarded based on 90% presence (1-2 absences tolerated), protocols elaborated on content of each lab class, the course is concluded with a final test. The test includes roughly 25 questions; it is a combination of multiple-choice answers and free, short definition type of answers. The test evaluates the level of methodological knowledge in acquiring primary anthropological data which was presented during the semester. 60 % of correct answers is necessary to pass the test.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2012, recent)
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