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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 1-12 | Class introduction: topics, class format, discussion of content and lab exercises, semester project | |||
| 2 | T 1-17 R 1-19 |
Osteology Review, defining forensic relevance | 1 (odd numbers) 2 (odd numbers) |
Chapters 1-2 Chapter 3 |
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| 3 | *T 1-24 R 1-26 |
Search and Recovery of Remains, Time Since Death Estimation *Quizzes begin |
4 (even numbers) 5 (odd numbers) |
Chapter 4 Chapter 5 |
Chapter 7 Chapter 13 |
| 4 | T 1-31 R 2-2 |
Conducting a Skeletal Inventory, Ancestry Estimation Quizzes 3 & 4 |
6 (even) 7 (odd) |
Chapter 6 Chapter 7 |
Chapters 12 and 3 Chapter 14 |
| 5 | T 2-7 R 2-9 |
Sex Determination Quizzes 5 & 6 |
8 (even) | Chapter 8 | Chapters 1 and 19 |
| 6 | T 2-14 R 2-16 |
Age Estimation Quizzes 7 & 8 |
9 (odd) | Chapter 9 | Chapters 4 and 16 |
| 7 | T 2-21 R 2-23 |
American Academy of Forensic Sciences Meetings | 10 (even) | Chapter 10 | |
| 8 | T 2-28 R 3-1 |
Stature Estimation, Trauma Analysis Quizzes 9 & 10 |
11 (odd) 12 (even) |
Chapter 11 Chapter 12 |
Chapter 15 Chapter 17 |
| 9 | T 3-6 R 3-8 |
Blunt Trauma, Sharp Trauma Quizzes 11 & 12 |
13 (odd) 14 (even) |
Chapter 13 Chapter 14 |
Chapter
5 Chapter 22 |
| 10 | T 3-13 R 3-15 |
SPRING BREAK: Class does not meet | |||
| 11 | T 3-20 R 3-22 |
Disease and Pathology Quiz 13 Postmortem Trauma Quiz 14 |
15 (odd) 16 (even) |
Chapter 15 Chapter 16 |
Chapter 6 Chapter 2 |
| 12 | T 3-27 R 3-29 |
Antemortem info and ID Semester Project consults Quiz 15 |
17 (odd) 18 (even) |
Chapter 17 Chapter 18 |
Chapter
9 Chapter 20 |
| 13 | T 4-3 R 4-5 |
The Future SPRING HOLIDAY: Class does not meet |
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Chapter 19
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| 14 | T 4-10 R 4-12 |
Semester Project |
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| 15 | T 4-17 R 4-19 |
Semester Project |
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| 16 | T 4-24 R 4-26 |
Semester Project | |||
| Written Reports due on Final Exam day: Thursday, May 8, 11:30 AM.; Oral Presentations begin at 11:30 AM. | |||||