ANTH 1805 - BIOARCHAEOLOGY METHODS

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Long Description The human skeleton provides the most direct and unchallenged evidence for an individual's past behavior as the skeleton is plastic in its response to stress, much the same as a society responds to social and environmental stress. While the artifacts, architecture and features recovered from an excavation leave a cultural imprint on the landscape, so too does culture and behavior leave an impression on the deceased. The individual is not just a biological shell to be cleaved from its cultural context, but rather forms a social package contingent upon culture during life and in death. In this course, we explore the research designs and methods used in skeletal analysis associated with archaeological and museum/university contexts. Participants gain experience in the analysis and documentation associated with bioarchaeological excavation and anthropological skeletal analysis.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: Letter Grade

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