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Bioarchaeology

Code: 106856 ECTS Credits: 6
2025/2026
Degree Type Year
Archaeology OB 3

Contact

Name:
Cristina Rihuete Herrada
Email:
cristina.rihuete@uab.cat

Teachers

Maria Saña Segui
Raquel Piqué Huerta
Laura Obea Gomez
Roger Alcantara Fors

Teaching groups languages

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Prerequisites

The course "Introduction to Archeology" should have been taken previously.


Objectives and Contextualisation

The course is part of the subject area "Field and Laboratory Methods and Techniques" of the degree in

Archaeology. There are 36 ECTS of compulsory courses related to this subject area (Methods and field

techniques in prehistoric archaeology, Methods and techniques in historical archaeology, Analysis of artifacts,

Analysis and study of archaeological materials, Bioarchaeology and Quantitative Archaeology) aiming at

providing basic knowledge on methodology and field and laboratory techniques in archaeology.

The Bioarchaeology course emphasizes those methods and techniques associated with archaeozoological,

archaeobotanical and ancient human remains. The methods for describing and analysing the variability of the

data are presented, introducing aspects such as the testing of statistical hypotheses or the analysis of

qualitative and quantitative relationships. The contents of this subject are aimed at giving students the basic

tools that are necessary for dealing with archaeological materials as a category of historical documents.

The course relies in practical training and is designed to provide a problem-oriented approach with the help of

practical sessions in the teaching lab.


Learning Outcomes

  1. CM09 (Competence) Plan the work processes of archaeology, specifically information processing in the field and laboratory analysis activities, organising work teams and distributing different tasks among their members to achieve the expected goals.

Content

Block 1.- Archaeobotany

- Nature and specificity of archaeobotanical remains

- Formation of the archaeobotanical record.

- Methods and techniques for recovering botanical remains

- The determination of archaeobotanical remains

- Seed and fruit remains: food resources and products, processing and consumption

- Anthracology and dendrology: the management of forest resources

- Palynology: the vegetal landscape

Block 2.- Archaeozoology

- Fauna analysis in the framework of archaeological research projects. Goals, trends and key concepts in

archaeozoology. Integrating archaeozoological problems to archaeological research.

- The nature of the paleofaunistic record. Micromammals, fish, molluscs and birds. Other categories of

remains: amphibians, reptiles, insects and mites

- The formation of fauna remains: archaeotaphonomy. The incorporation of animal remains to the

archaeological sites: agents and conditions. Archaeotaphonomy assessment.

- The recovery of fauna remains: units and conditions. Representativeness of faunal assemblages: the problem

of sampling.

- Anatomical and taxonomic classification of fauna remains. The reference collection. The handbooks.

Problems with the determination of morphologically close species. Biometry. DNA. Categories and

classification units used in archeozoology. Databases and recording methods.

- Determination of the structure of the slaughtered animal populations. The estimation of age: tooth wear and

epiphyseal closure assessment. X-rays. Sex determination. Morphology and osteometric criteria.

- Anthropic modifications. Traces linked to processing, distribution and consumption of animal resources.

Identification of work processes through the analysis of changes in bone surfaces. Techniques involved in the

preparation of food for consumption: identification and characterization based on the analysis of thermal

alterations. Analysis of fracture patterns and their relationship with the processing and consumption of animals

and animal products.

- The spatial analysis of fauna remains. Bone breakage, refiting and anatomical articulations.

- Quantification and statistical treatment. Sample representativity. Number of remains and minimum number of individuals. Skeletal parts frequencies. Evaluation of potentially supplied biomass.

- The interpretation: management of animal resources. Different trends in Archaeozoology.

Block 3.- Human Osteoarchaeology (Physical Anthropology)

- Bone tissues, anatomical standards, human variability and osteological determination.

- Human bones of the axial skeleton

- Human bones of the appendicular skeleton

- Principles of demographic analysis (1): age-at-death estimation.

- Principles of demographic analysis (2): sex estimation.

- Tomb excavation & record: orientation, position, sequencing and funerary taphonomy.

- Human bones in funerary practices research.


