Environmental Stress in Bioarcheological Studies
General data
Course ID: | WF-OB-POES |
Erasmus code / ISCED: |
07.2
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Course title: | Environmental Stress in Bioarcheological Studies |
Name in Polish: | Human well-being in the light of sustainable development |
Organizational unit: | Center for Ecology and Ecophilosophy |
Course groups: |
(in Polish) Gr przedmiotów ogólnouczelnianych - Obszar nauk humanistycznych (I stopień i jednolite magisterskie) (in Polish) Zajęcia w językach obcych w Instytucie Ekologii i Bioetyki |
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
6.00
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Language: | English |
(in Polish) Dyscyplina naukowa, do której odnoszą się efekty uczenia się: | biological sciences |
Subject level: | advanced |
Learning outcome code/codes: | OB2_W09 OB2_W12 OB2_U01 OB2_U09 |
Short description: |
Human health and well-being is an important element of today's functioning of societies and states. Large financial outlays are directed towards the protection of health. It turns out, however, that talking about health and quality of life is treated in isolation from the quality of the natural environment. 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. During the course, the issue of human functioning in nature and the impact of the environment on our species will be presented. |
Full description: |
1. Definition of human health and well-being (2h). 2. Environmental and physiological stress concept (2h). 3. The Concept of adaptation/adaptability/adjustment in biological anthropology (2h). 4. Influences the environment on evolutionary processes, including the development of key behaviors of our species (4h). 5. Health and quality of life changes during the Neolithic revolution (4g). 6. Selected diseases and their relationship with the negative state of the environment – teeth (2h). 7. Selected diseases and their relationship with the negative state of the environment – skeletal system (2h). 8. Selected diseases and their relationship with the negative state of the environment – digestive and circulatory system (2h). 9. Civilization diseases (4h). 10. The impact of environmental pollution on human health and development (2h) 11. The role of nutrition in ontogenetic development (2h). 12. The role of culture and behavioral behavior on the quality of life (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: |
1. Knowledge - after the course student knows the causes and effects of environmental degradation and their effects on the human organism. He/she recognizes correctly the English terms in the lecture area. 2. Skills - the student understands the impact of behavior in the light of sustainable development on human health and life. 3. competencies - the student uses the acquired knowledge, and perceives man and his well-being through the prism of environmental well-being. 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). |
Classes in period "Winter semester 2021/22" (past)
Time span: | 2021-10-01 - 2022-01-31 |
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Type of class: |
Lectures, 30 hours, 10 places
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Coordinators: | Jacek Tomczyk | |
Group instructors: | Jacek Tomczyk | |
Course homepage: | https://teams.microsoft.com/l/channel/19%3a2515464f486e4eed9b24c9c745dc9568%40thread.tacv2/Og%25C3%25B3lny?groupId=77a26718-6e42-4bde-8721-1c1b2a258b9f&tenantId=12578430-c51b-4816-8163-c7281035b9b3 | |
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(in Polish) E-Learning: | (in Polish) E-Learning z podziałem na grupy |
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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. |
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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) |
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Bibliography: |
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. |
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Wymagania wstępne: |
Basic knowledge in biology and ecology. |
Classes in period "Summer semester 2022/23" (past)
Time span: | 2023-02-01 - 2023-06-30 |
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Coordinators: | Jacek Tomczyk | |
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Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)
Time span: | 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-31 |
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Type of class: |
Lectures, 30 hours, 20 places
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Coordinators: | Jacek Tomczyk | |
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Classes in period "Winter semester 2024/25" (future)
Time span: | 2024-10-01 - 2025-01-31 |
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Type of class: |
Lectures, 30 hours, 20 places
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Coordinators: | Jacek Tomczyk | |
Group instructors: | Jacek Tomczyk | |
Students list: | (inaccessible to you) | |
Examination: |
Course -
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Lectures - examination |
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Type of subject: | obligatory |
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(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych: | (in Polish) PO/H1 - obszar nauk humanistycznych - I stopień/JM |
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