ANT 426
Forensic Osteology Method and Theory
 

Previous Announcements 

March 27-April 13:

Topics:  Antemortem information and identification.

Semester Projects continue.

March 20-27:

Topics:  Pathologies and Anomalies, Postmortem Trauma.

Semester Projects continue.

March 9-20:

We've been working on Trauma Analysis and will cover Pathologies and Anomalies.

Semester Projects continue.

February 16-March 9:

We are working on age estimation and stature estimation, followed by trauma

Access to the lab has been granted; work on Semester Projects continues.

February 1-16:

We are working on our semester projects.

Topics:  ancestry and sex determination

January 24-February 1:

Quiz 2 is on Thursday, January 26; things to know include:

• Steadman, Chapter 7:  focus on distinguishing between presumptive and positive identification

• Steadman, Chapter 13:  focus on how the forensic anthropologist would estimate the postmortem interval (i.e., what is the anthropologist likely to see, do, interpret as opposed to the forensic contexts within which other forensic specialists operate--such as the forensic pathologist).

• Byers, Chapter 4 and 5:  What are some types of evidence that provide clues as the time since death?  Why is it important to map a site where a body is found?  What are some environmental clues that hint at where a decedent may be?  How does climate affect what happens when bodies die (i.e., when does decomposition occur versus mummification?  Skeletonization?)

Chapter 5 ODD exercises are due at the beginning of class

January 12-24:

Welcome to the course.  Please read and review the course syllabus at the ahove link (left) and periodically check the course schedule link (above right).