Human Osteology & Osteometry

Classroom: 121 Little Hall
Laboratory: B-342 Turlington
Michael's Office Hours: B-342 Turlington; Hours: TBA
Assistant's Office Hours: B-342 Turlington; Hours: TBA

E-mail: mwarren@ufl.edu
http://grove.ufl.edu/~mwarren/osteowebpage.htm

Human skeletal identification for the physical anthropologist and archeologist. Identification of human bone and bone fragments. Techniques for estimated age at death, race, and sex from human skeletal remains. The measurement of human skeleton for comparative purposes.

TEXTS: Required - White, Tim D (1991) Human Osteology. San Diego: Academic Press, Inc. Suggested text: Bass, William (1987) Human Osteology: A laboratory and field manual. Special publication No. 2 of the Missouri Archaeological Society, Inc.

This course provides an intensive introduction to the human skeleton emphasizing the identification of fragmentary skeletal remains. This knowledge forms the underpinning for advanced study in forensic anthropology, paleo-anthropology, bio-archaeology and human osteology.  The course will consist of three hours of lecture per week, two hours of scheduled lab time with the instructor, and independent student laboratory time.  You should anticipate at least 20 hours per week of independent laboratory study time.  There will be a series of practical quizzes and a final cumulative examination.  Students will be required to compile an osteology notebook that contains class notes and drawings.

Course requirements:  The Fall 2004 course will have a slightly different format than preceding courses. There are separate sections for undergraduate and graduate students. For the undergraduates, there will be 4 practical examinations and 1 final exam.  I will discuss the format for practical exams on the first day of class. Graduate students will have 8 practical examinations. In addition, each graduate student is required to prepare a course notebook due at the end of the semester.  A separate handout will outline the necessary pieces of this book.  No make-up exams will be given.  Instead, the lowest score for each student will be dropped before computing the final grades for the course. Grades are computed using the raw score of the practical examinations. Natural clusters of raw score totals are assigned grades. You are competing for your grade with the other students in the course.

Students requesting classroom accommodation must first register with the Dean of Students Office. The Dean of Students Office will provide documentation to the student who must then provide this documentation to the Instructor when requesting accommodation. Students with special learning or testing requirements should talk with Dr. Warren as soon as possible about alternate testing formats.

Fall 2004 - Modified 4 August 2004

Graduate dates

August 23: Syllabus; Class rules; notebook requirements; Anatomical terms. Reading assignment: Chapter 3
August 25: Anatomical terms and orientation/planes; Types of bone
August 27: The Skull - bones. Reading assignment: Chapter 4 (37-56; 97-98)
August 30: The Skull II
September 1: The Skull - foramina and related soft tissue
September 3: The Skull – Osteometric pts. Reading assign: Chap. 4 (56-97); Chap. 6 (129-130)
September 6: No Classes - Labor Day
September 8: Measuring the skull; head shape and size. Reading assignment: Chapter 4 (49-56)
September 10: QUIZ 1
September 13: Metric analysis; Fordisc 2.0. Reading assignment: Chapter 5
September  15: Dentition. Reading assignment: Chapter 5
September 17: Vertebrae; Read Chap. 6(131-148); Chap. 11(207-211)
September 20: Vertebrae: Part II
September 22: Os Coxae. Reading assignment: Chapter 11 (212-220)
September 24: QUIZ 2
September 27: Pelvic girdle; inlet and outlet; locomotion and childbirth
September 29:  Review of the axial skeleton
October 1: QUIZ 3
October 4: Clavicle and Scapula. Read Chapter 8
October 6: Thorax – sternum and ribs. Reading assignment: Chapter 7
October 8: Humerus, Radius and Ulna. Reading assignment: Chapter 9
October 11: Humerus, Radius and Ulna (continued). Reading assignment: Chapter 9
October 13: Individual meeting with instructors
October 15: QUIZ 4
October 18: The Hand. Reading assignment: Chapter 10
October 20: The Hand II. Reading assignment: Chapter 10
October 22: QUIZ 5
October 25: Determining stature from long bones
October 27: The immature skeleton; age determination of fetuses and juveniles
October 29: Femur
November 1 : Tibia, Fibula and Patella
November 3: Game Day: Play Who Wants to be an Osteologist? for fabulous prizes!
November 5: QUIZ 6
November 8: Tarsals
November 10: The Foot. Reading assignment: Chapter 13
November 15: April 18: Review of the appendicular skeleton
November 17: Human Identification. Reading assignment: Chapter 22
November 19: QUIZ 7
November 22: Game Day: Play Who Wants to be an Osteologist? for fabulous prizes!
December 1: Overall review
December 3: No Class for graduate students- Independent work on notebooks
December 6: No Class for graduate students- Independent work on notebooks
December 8: FINAL PRACTICAL; NOTEBOOKS DUE
 

Rules for B-304 Turlington Hall

• The room is to remain secure at all times. If you leave, even for a few minutes, be sure the door is closed and locked. ANT 3511 students are not to be admitted to the room or left unattended in the room at any time for any reason.
• Permission for visitors to the laboratory must be received from Dr. Warren or another faculty member. No exceptions!
• No specimens are to leave B-304 Turlington Hall or B-342 Turlington Hall.
• All skeletal and other materials are to be treated with the utmost respect.
• The laboratory is not a social center. Please be respectful of other student's study time.
• Osteology students are restricted to specimens in specifically marked boxes.  Further instructions about which specimens are available will be given in class. The steel case cabinets and adjacent wood cabinets are off limits.
• Any transgressions of these rules will lead to point loss and/or dismissal from the course.

"Stump the Chump"is borrowed from a long-standing tradition at the University of Florida's College of Medicine. Each week I will post a graphic on the web that poses several questions. Students are invited to examine the photo and e-mail their answers. The questions will be easy at first, but will become more difficult as the Osteology course progresses.  Good luck . . . and don't be a chump!
 
 
 
 

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