Bio-Archaeology

Pre-requisites: None

Course objectives: To introduce students to analytical opportunities when studying skeletal remains in their archaeological context. Also, to introduce students to the newest biomolecular and chemical bone analysis, so the candidates may use some of them in their personal research.

Course description: Reconstruction of the way of life, food, physical activities of the ancient population, based on their skeletal remains. The students will have to review data that has been obtained through skeletal analysis, in its archaeological context

Learning Outcomes: Essay and oral examination.

Literature/Reading:

• Buikstra, J.E. and Beck, L.E. (eds.) 2006. Bioarchaeology: The Contextual Analysis of Human Remains. Poglavlje 13 (str. 359-374)
• Foster, A., Buckley, H. and Tayles, N. 2014. Using Enthesis Robusticity to Infer Activity in the Past: A Review. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 21(3):511-33.
• Katzenberg, M. A. and Saunders, S. R. (eds.) 2008. Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton. New Jersey: Wiley Poglavlja 6, 13, 14, 15, 16 (str. 183-206; 411-526)
• Larsen, C. S. (ed.) 2010. A Companion to Biological Anthropology. New Jersey: Wiley Poglavlja 4, 5, 6, 8, 24, 25 (str. 74-118; 153-164; 427-438; 445-456)
• Tucić, N. 1999. Evolucija, čovek i društvo. Dosije: Beograd. str. 65-86; 99-140.
• Hillson S. 2005. Teeth, 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (str.146-155, 272-315)
• The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Paleopathology. Arthur C. Aufderheide and Conrado Rodriguez-Martin. Cambridge: Cambridge University press (str.19-48, 93-116,117-246)
• Jurmain R., Alves Cardoso F., Henderson C., and Villotte S., 2012. Bioarchaeology’s Holy Grail: The reconstruction of activity. In Grauer A.L. (ed.), A Companion to Paleopathology, New York, Wiley.
• Cavalli-Sforca, L.L. 2008. Geni, narodi i jezici. Algoritam: Zagreb. str. 13-99