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Human Osteoarchaeology (interdisciplinaire minor)

Minor

Omschrijving

Human Osteoarchaeology is the study of ancient human skeletal remains. The human skeleton is one of the most important keys to understanding the past, as it provides primary evidence – the people themselves. Analysis of a human skeleton can reveal an individual’s age, sex, diet, illnesses, and activities. Students will learn how to identify human bones and teeth, determine age, sex, and stature and how individuals may have lived their lives in the past. They will be introduced to scientific methods that can be applied to the study of human remains. Students will learn about funerary archaeology, and will see how different burial customs and environments influence what is preserved in the archaeological record. Students will gain hands-on experience analysing and excavating skeletons.

The languages of instruction are English and Dutch.

This interdisciplinary minor is run in cooperation with the LUMC and the Faculty of Archaeology.

There are no prerequisites for this minor. The program is aimed towards students studying Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Criminology, Forensic Sciences, and Biology.

Minimum/maximum number of participants: 15/40.

Enrolment through uSis is foreseen from May 5th till July 1st 2010.

N.B. Students who do not take the full 30 EC minor, but a 15 EC package instead, are also requested to enrol through uSis for the full minor programme. Adjustments to a 15 credit programme will be dealt with in uSis at a later moment in time.

Update July 2010

Students who have enrolled through uSis will be contacted by email in week 34 with more information on the programme, Blackboard, timetable, etc. The programme starts in week 36. Please refer to the modules below for preliminary timetables.

Minor

Vak EC Semester 1 Semester 2

Part one: Physical anthropology
Introduction to Physical Anthropology 5
Human Osteology 5
Practical Course in Skeletal Analysis 5

Part two: Archaeology
Funerary Archaeology 5
Practical Course in Mortuary Archaeology 5
Research Methods in Mortuary Archaeology 5

Modular Course

Some bachelor programmes allow for only 15 credits of electives. However, even then you can still take some minors’ courses. Each minor indicates which courses are open to students who have 15 EC of electives available. Such a group of courses/modules needs to be coherently put together in terms of content and level. Following a partial minor may require prior permission of your Examining Board, unless the Board has approved of the programme in question beforehand.

The minor programme in Human Osteoarchaeology consists of the modular packages of 15 EC each which can be taken separately. One focuses on Physical Anthropology, the other on Archaeology. For more information on modules beloning to these packages, please refer to the tab of the full minor programme.