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Research methods in anthropology and human ecology. From the field to the lab

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Course ID:	WF-OB-SURM
Erasmus code / ISCED:	07.2 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0519) Biological and related sciences, not elsewhere classifed The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Research methods in anthropology and human ecology. From the field to the lab
Name in Polish:	Research methods in anthropology and human ecology. From the field to the lab
Organizational unit:	Center for Ecology and Ecophilosophy
Course groups:	Courses at UKSW
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	6.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language:	English
Subject level:	elementary
Learning outcome code/codes:	OB2_W09 OB2_W12 OB2_U01 OB2_U02 OB2_U05
Short description:	The content presented in the class concerns human research on the basis of skeletal remains. Assessment of the needs of modern man in the context of sustainable development partly results from the biological basis, adaptation, and behavior that people have had in the past. Using laboratory methods, we are able to reconstruct this information and draw conclusions about human functioning in the environment in the past and today. For example, as part of the course, students learn how to reconstruct an ancestral diet, discuss what a "sustainable diet" is based on information about people who lived many hundreds of years ago.
Full description:	1. Anthropologist at the archaeological site. (lecture) 2h 2. Direct and indirect research methods in human ecology. (lecture) 2h 3. Preparation of material for anthropological and bioarcheological analyses (practice) 2h 4. Analysis of diagenetic changes in bone tissue. (lecture) 2h 5. Analysis of diagenetic changes in bone tissue. (practice) 2h 6. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes (lecture) 2h 7. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes: isolation of collagen from bone samples (practice) 2h 8. Stable oxygen isotopes in bioarchaeology. (lecture) 2h 9. Isolation of phosphates for analysis of origin and migration. (practice) 2h 10. Trace elements in bioarchaeological studies (lecture) 2h 11. Methods for determining the age and sex of an individual (lecture) 2h 12. Methods for determining the age and sex of an individual (practice) 2h 13. Measurements of post-cranial skeleton, reconstruction of body height. (lecture and practice) 2h 14. Analysis of remains from colletive and crematory graves. (practice) 2h 15. Fingerprint identification- dactyloscopy. (practice) 2h
Bibliography:	White & Folkens (2005). The human bone manual. Amsterdam: Elsevier Academic. Sandford (1993) Investigations of ancient human tissue. Gordon & Breach Larsen (1997) Bioarchaeology Interpreting behavior from the human skeleton. Cambridge University Press
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:	The student knows the methods used in the archaeological site and laboratory methods. Can list direct and indirect methods used in the context of research on ancient populations. The student knows and is able to perform simple laboratory activities on his own. The student is able to assess the age and sex of an individual on the basis of the skeleton and recognize pathologies. Can perform the known laboratory procedures. The student knows the principles of good laboratory practice.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Written exam (lecture) Oral answer, activity during laboratory practicals (practice)

Classes in period "Winter semester 2021/22" (past)

Time span:	2021-10-01 - 2022-01-31	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU WYK W TH FR CW
Type of class:	Classes, 15 hours, 10 places more information Lectures, 15 hours, 10 places more information
Coordinators:	Aleksandra Lisowska-Gaczorek
Group instructors:	Aleksandra Lisowska-Gaczorek
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - graded credit Classes - graded credit Lectures - graded credit

Classes in period "Winter semester 2022/23" (past)

Time span:	2022-10-01 - 2023-01-31	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO WYK TU W TH FR CW
Type of class:	Classes, 15 hours, 10 places more information Lectures, 15 hours, 10 places more information
Coordinators:	Aleksandra Lisowska-Gaczorek
Group instructors:	Aleksandra Lisowska-Gaczorek
Course homepage:	https://teams.microsoft.com/l/channel/19%3aYUXTlktBPL30hs-gJ0U-Rpr2tlBDOMR_ddwnEVXagCU1%40thread.tacv2/Og%25C3%25B3lny?groupId=ec92537d-230c-440a-b031-bfbd73897b75&tenantId=12578430-c51b-4816-8163-c7281035b9b3
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - graded credit Classes - graded credit Lectures - graded credit

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