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).

Throughout the semester, we will explore in depth the interaction of biological, social, and cultural factors in determining human diet, nutrition, and health. Course content will include discussions about the various approaches to nutritional anthropology, nutritional basics, food behaviors, methods of dietary and nutritional assessment, and a series of case studies addressing causes and consequences to nutritional problems across the world. Major anthropological contributions will be highlighted, along with works from nutrition, epidemiology, and other fields.

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Construction of research designs in anthropology, data structuring and analysis using tools of descriptive and inferential statistics. Prerequisite: completion of R1 requirement. Required for anthropology majors (Gen.Ed. R2)

Construction of research designs in anthropology, data structuring and analysis using tools of descriptive and inferential statistics. Prerequisite: completion of R1 requirement. Required for anthropology majors (Gen.Ed. R2)

Construction of research designs in anthropology, data structuring and analysis using tools of descriptive and inferential statistics. Prerequisite: completion of R1 requirement. Required for anthropology majors (Gen.Ed. R2)

Construction of research designs in anthropology, data structuring and analysis using tools of descriptive and inferential statistics. Prerequisite: completion of R1 requirement. Required for anthropology majors (Gen.Ed. R2)