Activities and Methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Practical sessions 50 2 CM09, CM09
Type: Supervised      
Exercices based on ICT 15 0.6 CM09, CM09
Type: Autonomous      
Written assingments 80 3.2 CM09, CM09

The course is of a practical nature and it will be taught in the teaching laboratories of the Department of

Prehistory.

Basic procedures for the analysis of archaeological remains will be learned by means of case study

applications and practical exercises.

Distribution of hours per block:

- Archaeozoology: 21 hours

- Archaeobotany: 21 hours

- Human osteoarchaeology: 12 hours

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be

reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.


Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Delivery of practical exercices 64% 3 0.12 CM09
Exams 36% 2 0.08 CM09

Attendance to practical classes is compulsory; exercises and practical work will be required for each one of the

three blocks.

Written tests will also be required for some of the contents of the course.

To pass the course it is mandatory to pass each one of the three tematic blocks.

Weighting evaluation activities:

Archaeobotany: delivery of practical exercises 24% (4 deliveries, each represents 6%), final written test 16%

Archaeozoology: delivery of practical exercises 20%, final written test 20%

Human osteoarchaeology: delivery of practical exercise 20%

Re-evaluation:

A second evaluation is foreseen for those students not having passed the first one if the following requirements

are met:

- All tests for each one of the three blocks must have been taken.

- All practical sessions must have been attended.

At the time of completion/delivery of each assessment activity, the teacher will inform (Moodle, SIA) of the

procedure and date of revision of the grades.

The student will be classified as Non-evaluable when he or she: 1.) has not passed all three tematic blocks; 2.)

has not delivered at least 30% of the evaluation activities.

In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade

awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any

disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the

same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.

This course does not incorporate single assessment.


Bibliography

Bloc 1.- Archaeobotany

Handbooks and general works

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BUXÓ, R.; PIQUÉ , R. (dir.) 2003 La recogida de muestras en arqueobotánica: objetivos y propuestas

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BUXÓ, Ramon.; PIQUÉ, Raquel. 2008.Arqueobotànica. Los usos de las plantas en la Península Ibèrica.

Barcelona: Ariel

HARDY, Karen. AND KUBIAK-MARTENS, Lucy (Eds) 2016. Wild Harvest: Plants inthe Hominin and

Pre-Agrarian Human Worlds. Oxbow Books

HASTORF Christine; POPPER (Eds) Current paleoethnobotany: analytical methods and cultural

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LITYŃSKA-ZAJĄC, Maria 2018. A Man and a Plant: Archaeobotany. In: Pişkin, E., Marciniak, A., Bartkowiak,

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MARTÍN SEIJO, María; RICO REY, Aldara; TEIRA BRIÓN, Andrés, PICÓN PLATAS, GARCÍA GONZÁLEZ,

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Anthracology

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CHABAL, Lucie. 1992 "La représentativité paléo-écologique des charbons de bois archéologiques issusdu

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DAMBLON Frederic. (ed.). 2013. Proceedings of the Fourth International Meeting of Anthracology. British

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and wood uses. British Archaeological Reports International Series, 1063: 1-284.

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Atles anatomia plantes

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SCHWEINGRUBER, Fritz. H. 1996 Tree rings and environment dendroecology. Birmensdorf: Swiss Federal

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http://http//www.plantatlas.eu

https://ipna.unibas.ch/archbot/pdf/index.html

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BEKKER, R.M., CAPPERS, R. T.J AND NEEF, R. 2011. Digital Atlas of Economic Plants in Archaeology. The

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Revistes digitals:

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. https://www.springer.com/journal/334/

 

Bloc 2. Archaeozoology

TEMA 1. Faunal analysis in archaeological research:

DAVIS, S.J.M. (1989). La arqueología de los animales, Barcelona, Ediciones Bellaterra S.A.

CHAIX, L., MÉNIEL, P.(2005). Manual de arqueozoología. Editorial Ariel, Barcelona.

ESTÉVEZ, J. (1991). "Cuestiones de fauna en arqueologia". Arqueologia, nuevas tendencias: 57-81, Madrid,

CSIC.

HESSE, B., WAPNISH, P. (1985). Animal bone Archaeology.From objectives to analysis. Manuals on

Archaeology, 5. Washington, Taraxacum.

