SYLLABUS

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 B301 Laboratory Methods in Bioanthropology
B301 Lab and Assignment Schedule

Lab Schedule and Reading List
     Note: Schedule and readings are subject to change!
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Important Events & Due Dates
Week One
    Mon. Sept. 2nd – Discussion of syllabus and requirements; ethics in bioanthropology.
    Weds. Sept. 4th – Lab 1: Introduction to the Skeletal System
        Readings: Lab Manual, Lab 1; White, Chapters 1 & 3

Week Two

    Mon. Sept. 9th – Lab 2: Bones of the Skull I                                                                                               Quiz 1
        Readings: Lab Manual, Lab 2; White pp. 45-57 & 64-83
    Weds. Sept. 11th – Lab 3: Bones of the Skull II
        Readings:  Lab Manual, Lab 3; White pp. 83-108

Week Three

    Mon. Sept. 16th – Lab 4: Dentition                                                                                                               Quiz 2
        Readings:  Lab Manual, Lab 4; White pp. 38 & 109-136
    Weds. Sept. 18th – Lab 5: Axial Skeleton
        Readings:  Lab Manual, Lab 5; White pp. 137-166

Week Four

    Mon. Sept. 23rd – Lab 6: Appendicular Skeleton I, Upper Limb                                                               Quiz 3
        Readings: Lab Manual, Lab 6; White, pp. 167-216
    Weds. Sept. 25th – Lab 7: Appendicular Skeleton II, Lower Limb
        Readings: Lab Manual, Lab 7; White pp. 217-276

Week Five

    Mon. Sept. 30th – Lab 8: Determination of Sex                                                                                           Quiz 4
        Readings: Lab Manual, Lab 8; White pp. 337-340 & 362-369 *
    Weds. Oct. 2nd – Lab 9: Determination of Age
        Readings: Lab Manual, Lab 9; White pp. 340-362 *

Week Six
    Mon. Oct. 7th – Lab 10: Osteometry
        Readings: Lab Manual, Lab 10; White pp. 57-64
    Weds. Oct. 9th – Lab 11: Pathologies and Anomalies
        Readings: Lab Manual, Lab 11; White pp. 381-405 *

Week Seven

    Mon. Oct. 14th – Forensic Case Assigned; Open Lab (Review)                                        Project Proposal Due
    Weds. Oct. 16th – EXAM 1 (Labs 1-11)                                                                                                EXAM 1!!
Week Eight
    Mon. Oct. 21st – Lab 12: Forensic Anthropology
        Readings: Lab Manual, Lab 12; White pp. 303-317 & 451-465 *
    Weds. Oct. 23rd – Lab 13: Demography                                                                                 Cemetery field trip
        Readings: Lab Manual, Lab 13; White pp. 435-439

Week Nine

    Mon. Oct 28th – Lab 14: Primate Behavior                                                                            Cemetery Lab Due
        Readings: Lab Manual, Lab 14; *
    Weds. Oct. 30th – Work on Forensic Cases                                                                 Project Bibliography Due
Week Ten
    Mon.  Nov. 4th – Lab 15: Primate Locomotion
        Readings: Lab Manual, Lab 15; *
    Weds. Nov. 6th – Lab 16: Hominoids                                                                         Primate Behavior Lab Due
        Readings: Lab Manual, Lab 16; *

Week Eleven

   Mon.  Nov. 11th – Lab 17: Early Hominids                                                               Forensic Case Reports Due
        Readings:  Lab Manual, Lab 17; *
   Weds. Nov. 13th – Lab 18: The Genus Homo
        Readings: Lab Manual, Lab 18; *

Week Twelve
    Mon. Nov. 18th – Lab 19: Anthropometry
        Readings: Lab Manual, Lab 19; *
    Weds. Nov. 20th – Lab 20: Statistics
        Readings: Lab Manual, Lab 20

Week Thirteen

    Mon. Nov. 25th – Lab 21: Diet and Nutrition                                                  Project Abstract & Methods Due
        Readings: Lab Manual, Lab 21; *
    Weds. Nov. 27th – NO CLASS: Thanksgiving

Week Fourteen
    Mon.  Dec. 2nd – Lab 22: Growth and Development
        Readings: Lab Manual, Lab 22; *

    Weds. Dec. 4th – Lab 23: Human Variation                                                                                     Diet Lab Due
        Readings: Lab Manual, Lab 23; *

Week Fifteen
    Mon. Dec. 9th – Labs 24 & 25: Dermatoglyphics and Human Adaptation
        Readings: Lab Manual, Labs 24 & 25; *

    Weds. Dec. 11th – EXAM 2 (Labs 13-23)                                                                                              EXAM 2!!
Finals Week
    Weds. Dec. 18th – Final Projects Due No Later Than 5 p.m.!!!