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Lecturer(s)
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Podlena Jaroslav, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Field of palaeodemography Origin of skeletal samples Basic concept of demographic analysis Life tables Bayes theorem and mortality estimation Fertility and its estimation from skeletal samples Migration of past populations Population growth Estimation of demographic parameters based on archaeological and ecological data
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Seminar
- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 35 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 30 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| characterize and explain the basic methods of skeletal and field anthropology |
| characterize and explain basic methods in reproductive biology |
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| critically reflect on and understand a professional text in the Czech language |
| critically reflect on and understand a professional text in English |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| characterize and describe phenomena and processes related to the reproduction of past populations |
| characterise and explain the biology of reproduction |
| characterize and explain the social aspect that determines the degree and form of fulfilment of biological possibilities |
| Skills |
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| use methods to estimate demographic parameters of past populations (fertility, mortality, etc.) from anthropological data on the human skeleton (age, sex, etc.) |
| reconstruct the demographic changes that accompanied, for example, the transition from a hunter-gatherer way of life to agriculture |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture |
| Self-study of literature |
| Textual studies |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Skills |
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| Seminar |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Skills demonstration |
| Self-study of literature |
| Textual studies |
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| Seminar |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Skills demonstration |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Written exam |
| Test |
| Skills |
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| Written exam |
| Test |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Group presentation at a seminar |
| Competences |
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| Written exam |
| Test |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
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Recommended literature
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Acsádi, G. & Nemeskéri, J. History of Human Life Span and Mortality. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1970.
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Hoppa, R. D. & Vaupel J. W. (Eds). Paleodemography. Age Distributions from Skeletal Samples. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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Chamberlain, Andrew T. Demography in archaeology. Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 2006. ISBN 0-521-59651-3.
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Neustupný, E. Demografie pravěkýh pohřebišť. Praha: Archeologický ústav ČSAV, 1983.
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Stringer, Chris; Andrews, Peter. The complete world of human evolution. London : Thames and Hudson, 2005. ISBN 978-0-500-05132-0.
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