Osteoarchaeology: The Fact in Our Bones

About this Course

This course is about what we will study from analyzing the human skeleton, and the way we will use this data to reconstruct the lives of people that lived up to now. In archaeology and anthropology, human skeletal stays can present distinctive insights into the previous and the current; insights that can’t be gained in any other case.

These insights are explored in 5 principal themes unfold out over 5 weeks of studying. First, it’s proven how age-at-death, intercourse and stature could be estimated by the shut examination of (archaeological) skeletal stays. In subsequent modules it’s proven how human bones can present details about the ailments and accidents that folks suffered from and what they ate. Additionally, it’s proven how the human skeleton offers details about the sorts of actions that folks engaged in and about how they migrated and moved round their landscapes. On this course, you’ll study all features of the human skeleton that may present us with details about these totally different aspects of life. Collectively we are going to discover the scientific area that is named human osteoarchaeology. – Human, as a result of it’s about us and our ancestors, – Osteo, as a result of it’s about our bones, – Archaeology, as a result of we use this data to higher perceive the behaviors and occasions skilled by previous folks. Through the course, you’ll decipher the clues left behind within the skeletons of previous peoples with the strategies and methods which are offered. You might also uncover some clues hidden in your personal skeleton and what they reveal in regards to the life that you’re residing. Wish to know extra? You possibly can check out the course trailer right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJi22TxzpRw

Syllabus – What you’ll study from this course

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WEEK

1

2 hours to finish

Introduction to the course

Good day and welcome to this course, Osteoarchaeology, the Fact in Our Bones. On this first, introductory module, you’ll study what this course is about and the way it’s arrange. Watch the primary three lectures to study extra about what Osteoarchaeology is, and the matters that you’ll be exploring every week. Learn the course paperwork to seek out out extra about how you’ll be graded and the assessments you’ll be taking in every module. Additionally, you will discover some paperwork that can enable you to get probably the most out of this MOOC. Good luck!

3 hours to finish

Bones to Biography & Demography

Welcome to the primary content material module of this course! This week is all about introducing you to the first issues that we will study from almost all human skeletons. Who’re the individuals who lived up to now? Are they males, girls or youngsters? How previous did they turn out to be, and the way tall did they get? We are able to reply these questions by learning a variety of bones contained within the human skeleton. Right here, we can be displaying you precisely how to try this, and hope you’ll study so much!

2 hours to finish

Bones to Biography & Demography: Lesson Selections

Select one thriller which you’ll be fixing, little by little, all through the course. This week research the clues to seek out out if this particular person was a person or a lady, and the way previous and the way tall she or he was.

WEEK

2

4 hours to finish

Bones to Illness and Trauma

Welcome to the second module!

This week is all about illness up to now. How wholesome had been folks actually, and what ailments did they endure from? We’ll present you methods to reply these questions by learning the ailments that may be detected in human skeletal stays. We particularly deal with trauma together with bone fractures, but additionally the ailments rickets and leprosy.

2 hours to finish

Bones to Illness and Trauma: Lesson Selections

Please proceed fixing the Thriller that you just began in week one. Take a look at the bony lesions and research them rigorously to seek out out what illness(s) this particular person had, and what they had been attributable to.

WEEK

3

2 hours to finish

Bones to Weight loss program

Welcome to the third module!

This week is all about eating regimen up to now. What did folks eat up to now and in what proportions? Did totally different teams of individuals eat various things, and did their eating regimen change all through time? This week we are going to present you methods to reply such questions by learning the human skeleton. We can be focussing on the evaluation of secure isotopes like Carbon and Nitrogen that may be present in human bones and tooth.

2 hours to finish

Bones to Weight loss program: Lesson Selections

Proceed analyzing the skeleton that you just selected in week one. Examine the values, tables and footage offered to seek out out extra in regards to the meals that this particular person ate and the way it affected the composition and look of their skeleton.

WEEK

4

3 hours to finish

Bones to Exercise

Welcome to module 4!

This week is all about exercise. What actions did folks carry out up to now? How did they transfer about, and the way a lot? We can be answering these questions by learning many alternative features of the skeleton, like lengthy bones, joints, the backbone, and even tooth. We can be displaying you what all these marks imply, and what they’ll inform us at the moment about actions carried out up to now.

2 hours to finish

Bones to Exercise: Lesson Selections

Proceed fixing the Thriller you selected in week one. Examine the marks left on the skeleton because of exercise and you can find out extra about what actions this particular person carried out and the affect it had on their physique.