Physical anthropology and archaeo-anthropology

larko2280  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Physical anthropology and archaeo-anthropology
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h
Q1

  This biannual learning unit is not being organized in 2019-2020 !

Teacher(s)
Crevecoeur Isabelle; Driessen Jan;
Language
French
Main themes
The physical and palaeo-anthropology section of the course discusses problematic issues relative to human remains from the archeological sites.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 The aim is to give to archeologists the necessary knowledge to manage and to interpret human remains in collaboration with anthropologist.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
Conservative methods, description and measures of human's skeleton pieces will be descripted in theory and in practice. On this base, the interpretation of the results will be considerate to understand the characters retains in divers environments and climates. The human evolution will be explained to show the cognitive new abilities recognized in the archeological material and deduced from some emerging characters.
Teaching methods
Introduction to the differentiation of types of burials and to the analysis of the state and position of  bones in order to understand funeral practices and provide information on the living practices of populations in the past.
Evaluation methods
According to the abilities of the teachers, the exam can be either oral or written. The precise mode is communicated at the beginning of the year..
Faculty or entity
ARKE


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [60] in History of Art and Archaeology : General

Master [120] in History of Art and Archaeology : General