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Lecturer(s)
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Klírová Eva, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Podlena Jaroslav, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Preservation and identification of bones, osteometry, stature estimation, morphoscopic methods, sex estimation, age estimation, measurement errors.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Laboratory work, Lecture, Practicum
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 42 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 10 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to describe the morphology of human bones and teeth |
| Skills |
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| to work in a structured process in which the individual steps follow each other, and their order cannot be confused |
| to understand and interpret professional text in the Czech language |
| to understand and interpret professional text in English |
| Competences |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to characterize and evaluate methods of field anthropology |
| to characterize and explain the methodological apparatus of skeleton study in the field situation |
| to characterize and explain the process of decomposition of skeleton and tafonomy |
| Skills |
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| to perform and evaluate measurements of individual bones and teeth |
| to actively use and evaluate skeletal anthropology methods for estimating biological parameters |
| to use methods for determining basic biological parameters according to skeletal findings |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture |
| Group discussion |
| Individual study |
| Skills |
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| Practicum |
| Laboratory work |
| Individual study |
| Skills demonstration |
| Group discussion |
| Competences |
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| Lecture |
| Practicum |
| Laboratory work |
| Skills demonstration |
| Group discussion |
| Individual study |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Skills |
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| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Continuous assessment |
| Competences |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Continuous assessment |
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Recommended literature
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Bass, W. M. Human Osteology: A Laboratory and Field Manual. Missouri Archeological Society, Special Publication No. 2, 1987.
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Buikstra, J. E. & Ubelaker, D. H. (Eds.). Standards for Data Collection from Human Skeletal remains. Arkansas Archeological Survey Research Series No. 44, 1994.
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Katzenberg, M. Anne; Sauders, Shelley R. Biological anthropology of the human skeleton. New York : Wiley-Liss, 2000. ISBN 0-471-31616-4.
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Scheuer, Louise; Black, Sue. Developmental juvenile osteology. San Diego : Academic Press, 2000. ISBN 0-12-624000-0.
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White, Tim D. Human osteology. San Diego : Academic Press, 2000. ISBN 0-12-746612-6.
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