ANTH5244
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ANTH 5244 - Interpreting Ancient Bone (3 Cr.)
Anthropology (10950)
TCLA - College of Liberal Arts
Course description
To Interpret Ancient Bone we must sharpen observational skills, read about observations and analysis by previous workers, and learn to record and analyze complex information. The class combines seminar/discussion formats, in which we read literature about how to best accomplish this type of research, and laboratory time, to give students the opportunity to observe and record modifications to bones that form the basis of archaeological and forensic observations. Students analyze different kinds of tool marks on bone, weathering, carnivore modifications, eco-morphology, ages of death, bone tools, and bones from archaeological sites to infer the "life history" of a bone. We recommend you take the Human Skeleton or Zooarchaeology Laboratory before you take this class, but it is not absolutely required.
Minimum credits
3
Maximum credits
3
Is this course repeatable?
No
Grading basis
AFV - A-F or Audit
Laboratory
Requirements
001186
Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for:
00457
Fulfills the writing intensive requirement?
No
Typically offered term(s)
Periodic Fall & Spring