ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bioarchaeology, Biological Anthropology, Medical Anthropology
9 Apr 2016
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The scienti c method: inductive vs. deductive methods, hypothesis vs. theory. Cultural meanings of illness: role of medical anthropology, health systems (humoural, biomedical, etc. , illness vs. disease, role of healers, culture-speci c illness, cultural reactions to illness, documentary: hold your breath - mr. kochi. Diseases past and present: role of paleopathology, sources of information for past disease, osteological paradox, epidemiological transitions, causes, timing and effects, zoonoses and (re)emergence of modern infectious diseases, guest lecture: randy thompson - mummy atherosclerosis. Culture and death: how is death de ned? (e. g. harvard criteria, rituals surrounding death, cross-cultural perspectives on infanticide, cross-cultural perspectives on suicide, guest lecture: ron beckett - png mummi cation. Bioarchaeology: study of human skeleton in archaeological context, limitations of the evidence, health, diet, work/activities, trauma. Forensic anthropology/archaeology: role of forensic anthropologist/archaeologist, process of decomposition, factors affecting decomposition, 10 key questions. It focuses only on prehistoric societies and fossil species. It includes the study of human evolution and variation.
