ANTH 4130 Advanced Osteology
Course Description:
The study of human skeletal remains is a crucial part of biological anthropology, and has applications in archaeology, anatomy, paleontology, and forensics. This course is an intensive, in-depth study of the human skeleton. The primary focus is on the identification of human skeletal remains and fragmentary skeletal elements and their osseous structure. The ability to accurately and precisely identify remains is the fundamental skill in human osteology, and prerequisite to all subsequent analyses. To this end, students will be working in the laboratory with the human remains teaching collection. This course will also provide an introduction to the fundamentals of skeletal analysis and the methodologies used by practitioners to “read” skeletal remains.
Fall 2022 T/Th 2pm-3:05
Instructor: Dr. Lauren Hosek (lauren.hosek@colorado.edu)