PERES,TANYA M. (2010). Methodological Issues in Zooarchaeology, in: A.M. VanDerwarker and T.M. Peres

(eds.), Integrating Zooarchaeology and Paleoethnobotany:A Consideration of Issues, Methods, and Cases,

Springer Science,

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

Press, Cambridge, U.K.

TEMA 2. Paleofauna in the archaeological record

BAKER, ANNE S. (2009). Acari in archaeology. Exp Appl Acarol.,49:147-160.

BOUCHET, F. (1997). "La parasitologie: une discipline biologiqueau service de l'archéozoologie".

Anthropozoologica, nº 25-26: 61-64.

BRINKHUIZEN, D.C. & CLASON, A.T. (eds.) (1986). Fish & Archaeology. Oxford: BAR International Series

294.

GILBERT, B. M., L. D. MARTIN, H. G. SAVAGE (1985). Avian Osteology. Flagstaff: B. Miles Gilbert.

KENWARD, H., CARROTT, J. (2006). Insect species associations characterize past occupation sites. Journal

of Archaeological Science 33: 1452-1473.

SHAHACK-GROSS, R. (2010). Herbivorous livestock dung: Formation, taphonomy, methods for identification,

and archaeological implications, Journal of Archaeological Science, doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.09.019

STAHL, P.W. (1996). The recovery and interpretation of microvertebrate bone assemblages from

archaeological contexts. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 3:31-75.

WHEELER, A., JONES, A.K. (1989). Fishes. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

TEMA 3. The formation of faunal remains' sets: archaeotaphonomy

BLASCO, M.F. (1992). Tafonomia y Prehistoria. Métodos y procedimientos de investigación, Zaragoza,

Universidad de Zaragoza.

GISELA GRUPE (2007). Taphonomic and Diagenetic Processes,in: HENKE i TATTERSALL (Edt.): Handbook

of Paleoanthropology, Pages: 241-259, Springer, Berlin.

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

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

Books.

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TEMA 4. Retrieving faunal remains: unities and conditions

CLASON, ANTJE TRIENTJE, AND WIETSKE PRUMMEL. 1977. Collecting, Sieving, and Archaeozoological

Research. Journal of Archaeological Science 4:171-175.

GORDON, ELIZABETH A. 1993. Screen Size and Differential Faunal Recovery: A Hawaiian Example. Journal

of Field Archaeology 20(4):453-460.

JAMES, S.R. (1997). Methodological issues concerning screen size recovery rates and their effects on

archaeofaunal interpretations. Journal of Archaeological Science 24:385-398.

TEMA 5. Fauna remains assessment

CANNON, D.Y. (1987). Marine Fish Osteology: a manual for archaeologists. Burnaby, BC: Simon Fraser

University

COHEN, A. & SERJEANTSON, D. (1996). A manual for the identification of bird bones from archaeological

sites. London:Birkbeck College.

HELMER, D. (1995). "Biometria i arqueozoologia a partir d'alguns exemples del Pròxim Orient", Cota Zero, 11:

51-60.

HILLSON, S. W. (1992). Mammal bones and teeth: an introductory guide to methods of identification. Institute

of Archaeology, University College London, London, U.K.

HILLSON, S. W.(2005). Teeth. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

TEMA 6. The assessment of slaughtered animal populations structure 

GREENFIELD, HASKEL J.(2010) 'The Secondary Products Revolution:the past, the present and the future',

World Archaeology, 42: 1, 29 - 54.

HALSTEAD, P. 1998. Mortality models and milking: problems ofuniformitarism, optimality and equifinality

reconsidered. Anthropozoologica, 27: 3-20.

MULVILLE, J. i OUTRAM, A. (eds) 2005. The Zooarchaeology of Fats, Oils, Milk and Dairying (9th ICAZ

conference proceedings). Oxford: Oxbow.

ROWLEY-CONWY, PETER (2004). Age at Death: A Zooarchaeological Technique with Implications for

Anthropology, Agricultural economics and History. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in History and

Archaeology Vol. 1, No.1 (Summer 2004), pp. 51-59.

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

TEMA 7. Processing, distribution and consumption traces

SANDRINE COSTAMAGNO, FRANCINE DAVID (2009). Comparison of butchering and culinary practices of

different siberian reindeer herding groups. Archaeofauna 18: 9-25.

