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2019/2020

Bioarchaeology and Archaeology

Code: 44065 ECTS Credits: 6
Degree Type Year Semester
4313137 Prehistory, Antiquity and the Middle Ages OT 0 1
The proposed teaching and assessment methodology that appear in the guide may be subject to changes as a result of the restrictions to face-to-face class attendance imposed by the health authorities.

Contact

Name:
Raquel Piqué Huerta
Email:
Raquel.Pique@uab.cat

Use of Languages

Principal working language:
spanish (spa)

Teachers

Maria Saña Seguí
Karen Hardy
Carlos Tornero Dacasa
Cristina Rihuete Herrada

Prerequisites

None

Objectives and Contextualisation

 

 
The objective of this module is to train the student in the analysis of the materials of the prehistoric archaeological sites. The course will focus on the analysis of biotic resources: archeozoology, archaeobotany, archeobiochemistry and archeoanthropology.

Competences

  • Choose and apply the most efficient methods and techniques at each stage of the historical or archaeological research being conducted.
  • Critically analyse the theoretical and methodological standpoints that have guided research in prehistory, ancient history and medieval history.
  • Discuss and compare scientific opinions and issues in open academic debate.
  • Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
  • Organise, plan and manage research work.
  • Solve problems in new or little-known situations within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the field of study.
  • Use acquired knowledge as a basis for originality in the application of ideas, often in a research context.
  • Use the typical categories and vocabulary used in research and dissemination of prehistory, antiquity, and the Middle Ages.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Critically apply research techniques in prehistoric archaeology.
  2. Critically evaluate the value of the different tools needed for research in prehistoric archaeology
  3. Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
  4. Organise, plan and manage research work.
  5. Solve problems in new or little-known situations within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the field of study.
  6. Use acquired knowledge as a basis for originality in the application of ideas, often in a research context.
  7. Use the main analytic methods, techniques and instruments in prehistoric archaeology.
  8. Use the specific technical vocabulary for interpretation in the field of prehistoric archaeology.

Content

Archaeoanthropology:

1. Introduction to human osteology and functional anatomy in Bioarcheology.
2. Skull: identification practices and determination of sex and age.
3. Anthropometry and epigenetic features: applications in ancestry and affiliation studies.
4. Postcranial identification practices and determination of sex and age.
5. Funerary practices: taphonomy; labile and persistent joints; decomposition in closed and open medium; collective and secondary burials
6. Paleopathology: ontogeny, bone abnormalities and differential diagnosis; postural and labor markers; fractures and indicators of physical violence.

Archaeobotanyl

1 Introduction to the archaeobotanical remains. Presentation of the main categories of remains that can be recovered in archaeological contexts: macroremains (charcoals, woods and seeds), microremains (pollen, phytoliths and starches). 
2 The processes of formation of the archaeobotanical samples. The human activities and the work processes that generate remains of plants, contributions of ethnography. Processes that affect the conservation of the remains, contributions of experimentation. Sampling and recovering methods during excavation.
3 Anthracology and dendrology: practical session. Sample preparation Anatomy of the woods and criteria for the determination of the species. Dendrometry and criteria for the determination of the morphometric characteristics of the woods.
4 Paleocarpology: practical session. Criteria for the determination of cereals and legumes. Biometrics

Archaeozoology
1. Introduction. Animal skeleton, structure and bone development. Principles of identification, taxonomy. Determination of age and sex. Dental development and bone fusion. Age histograms
2. Study of animal variability:biometric analysis, geometric morphometry, biomechanics and bone microstructure.
3. Study of animal management and production: anatomical and taxonomic variability of fauna remains. Animal paleopathology. Dental microdose and biogeochemical analysis.
4. Study of the organization and human consumption: archeotaphonomy, spatial analysis and spectroscopic analysis of bons.

