UC DAVIS ANTHROPOLOGY
Anthropology 156
Spring 2006
H.M. McHenry

Lecture #15: Paleopathology (Lecture #15 as printable pdf)

Pictures (Pictures as printable pdf)

Human Osteology

Schedule and Requirements


Date      Lecture                  Laboratory                Reading           

Mar 30    Introduction             1.  Bones of the Skull I  1-14; 319-335  
                                                             White (2000)      

Apr 4     Bone Biology             2.  Bones of the Skull    15-43         
                                   II                                          

Apr 6     Sex and Age              3.  Sex and Age of the    45-77; 134-7;         
                                   Skull                     362-5                  

Apr 11    Skull:  Measurement,     4.  Osteometrics of the   77-107;373-6         
          Biological Affinities,   Skull                                       
          Disorders                                                            

Apr 13    Sadistic Quiz #1         Research Projects                           


Apr 18    Dentition:  Morphology   5.  Dentition I          110-120         
          and Development                                                      

Apr 20    Dentition:  Sex and Age  6.  Dentition II         120-128;342-45         

Apr 25    Dentition:  Variation    7.  Dentition III        129-134        
          and Disorders                                                        

Apr 27     Quiz #2                  Research Projects                           

May 2    Hyoid and Vertebrae       8.  Vertebral Column     137-156       

May 4    Chest and Shoulder        9. Chest and Shoulder    157-177       

May 9   Arm and Forearm           10. Arm and Forearm      179-198;369-72       

May 11    Wrist and Hand           11. Wrist and Hand       199-216;349-51       

May 16    Quiz #3       

May 18    Pelvis:  Sex and Age     12.  Pelvis               217-30;349-55;365-9                                                              

May 23    Thigh and Leg            13. Thigh and Leg         231-55           

May 25    Foot                     14. Foot                  257-276       

May 30    Paleopathology	   15. Paleopathology        381-406                

June 1    Review                    Review                                      

June 6   Final Quiz                                                           



Text: White, Tim D. (2000) Human Osteology, Second Edition. Academic Press, San Diego.

McHenry, Henry M. (2006) Anthropology 156 Syllabus. Navin's Copy Shop, 231 Third Street, Davis.


http://www.eskeletons.org/ a web site for the study of human osteology!