Environmental Stress in Bio-archeological Studies
General data
Course ID: | WF-OB-TOMSTRES-ER |
Erasmus code / ISCED: |
07.2
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Course title: | Environmental Stress in Bio-archeological Studies |
Name in Polish: | Environmental Stress in Bio-archeological Studies |
Organizational unit: | Center for Ecology and Ecophilosophy |
Course groups: |
(in Polish) Przedmioty ERASMUS (in Polish) Zajęcia w językach obcych w Instytucie Ekologii i Bioetyki Courses at UKSW |
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
(not available)
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Language: | English |
Subject level: | advanced |
Learning outcome code/codes: | OB2_W09 OB2_W12 OB2_U01 OB2_U09 |
Short description: |
The man (as well as other organisms) lives in an environment and this environment exerts certain effects on the body. All biological systems must self-regulate in the context of changing environmental demands. At the simplest level of agreement, “stress” involves some environmental stimulus that produces a reaction in a living organism that may be either favorable or unfavorable to the organism. The term, “stress”, should be understand both as an environmental stimulus and as the response to an environmental stimulus. Physiological disruption resulting from impoverished environmental circumstances is central to the study of health, lifestyle and social status. Use of multiple indicators gives a comprehensive understanding of stress and adaptation in the past and contemporary. |
Full description: |
1.Definition and division of environmental stress (lecture). (2h) 2. The Concept of adaptation in biological anthropology (lecture). (2h) 3.Growth and development – skeleton (lecture and practice). (4h) 4. Growth and development – dentition (lecture and practice). (4h) 5.Skeletal pathological markers of deprivation (lecture and practice). (4h) 6. Dental pathological markers of deprivation (lecture and practice). (4h) 7. Ecology of past population (lecture). (2h) 8. Ecology of contemporary population (lecture). (2h) 9. Environmental stress: consequences for human health outcomes (lecture). (2h) 10. Pollution and human growth (lecture). (2h) 11. Human culture. (2h) |
Bibliography: |
Aufderheide A.C., Rodríguez-Martín C., 2008, The Cambridge encyclopedia of human paleopathology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Bass W.M., 1995, Human osteology, A laboratory and field manual, Missouri Archaeological Society, Columbia. Buikstra J.E., Ubelaker D.H., 1994, Standards for data collection from human skeletal remains, Arkansas Archeological Survey Research Series No,4. Byers S.N., 2005, Introduction to forensic anthropology, Pearson Education, Boston. Garruto R.M., Litte M.A., Weitz C.A., 2004. Environmental Stress and Adaptational Responses: Consequences for Human Health Outcomes. Coll. Antropol. 28 2: 509–540. Irish J.D., Nelson G.C. (eds.), 2008. Technique and application on dental anthropology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Katzenberg M.A., Saunders S.R. (eds.), 2008. Biological anthropology of the human skeleton, Willey&Sons, New Jersey Larsen C.S., 2003, Bioarcheology, Interpreting behavior from the human skeleton, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Mascie-Taylor C.G.N., Lasker G.W., 1991, Applications of biological anthropology to human affairs. Cambridge. Literature will be given during the course. |
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS: |
knowledge: knows the causes and effects of environmental degradation and their effects on the human organism, Recognizes correctly the English terms in the lecture area. Skills: perform simple tasks individually and in teams, plans and can use appropriate methods to solve assigned tasks ECTS 6 (30h-1ECTS) 1st task: participation in the lecture - 30h 2nd task: preparing four articles - 120h3rd task: participation in the discussion during the mecture - 30h |
Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
1. 70% attendance. 2. Final test (100-90% very good, 80-70% good, 60-50% satisfactory, less than 50% insufficient). |
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