ANT 326 & 326L:  Human Osteology                                                                   with Dr. Albert

Previous Announcements

Tuesday, December 4:

• Last day of classes!  Click here for review guidelines.
• Forensic Anthropology:  Click here for online lecture notes.
• Lab 25 (this lab will serve as a review of bones, features, landmarks, and methods of analysis in preparation for the final exam)

November 26-December 4:

Tuesday, November 27:

• Paleodemography:  Click here for online notes.
• Lab 24

Thursday, November 29:

• Quiz 5 (11:00 AM, Room SB 202); short answer and matching.  Know your diseases and anomalies (very important on the matching section--read White! and the online notes).  Know methods of determining stature (what is done, how; do not memorize any formula; there are no calculations to perform).  Know features of the skull used in assessing ancestry--be able to describe, explain features found in higher frequency in people of Native American/Asian ancestry, African-American ancestry, and European ancestry.  
• Please prepare by going over your readings and using these online notes as a guide:
  • Ancestry
  • Stature
  • Paleopathology (from Skeletal Biology)
  • Paleodemography (same as above; only be able to define it--you do not have to know how to calculate any information from life tables)
• No Lecture or Lab (please catch up on readings and begin preparing for the final--test review coming soon)

Tuesday, December 4:

• Last day of classes!  Click here for review guidelines.
• Forensic Anthropology
• Lab 25 (this lab will serve as a review of bones, features, landmarks, and methods of analysis in preparation for the final exam)

November 20-26:

Tuesday, November 20 and Thursday, November 22: 

• No Class; No Lab; Happy Thanksgiving!

Tuesday, November 27:

• Paleodemography
• Lab 24

Thursday, November 29:

• Quiz 5 (11:00 AM, Room SB 202)
• No Lecture or Lab (please catch up on readings and begin preparing for the final--test review coming soon)

Tuesday, December 4:

• Last day of classes! 
• Forensic Anthropology
• Lab 25

November 8-20:

Tuesday, November 6: 

• Age Estimation Methods:  Dental Attrition
• Labs 20

Thursday, November 8:

• Quiz 4
• Stature Estimation Methods:  Complete (i.e., non-fragmentary) Long Bones
• Lab 21

Tuesday, November 13:

• Ancestry Estimation
• Lab 22

Thursday, November 15:

• Skeletal Biology and Paleopathology
  Part I
• Lab 23

October 29-November 8:

Tuesday, October 30: 

• Age Estimation Methods:  Epiphyseal Union and Ectocranial Cranial Suture Closure
• Labs 18

Thursday, November 1:

• Age Estimation Methods:  Morphological Changes
• Lab 19

Reminder:  Quiz 4 is on Thursday, November 8

October 23-29:

Tuesday, October 23: 

• Sex Determination Methods
• Labs 16

Thursday, October 25:

• Age Estimation:  Lecture class does not meet.  Read the online notes before coming to lab at 3:30 PM.  The notes will take us through next week (all four age estimation labs, 17-20).
• Lab 17:  Lab begins at 3:30 PM, SB 101.

October 11-23:

Tuesday, October 16: 

• Dentition:  Parts I and II
• Labs 13, 14

Thursday, October 18:

• Quiz 3
• Sex Determination Methods
• Lab 15

October 2-11:

Tuesday, October 2: 

• Sternum and Ribs
• Lab 10

Thursday, October 4:

• The Skull:  Part I
• Lab 11

Coming up:  Tuesday, October 9:  Fall Break, No Class; Thursday, October 18:  Quiz 3

September 21-October 2

Tuesday, September 25: 

• Quiz 2
• Vertebral Column, Sternum and Ribs
• Lab 9

Thursday, September 27:

• Lab 9 continued

September 18-21:

Tuesday, September 18: 

• Clavicle, Scapula, Innominate, Patella
• Lab 7

Thursday, September 20:

• Hands and Feet
• Lab 8

September 6-18:

Tuesday, September 11: 

• Quiz 1 on Bone Biology
• UNIT II:  Learning Bones and Features:  Appendicular Skeleton--Humerus, Radius, Ulna
  (see schedule above for readings)
• Lab 5

Thursday, September 13:

• Appendicular Skeleton--Femur, Tibia, Fibula
• Lab 6

August 22-September 6:

Welcome to the course!

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