 

Archaebiochemistry

1. Analysis of stable isotopes (δ13C, δ15N, δ18O and 87Sr / 86Sr) and Bioarcheology: general lines
2. Fundaments of the analysis: Urey (1947) and Calvin (1961)
3. First proposals for integration in Archeology (Robert Hall, 1967) and innovation '80 and '90
4. Theory and nomenclature; examples of isotopic fractionation
5. Bioarchaeological proposals: analyzed remains, temporary resolution, preservation of the signal
6. Wildlife as a subject of study: paleocolological reconstitutions and climate; characterization management and exploitation of animal populations.
7. New challenges


CONTENTS: THE PALEODIET AND THE USE OF PLANTS BEFORE AGRICULTURE
1. Introduction: importance of paleodiet studies
2. Methods of study
3. The diet and evolution of the Plio-Pleistocene hominids
4. The use of plants as food and medicine until the development of agriculture
6. Practices: laboratory and microscope

Methodology

 

Guided activities:
- Introductory classes on the theoretical and methodological approaches of the subject.
- Discussion seminars
- Laboratory practice
Supervised activities:
- tutorials and scheduled learning exercises (individual or in small groups)
Autonomous activities:
- documentation search, text reading, work writing, study



Activities

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Lectures, seminars and practices 37.5 1.5 1, 8, 7, 5, 6
Type: Supervised      
Tutorial 37.5 1.5 7, 4, 3, 5
Type: Autonomous      
Preparation of exercises and works 65 2.6 2, 4, 3, 5

Assessment

Realization of the practices in the classroom 30%
Written exercises and work presentations 70%

Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Essays 35 3.5 0.14 2, 8, 5
Individual and group work 40 4 0.16 1, 8, 7, 4, 3, 6
Public presentations 25 2.5 0.1 8, 4, 3, 5

Bibliography

Bibliografia

BIBLIOGRAFIA ARQUEOANTROPOLOGIA

BAXARIAS, J. y HERRERÍN, J. (2008), The handbook atlas of Paleopathology. Portico, Zaragoza.

BOTELLA, M.C., ALEMÁN, I. y JIMÉNEZ, S.A. (1999), Los huesos humanos. Manipulación y alteraciones. Ed. Bellaterra, Barcelona.

BUIKSTRA, J. i UBELAKER, D.H.(eds) (1994), Standards for data collection from human skeletal remains. Proceedings of a Seminar at the Field Museum of Natural History organized by Jonathan Haas, Arkansas Archaeological Survey Research Serie nº 44, Indianapolis.

CAMPILLO, D. i SUBIRÁ, M. E. (2004), Antropología física para arqueólogos. Ariel, Barcelona.

DUDAY, H. (2009), The Archaeology of the Dead: Lectures in Archaeothanatology. Oxbow Books, Londres.

KATZENBERG, M. A. i SAUNDERS, S. R. (eds.) (2008), Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton.  2ª ed.,Wiley-Liss, Hoboken.

MARTIN, D.L. i HARROD, R.P. (2015), “Bioarchaeological contributions to the study of violence”, Yearbook of Physical Anthropology, 156: 116-145.

MARTIN, D.L., HARROD, R.P. i PÉREZ, V.R. (2013), Bioarchaeology. An integrated approach to working with human remains. Manuals in Archaeological Method, Theory and Technique, Springer, Nova York.

ORTNER, D.J. (2003), Identification of paleopathological conditions in human skeletal remains, Smithsonian Institution, Washington.

ROBERTS, Ch. A. (2009), Human remains in archaeology: a handbook. Council for British Archaeology, col. Practical Handbooks in Archaeology, nº 19, York.

SCHAEFER, M., BLACK, S. i SCHEUER, L. (2009), Juvenile osteology. A laboratory and field manual. Academic Press, Londres.

STODDER, A.L.W., i PALKOVICH, A.M. (eds.) (2012), The bioarchaeology of individuals. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.

