Course teacher(s)
Caroline POLET (Coordinator)ECTS credits
5
Language(s) of instruction
french
Course content
In addition to a brief synthesis on human evolution, the course consists of mainly practical sessions training the students to the identification and analysis of the human remains retrieved from excavations. It also includes an introduction on the methods of sex and age at death estimations, as well as some key concepts of paleodemography and palaeopathology.
Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)
Introduction to paleoanthropology and the study of human remains discovered on archaeological sites.
Teaching methods and learning activities
50% theory 50% practcal work
References, bibliography, and recommended reading
Course book (PUB) « Travaux pratiques de Paléoanthropologie » by Rosine Orban. The course book contains the documents necessary for the writting of the practical work report.
Other information
Contacts
Caroline POLET Email : caroline.polet@sciencesnaturelles.be Tel (direct line) + 32.2.627.41.45 Laboratory of Anthropology Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) 29, rue Vautier B-1000 Bruxelles (Belgium)
Evaluation
Method(s) of evaluation
- Other
Other
oral presentation and written repport
Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)
practical work report : 60%
oral presentation on a archaeological site with human remains : 20%
summary of the oral presentation : 20%
Language(s) of evaluation
- french
- english