018: Advanced Osteological Analysis in the Roman Necropolis of Sanisera (Menorca – Spain)

Learning Outcomes

In the Fieldwork

• Funerary practices at the Sanisera site.
  
  
• Taphonomic factors affecting survival of skeletal material.
  
  

In the Laboratory

• Complete osteological analysis of an individual funerary unit.
  
  
• Assessment of disarticulated remains and computation of minimum number of individuals.
  
  
• Application of standard techniques of bone measurement, age estimation, sex estimation, classification of dental pathology and tooth wear.
  
  
• Identification of fragmentary bones.
  
  
• Utilization of anatomical terminology to describe and discuss skeletal elements.
  
  
• Recording osteological information on complex forms.
  
  
• Recognition of non-metric traits and pathological bone.

Theory

• Development and application of osteological methods.
  
  
• Assessment of cremated remains.
  
  
• Chemical analyses of human bone – isotopes and DNA.
  
  
• Identifying trauma in archaeological bone.
  
  
• Challenges in paleodemography and paleoepidemiology.
  
  
• Estimating ancestry of human skeletal remains.