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ANT 426
Forensic Osteology Method and Theory
Syllabus
Schedule:
Tuesdays=T and Thursdays=R
| Week | Date | Topics | Chapter Exercises | Readings: Byers |
*Readings: Steadman |
| 1 | R 1-10 | Class introduction: topics, class format, discussion of content and lab exercises, semester project | |||
| 2 | T 1-15 R 1-17 |
Osteology Review What Forensic Relevance Is |
1-2 (odd numbers) |
Chapters 1-2 Chapter 3 (read only) |
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| 3 | *T 1-22 R 1-24 |
Search and Recovery of Remains Time Since Death Estimation *End of class Quizzes begin (see syllabus) |
4 (even numbers) 5 (odd numbers) |
Chapter 4 Chapter 5 |
Chapter 1, and Section I introduction pp. 23-30. |
| 4 | T 1-29 R 1-31 |
Conducting a Skeletal Inventory Ancestry Estimation Quizzes 3 & 4 |
6 (even) 7 (odd) |
Chapter 6 Chapter 7 |
Section II introduction pp. 87-94 and Chapters 8 and 9 |
| 5 | T 2-5 R 2-7 |
Sex Determination Quizzes 5 & 6 |
8 (even) | Chapter 8 | Chapters 12, 13 and 14 |
| 6 | T 2-12 R 2-14 |
Age Estimation Quizzes 7 & 8 |
9 (odd) | Chapter 9 | Chapters 17 and 18 |
| 7 | T 2-19 R 2-21 |
American Academy of Forensic
Sciences Meetings Casework on your own time this week |
10 (even) | Chapter 10 | |
| 8 | T 2-26 R 2-28 |
Stature Estimation Trauma Analysis Quizzes 9 & 10 |
11 (odd) 12 (even) |
Chapter 11 Chapter 12 |
Chapter 10 |
| 9 | T 3-4 R 3-6 |
SPRING BREAK: Class does not meet | |||
| 10 | T 3-11 R 3-13 |
Blunt Trauma Sharp Trauma and ? (what exactly does "miscellaneous mean"?) Quizzes 11 & 12 |
13 (odd) 14 (even) |
Chapter 13 Chapter 14 |
Chapter 11 |
| 11 | T 3-18 R 3-20 |
Disease and Pathology Spring Holiday: Class does not meet |
15 (odd) |
Chapter 15 |
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| 12 | T 3-25 R 3-27 |
Trauma after death (if it doesn't hurt, is it trauma?) Beyond the Usual Quizzes 13 & 14 |
16 (even) 17 (odd) |
Chapter 16 Chapter 17 |
Chapter 16, 19 |
| 13 | T 4-1 R 4-3 |
How Antemortem Information Helps ID the Dead Quizzes 15 |
18 (even)
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Chapter 18
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| 14 | T 4-8 R 4-10 |
Where Things are Headed |
no exercises | Chapter 19 | Chapter 6, 22 |
| 15 | T 4-15 R 4-17 |
Completing our class project: Meet in
Lab |
Review Readings | Review | |
| 16 | T 4-22 R 4-24 |
Completing our class project: Meet in
Lab Last Day of Class |
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| Written Reports due on Final Exam day: Thursday, May 1, 8:00-11:00 AM. | |||||