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.

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.

TEMA 8. Measurements and statistical procedures

DONALD K. GRAYSON & CAROL J. FREY (2004). Measuring Skeletal Part Representation in Archaeological

Faunas. Journal ofTaphonomy 2 (1): 27-42.

GRAYSON, DONALD K. (1979). On the Quantification of Vertebrate Archaeofaunas. In Advances in

Archaeological Method and Theory, vol. 2, edited by Michael B. Schiffer, pp. 199-237. Academic Press: New

York.

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

TEMA 9. La interpretació: el mode de gestió dels recursos animals:

MALTBY, M. (Edt.) (2005). Integrating Zooarchaeology, Oxbow Books, Oxford.

O'DAY,J., VAN NEER, W. (Edts.) (2003). Behaviour Behind Bones: The Zooarchaeology of Ritual, Religion,

Status and Identity, David Brown Book Company.

ROWLEY-CONWY, P. (Edt.) (2000). Animal Bones, Human Societies, Oxbow Books, Oxford.

USEFUL WEBSITES

Virtual comparative specimens:

http://vzap.iri.isu.edu/ViewPage.aspx?id=230

http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/frc/types.html

Zooarch e-mail list:

http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ZOOARCH.html

Zooarchaeological organizations:

Archeozoo - http://www.archeozoo.org/en

International Council for ArchaeoZoology http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/icaz/

Bone Commons (ICAZ) - http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/bonecommons/

Sites to buy skeletons and casts:

http://www.animalskeletons.net/

http://www.skullsite.co.uk/lists.htm

http://theevolutionstore.com/

ArchNet: Faunal Resources (Links related to identification of animal remains):

http://archnet.asu.edu/topical/Selected_Topics/Faunal%20&%20Zooarchaeology.php

Bioarchaeological References:

http://www.utep.edu/leb/baref/biblio.htm

Computerised Bone Templates (presents an approach to the computerized recording of graphical

zooarchaeological data using digital image templates and graphic software packages):

http://www.archaeographica.com

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http://www.archaeographica.com

ICAZ Animal Palaeopathology Working Group:

http://www.apwg.supanet.com/

Zooarchaeology Information and Resources:

http://www.zooarch.com

 

Bloc 3.- Human osteoarchaeology

a. Human osteology, physical anthropology, taphonomy and palaeopathology 

ALQAHTANI, Sakher Haber, HECTOR, Mark y LIVERSIDGE, Helen M. (2010), "Brief communication: the

London Atlas of Human Tooth Development and Eruption", American Journal of Physical Antrhopology, 142:

481-490.

ARSUAGA, Juan Luis (2023), Nuestro cuerpo. Siete millones de años de evolución. Destino-Planeta,

Barcelona.

BAXARIAS, Joaquín; HERRERÍN, Jesús (2008), The handbook atlas of paleopathology. Pórtico, Zaragoza.

BOTELLA, Miguel C.; ALEMÁN, Inmaculada; JIMÉNEZ, Silvia A.(1999), Los huesos humanos. Manipulación y

alteraciones. Ed. Bellaterra, Barcelona.

BUIKSTRA, Jane E. (ed.) (2019), Ortner's identification of paleopathological conditions in human skeletal

remains, Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Academic Press-Elservier

https://doi.org/10.1016/C2011-0-06880-1

BUIKSTRA, Jane E.; 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.

BYERS, Steven N.; JUÁREZ; Chelsey A. (2025), Forensic Anthropology. Laboratory Manual. 5a edició, Routledge, New York.

CAMPILLO, Domènec; SUBIRÁ, Mª Eulàlia (2004), Antropología física para arqueólogos. Ariel, Barcelona.

KLALES, Alexandra R. (2020), Sex estimation of the human skeleton. History, methods and emerging

techinques. Academic Press, Nueva York. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2017-0-03550-4

KRENZER, Udo (2006), Compendio de métodos antropológico forenses para la reconstrucción del perfil

osteo-giológico. CAFCA, Guatemala.

https://www.ziviler-friedensdienst.org/de/publikation/compendio-de-metodos-antropologico-forenses-para-la-reconstruccion-del-perfil-osteo-biologico

IRISH, Joel D.; SCOTT, Richard S. (eds.) (2016), A Companion to Dental Anthropology. Wiley Blackwell,

Londres.

