Anthropology 320 - Skeleton Keys:Research Methods

Fall
2023
01
4.00
Brigitte Holt

W 2:30PM 5:15PM

UMass Amherst
75428
Machmer Hall room W-17
holtb@anthro.umass.edu
This course offers a "hands on" introduction to the human skeleton as a means to reconstruct the lifeways of past populations. We will learn how to reconstruct the biological profile (e.g. age, sex, health), and various aspects of behavior (e.g. diet, physical activity). Students will work in teams of 2-3 with the skeletal remains from the Italian Medieval site of San Paragorio (11th-16th centuries AD).
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.