Physical anthropology

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course designed for members of the State Security Forces and Corps, university students of Criminalistics, Dentistry, Law, Criminology, Biology, History, Egyptology, Archaeology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Medicine, Paleopathology, Computer Science, Nursing, Electronics and other professionals related to forensic sciences.

The course is aimed at Bachelor's and Master's degree students in the branches of science related to Physical Anthropology who wish to consolidate and broaden the knowledge acquired in the official teaching. It is also for archaeologists interested in the study of the skeletal remains that appear in the excavations of necropolis and that often remain without due attention in the archaeological reports, and for those interested, of any profile, in this science, which is essential to reconstruct the way of life of the society we are investigating.

Special emphasis will be placed on the determination of sex and age of skeletal remains, explaining the different methods that have been shown to be most reliable and that are used to estimate these essential parameters for determining the profile of an individual. Sex estimation in non-adults will have a special chapter, with numerous photographs and radiographs compiled by the professors during their extensive experience in studies of this type.

The biological profile of the individuals will be completed with the calculation of Height, Robustness and Lateral Asymmetry, as well as the estimation of the Ancestral Origin of the Individual.

Finally, special attention will be paid to Dental Anthropology and the preparation of Odontograms and dental charts, both analogue and digital. Dental pathology will also have a specific focus in this course.

Course objectives:

To understand the importance of the study of human skeletal and mummified remains within an archaeological or forensic context.
To know the main methods of sex estimation.
To know the main methods of age estimation.
To know the main methods of ancestral origin estimation.
To know the main methods for estimating the main bioanthropological characteristics of an individual: robustness, stature, laterality.
Learn how to use radiological and CT images in archaeological and forensic remains for a correct estimation of the age of the individual.
To learn how to make a basic anthropological report from the skeletal remains of a problem individual.

Program:

Total teaching hours: 15: 10 lectures; 5 internships.

1. INTRODUCTION TO SKELETAL ANATOMY

Introduction to Human Anatomy.
Introduction to Dental Anatomy.
Identification and lateralisation of bones.
Inventory of preserved bones.
Software for archaeological, anthropological and palaeopathological data entry. Herrerin's Project.

2. SEX DETERMINATION.

Sex determination in adults. Practical.
Sex determination in non-adults. Practical.

3. DETERMINATION OF AGE AT DEATH.

Determination of age at death in adults. Practical.
Determination of age at death in non-adults. Practical.

4. OSTEOMETRY: CALCULATION OF STATURE AND ANCESTRAL ORIGIN.

Metric data collection. Anthropological instruments. Data collection. Anthropological data management software.
Estimation of height.
Calculation of Robustness and Lateral Asymmetry.
Estimation of the ancestral origin of an individual.

5. DENTAL ANTHROPOLOGY.

Development and growth.
Preparation of an Odontogram.
Elaboration of dental records for the collection of anthropological data.
Most common dental pathologies.
Study of dental wear.

CERTIFICATION

Students who show that they have taken advantage of the course will receive a diploma from the OsteoResearch Association, which will state the number of hours of instruction, signed by the lecturers of the Paleopathology Course.

REGISTRATION and RESERVATION

The number of students is limited and bookings will be made on a first-come, first-served basis. Interested students can make a reservation for 50% of the course fee.

DISCOUNT

Price 110€ :

Reduced

IUICP members €90

UAH students and unemployed students 95 € 95 € 95

OsteoResearch alumni can enjoy a special discount(95€).

Characteristics of the course

Conferences 5
Questionnaires 0
Duration 15 hours
Skill level All levels
Students
Evaluations Yes

Curriculum

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JESÚS HERRERÍN

DOCTOR IN BIOLOGY. PROFESSOR AT THE UAM AND UAH.

Honorary Professor at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) and the University of Alcalá de Henares (UAH).

D. in 2001 in Biological Sciences.

Graduate in Biological Sciences (1985) and Bachelor's Degree with honours (1986); PhD in Physical Anthropology with honours cum laude (2001) by unanimous decision of the examining board. All from the Complutense University of Madrid.
Research Award from the Diputación de Soria. Research Grant from Caja Segovia.

Author of several books in Spanish and English, and of more than 60 scientific articles in national and international journals on Physical Anthropology and Palaeopathology.

He has directed more than 50 Final Degree, Bachelor's and Master's Degree Projects at the UAM and UAH.

He has supervised 3 doctoral theses presented in September 2017. All three obtained the qualification of Outstanding cum laude by unanimous decision of the examining board. He is currently supervising three theses in the field of Anthropology and Palaeopathology.
She is part of several research projects in Egypt, such as those of tomb TT34 (tomb of Momtenhat (TT34); funded by the Archaeological Museum of Catalonia in collaboration with the SEK University of Segovia and the University of Tubingen, Germany); tomb TT16 (funded by the University of Memphis, USA and the Mont Sinai School); the tombs TT11 and TT12 within the Djehuty Project (funded by the CSIC and sponsoring companies); Project TT209 (University of La Laguna, Tenerife); Kom-el-Kamasin Project, in Saqqara, Egypt (University of Barcelona); excavation project of the tombs TT25 and TT28 (funded by the Ministry of Antiquities of Egypt) and of the tomb TT367 (funded by the Ministry of Antiquities of Egypt). All of them from 2008 to the present.
She is part of the team working on the El Caño Archaeological Project, in Penonomé, Panama, as head of the Anthropology and Palaeopathology area, from the 2015 campaign to the present.

He has participated, and continues to participate, in more than 40 research projects on the excavation of Necropolis of different chronology in the Iberian Peninsula, as head of the area of Physical Anthropology and Palaeopathology.

Visiting Professor at the University of Padova (Italy), teaching postgraduate courses at the Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy, from 2016/17 to present.

Member of the Spanish Association of Anthropology and Forensic Odontology, the Spanish Society of Palaeopathology and the Spanish Society of Physical Anthropology.

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