MIKŠÍK, Ivan; MORVAN; Marine; BRŮEK, Jaroslav (2023), "Peptide analysis of tooth enamel - A sex

estimation tool for archaeological, anthropological, or forensic research", Journal of Separation Science

https://doi.org/10.1002/jssc.202300183

NIKITA, Efthymia. (2017), Osteoarchaeology.A Guide to the Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Remains.

Elsevier, Londres.

POKINES, James T.; SYMES, Steven A. (eds.) (2014), Manual of Forensic Taphonomy. CRC Press, Boca

Raton.

SCHAEFER, Maureen; BLACK, Sue; SCHEUER, Louise (2009), Juvenile osteology. A laboratory and field

manual. Academic Press, Londres.

UBELAKER, Douglas H. (1984), Human skeletal remains. Excavation, analysis, interpretation, edición

revisada, Smithsonian Institution, Washington. (trad. castellà: Enterramientos humanos.Excavación, análisis,

interpretación. Munibe, supl. 24, Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi, Donostia, 2003).

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

WHITE, Timothy D.; BLACK, Michael, T.; FOLKENS, Pieter A. (2011), Human Osteology, 3a edició, Academic

Press, New York.

b. Bioarchaeological applications

Monogràfic de la revista ARKEOGAZTE "Huesos, tierra, memoria", nº 10, 2020 -

https://arkeogazte.org/monografico-huesos-tierra-memoria/

DELGADO DARIAS, Teresa (2009), La historia en los dientes. Una aproximación a la Prehistoria de Gran

Canaria desde la Antropología Dental. Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Col. Cuadernos de Patrimonio Histórico nº 8,

Las Palmas.

De MIGUEL IBÁÑEZ, Patxuka (2024), “Paleopatologías de la maternidad y la primera infancia”, en Bibiana Agustí y Tona Majó (eds.), XVI Congreso Nacional e Internacional de Paloepatología, pp. 23-34.

ETXEBERRIA, Frnacisco (ed.) (2020), Las exhumaciones de la Guerra Civil y de la dictadura franquista.

Estado actual y recomendaciones de futuro. Ministerio de la Presidencia, Relaciones con las Cortes y

Memoria Democrática.

https://www.mpr.gob.es/servicios/publicaciones/Documents/Exhumaciones_Guerra_Civil_accesible_BAJA.pdf

GELLER, Pamela (2021), Theorizing bioarcheology, Springer Cham.

KATZENBERG, M. Anne; GRAUER, Anne L. (eds.) (2019), Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton. 3a

edició, Wiley-Blackwell.

KLAUS, Haagen D; HARVEY, Amanda R.; COHEN, Mark Nathan (2017), Bones of complexity.

Bioarchaeological case studies of social organization and skeletal biology. University Press of Florida,

Gainesville.

KNÜSEL, Christopher J; ROBB, John (2016), “Funerary taphonomy: An overview of goals and methods”, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 10: 655-673; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.05.031

KRAUSE, Johannes; TRAPPE, Thomas (2019), El viaje de nuestros genes, Debate, Madrid.

KURIN, Danielle Shawn (2022), The bioarchaeology of disaster. How catastrophes change our skeletons.

Routledge, Londres.

LEWIS, Mary E. (2007), The Bioarchaeology of Children. Perspectives from biological and forensic

anthropology. Cambrdige University Press, Cambridge.

MARTIN, Debra L.; HARROD, Ryan P.; PÉREZ, Ventura R. (2013), Bioarchaeoogy. An integrated approach to

working with human remains. Manuals in Archaeological Method, Theory and Technique, Springer, Nova York.

MAYS, Simon (2010), The archaeology of human bones. 2a edició, Routledge, Nueva York.

OLIART, Camila y RIHUETE, Cristina (2024), “Mujeres gestantes, fetos  y neonatos en tumbas prehistóricas de la Edad del Bronce argàrica”, en Bibiana Agustí y Tona Majó (eds.), XVI Congreso Nacional e Internacional de Paloepatología, pp. 47-54.