TERMCAT (1993), Diccionari d’anatomia, Colecció Diccionaris terminològics, Fundació Barcelona, Barcelona. URL <http://www.termcat.cat/es/Diccionaris_En_Linia/182/>

WALDRON, T. (2009), Palaeopathology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

WEISS, E. (2009), Bioarchaeological Science. What we have learned from human skeletal remains. Nova Science, Nova York.

WHITE, T. D.  (1991, 2011 -3ª ed.-), Human Osteology,  Academic Press, Nova York.

 

BIBLIOGRAFIA ARQUEOZOOLOGIA

I. Publicacions introductòries

English Heritage (2014). Animal Bones and Archaeology: Guidelines for Best Practice. London: English Heritage.

REITZ, ELIZABETH J., I ELIZABETH S. WING. (2008). Zooarchaeology, 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

RUSSELL, NERISSA (2011). Social Zooarchaeology: Humans and Animals in Prehistory. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

2. Classificació anatòmica i taxonòmica

BARONE, R. (1976). Anatomie comparée des mammifères domestiques. Tome I Ostéologie (2 fascicules). París, Vigot Freres Editeurs.

GEHR, KEITH D. (1995). Bones: A field and laboratory guide for the identification of the postcranial bones of the mammalian skeleton. Bare Bones Publications, Auburn, Washington.

GILBERT, B. M. 1980. Mammalian osteology. B. Miles Gilbert, Laramie, Wyoming.

HILLSON, SIMON W. (1990). Teeth. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U. K.

SCHMIDT, E. (1972). Atlas of animal bones for prehistorians, archaeologists and quaternary geologists. Elsevier Publishing, Amsterdam.

SERJEANTSON (2009). Birds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

WHEELER, A. and JONES, A. (1989). Fishes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Best general text book).

3. Edat i sexe

AMOROSI, T. (1989). A postcranial guide to domestic neo-natal and juvenile mammals: the identification and aging of old world species. B.A.R international series, Oxford.

JONES, G. and SADLER, P (2012). Age at death in cattle: methods, older cattle and known-age reference material. Environmental Archaeology 17(1) 11-28.

LEGGE, A J (2013). ‘Practice with Science’:molar tooth eruption ages in domestic, feral and wild pigs (Sus scrofa). International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 23(3) 1099-1212.

PAYNE, S. (1973) 'Kill-off patterns in sheep and goats: the mandibles from Asvan Kale', Anatolian Studies 23 pp281-303.

POPKIN, P, BAKER, P, WORLEY, F, PAYNE, S and HAMMON, A (2012). The sheep project (1): determining skeletal growth, timing of epiphyseal fusion and morphomentric variation in unimproved Shetland sheep of known age, sex, castration status and nutrition. Journal of Archaeological Science 39: 1775-1792.

PRUMMEL, W. (1987). "Atlas for the identification of foetal skeletal elements of cattle, horse, sheep and pig. Part 1". Archaeozoologia, 1, 1: 23-30.

RUSCILLO, D. (Edt.) (2005). Recent advances in ageing and sexing animal bones, Oxbow Books, Oxford.

TWISS, K.C. (2008). An assessment of the archaeological applicability of faunal ageing methods based on dental wear. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 18, 329-351.

WILSON, B., C. GRIGSON and S. PAYNE (editors) (1982). Ageing and sexing animal bones from archaeological sites. BAR British Series 109, Oxford, U.K.

4. Biometria

ALBARELLA, U (2002). Size matters: how and why biometry is still important in zooarchaeology. In Dobney, K and O'Connor, T (Eds.) Bones and the Man: Studies in honour of Don Brothwell. Oxford: Oxbow 51-62.

DAVIS, S (1996). Measurements of a group of adult female shetland sheep skeletons from a single flock: a baseline for zooarchaeologists. Journal of Archaeological Science 23: 593-612.

