Students will participate in an on-going archaeological research project for four weeks during the summer. Required laboratory arranged. A course in human osteology emphasizing skeletal anatomy and the identification of age, sex, stature, pathology and race in skeletal material. Archaeological, paleontological and forensic applications will be presented. Topics in practicing anthropology.
Group experiences in working on selected problems in anthropology.
Repeatable, under different subtitles. An advanced methods and scientific research and writing course dealing with data collection, analysis and interpretive techniques used in archaeology. Repeatable, maximum concurrent enrollment is two times. This course is a detailed study of the structure and functions of the human musculosketetal system in an evolutionary context. Evolutionary changes in the human form and comparative primate anatomy will be emphasized.