ROBERTS, Charlotte A. (2009), Human remains in archaeology: a handbook. Council for British Archaeology,

col. Practical Handbooks in Archaeology, nº 19, York.

SCHRADER, Sarah A.; BUZON, Michele R. (2017), "Everyday life after the collapse: a bioarchaeological

examination of entheseal change and accidental injury in Postcolonial Nubia", Bioarchaeology International, 1

(1-2): 19-34; https://doi.org/10.5744/bi.2017.1000

STODDER, Anne Lucy Wiener; PALKOVICH, Ann (eds.) (2012), The bioarchaeology of individuals. University

Press of Florida, Gainesville.

TIESLER, Vera (2022) (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Mesoamerican Bioarchaeology. Routledge, Londres.

ZUCKERMAN, Molly K.; CRANDALLB, John (2019), "Reconsidering sex and gender in relation to health and

diseasein bioarchaeology", Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 54: 161-171;

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2019.04.001

c. Digital resources

TERMCAT Diccionari d’anatomia

https://www.termcat.cat/es/diccionaris-en-linia/182

The London Atlas of Human Tooth Development – aplicació en línia per a l’estimació de l’edat dental segons protocol d’AlQahtani et al 2010.

http://www.ibossolutions.com/qmul/v3/

Explorador d’anatomia humana Inner Body amb secció específica sobre el sistema esquelètic

http://www.innerbody.com/image/skelfov.html

The University of Texas: osteologia i anatomia primatològica comparada; inclou vistes 3D i moviment

http://eskeletons.org/boneviewer/nid/12537/region/skull/bone/cranium

Estimació del sexe a partir de marcadors múltiples - Software MorphoPASSE

https://www.morphopasse.com/

Exercicis d’Osteologia Humana

http://www.free-anatomy-quiz.com/skeletalsystem.html

Jocs d’Osteologia Humana Whack-a-Bone

http://www.anatomyarcade.com/games/WAB/WAB.html

Osteoware, Smithsonian Institution (2011): software lliue per el registre digital de restes humanes (protocol dels Standards de Buikstra & Ubelaker – inclou manual)

http://osteoware.si.edu/

Skeleton Keys (Jeffrey H. Schwartz)

http://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780195188592/student/

Museum of London Archaeological Archive – Centre for Human Bioarchaeology –Osteological Research Database

https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/collections/other-collection-databases-and-libraries/centre-human-bioarchaeology/osteological-database

L’ètica en les restes osteoarqueològiques – Jornada al Museu d’Arqueologia de Catalunya (8 de noviembre de 2024)  https://loom.ly/6odx9LE

Mòmies guanches en 3D – El Museo Canario – Mòmia nº 20

Mòmia nº 20 - https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/momia-no-20-b11be945cc3249b7bd47fda342b111ea

Momia nº 5 - https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/momia-no-5-c1a2c18f95644038865f830093f7b28d

Detecció del consum de drogues en teixits prehistòrics (Guerra et al. 2023)

https://www.uab.cat/web/detall-de-noticia/evidencies-directes-del-consum-de-drogues-en-cabells-prehistorics-de-la-cova-des-carritx-1345469002000.html?noticiaid=1345888837844

https://theconversation.com/como-detectamos-el-uso-de-drogas-miles-de-anos-despues-de-su-consumo-204314

"Com es troben? Antropòlegs i forenses en la cerca de desapareguts", taula rodona amb Francisco Etxebarria i Francisco Ferrándiz, Palau Robert (Barcelona, 18 de gener de 2023)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztwX3zdRO9Y&ab_channel=departamentjusticia

Desenterrando la represión de género: análisis de la violencia ejercida sobre las mujeres. Conferencia de Laura Muñoz Encinar (Palma de Mallorca, 20 de noviembre de 2021)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNp1C5Emfm8

Museu Virtual de la Guerra Civil Espanyola

https://www.vscw.ca/es/node


Software

Standard: word processor, spreadsheet, slideshow, image editor and PDF. 


Groups and Languages

Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.

Name Group Language Semester Turn
(PLAB) Practical laboratories 11 Catalan/Spanish first semester morning-mixed
(PLAB) Practical laboratories 12 Catalan/Spanish first semester morning-mixed
(TE) Theory 1 Catalan/Spanish first semester morning-mixed