ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Paleopathology, Medical Anthropology, Bioarchaeology
21 Oct 2015
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What is anthropology: 4 subfields, characteristics of each subfield. The scientific method: inductive vs. deductive methods, hypothesis vs. theory. Cultural meanings of illness: role of medical anthropology, health systems, humoral, biomedical, etc, illness vs. disease, role of healers, culture-specific illness, cultural reactions to illness, documentary: hold your breath mr. kochi. Diseases past & present: role of paleopathology, sources of information for past disease, osteological paradox, epidemiological transitions, causes, timing, & effects, zoonoses & (re)emergence of modern infectious diseases, guest lecture: randy thompson mummy atherosclerosis. Culture and death: how is death defined, e. g. harvard criteria, rituals surrounding death, cross-cultural perspectives on infanticide, cross-cultural perspectives on suicide, guest lecture: ron beckett png mummification. 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. What is bioarchaeology: health, diet, habitual activities o, sex, gender, age, status, time.