EVIN, A., CUCCHI, T., CARDINI, A., STRAND VIDARSDOTTIR, U., LARSON, G. and DOBNEY, K. (2013). The long andwinding road: identifying pig domestication through molar size and shape. Journal of Archaeological Science, 40, 735-743.

MEADOW, R. (1999). The use of size index scaling techniques for research on archaeozological collections from the Middle East, in Historia Animalium ex Ossibus, Beitrage zur Palaeoanatomie, Archaeologie, Agyptologie, Ethnologie und Geschichte der Tiermedizin, (eds) C. Becker, H. Manhart, J. Peters, and J. Schibler. Rahden: Verlag Marie Leidorf.

5. Tafonomia

BAR-OZ, G. and N.D. MUNRO (2004). Beyond cautionary tales: a multivariate taphonomic approach for resolving equifinality in zooarchaeological studies. Journal of Taphonomy, 2, 201-221.

BINFORD, L.R. (1981). Bones - Ancient Men and Modern Myths. Academic Press.

CONARD, N., WALKER, S. and KANDEL, A. (2008). How heating and cooling and wetting and drying can destroy dense faunal elements and lead to differential preservation. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.

FISHER, J. W. 1995. Bone surface modifications in zooarchaaeology. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2.1, 7-68.

JANS, M., NIELSEN-MARSH, C., SMITH, C., COLLINS, M. and KARS, H. (2004). Characterisation of microbial attack on archaeological bone. Journal of Archaeological Science 31, 87-95.

LYMAN, R. L. (1994). Vertebrate taphonomy. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

MADGWICK, R and MULVILLE, J (2015). Reconstructing depositional histories through bone taphonomy: Extending the potential of faunal data. Journal of Archaeological Science 53: 255-263.

MAREAN, C.W. (1991). Measuring the postdepositional destruction of bone in archaeological assemblages. Journal of Archaeological Science, 18, 677-694.

O'CONNOR, T. (Edt.) (2004). Biosphere to Lithosphere: New Studies in Vertebrate Taphonomy, Oxbow Books.

6. Traces antròpiques

GIFFORD-GONZÁLEZ, D. (1993). Gaps in zooarchaeology analysis of butchery: Is gender an issue? In: Hudson, J. (ed.): From Bones to Behavior: Ethnoarchaeological and Experimental Contributions to the Interpretation of Faunal Remains: 181-199. Center for Archaeological Investigations, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale

GREENFIELD, H.J. (1999). The origins of metallurgy: distinguishing stone from metal cut-marks on bones from archaeological sites. Journal of Archaeological Science 26, 797-808.

KOON, J., NICHOLSON, R. and COLLINS, M. (2003). A practical approach to the identification of low temperature heated bone using TEM. Journal of Archaeological Science 31: 1393-1399.

O'CONNOR, T.P. (1993). Process and terminology in mammal carcass reduction. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 3,63-68.

OUTRAM, A.K. (2001). A new approach to identifying Bone Marrow and Grease exploitation: why the “indeterminate” fragments should not be ignored. Journal of Archaeological Science 28: 401-410.

PEARCE, J. & LUFF, R. (1994). The taphonomy of cooked bone, in: LUFF, R. & ROWLEY-CONWY, P. (Edts.): Whither environmental archaeology ?. Oxbow Monograph, 38: 51-56.

RUSSELL, N., MARTIN, L.A. (2012). Cooking Meat and Bones at Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Turkey. In S. R. Graff and E. Rodríguez-Alegría (eds) The Menial Art of Cooking: Archaeological Studies of Cooking and Food Preparation, 87-97. Boulder: University Press of Colorado.

SPETH, J.D. (2000). Boiling vs baking and roasting: a taphonomic approach to the recognition of cooking techniques in small mammals, in Rowley-Conwy, P. (ed), 89-105. Animal Bones, Human Societies. Oxford: Oxbow Books

7. Quantificació i estadística

LYMAN, R.L. (2008). Quantitative paleozoology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

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