Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Forensic Anthropology 55503011 2 + 0 2.0 4.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
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Goals History of Forensic Anthropology, development of forensic anthropology in Turkey and in the world, the subjects of forensic anthropologys
Course Content Identification of human skeletons.and its differentiation.
Learning Outcomes 1) Learning the methods for surveying techniques
2) Describing mass burials and exhumation techniques
3) Excavation methods in forensic cases
4) The terminology for mass burials, single burials and mutliple burials
5) Differentiating if the cases are forensic or archaeological
6) Demography of mass burials
7) Methods for repairing and associating skeletons
8) Methods and techniques for sex and age determination

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Anthropology and Its Associated Disciplines Lecture

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Information about the place of Forensic Anthropology in forensic science, its importance, purpose and areas of work Lecture

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Information on the sites where the Forensic Anthropological Finds are Recovered Lecture

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4. Week Digging up bones from the area, recording, packaging and transportation to the laboratory Lecture

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Creating the Informatino Form that are to be used in Skeletal Analyses Lecture

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Evaluation of mixed skeletal Lecture

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Information on osteometric measurements on the skeleton Lecture

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Information about the non-metrical traits on skeletons Lecture

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9. Week Information on the observable pathological conditions on skeletons Lecture

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10. Week Information for evaluating and processing the data from human skeletons and the statistical analysis to be used Lecture

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Information for using the data and using them in reports Lecture

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Practical work in the laboratory Lecture

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
13. Week Practical work in the laboratory Lecture

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
14. Week General evaluation and discussion Lecture

 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Kaynaklar / References Brothwell, D. R. (1981) Digging up Bones, 3. Baskı, London: Oxford University Press. Burns, K. R. (1999) Forensic Anthropology Training Manual”, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Duyar, İ., Pelin, C. Ve Zağyapan, R. (2004), Adli Antropolojik Olgularda Boy Hesaplanması İçin Yeni Bir Yöntem, Adli Bilimler Dergisi, sf: 54, Cilt:3, Sayı:1, Mart. Grisbaum, G. A. ve Ubelaker, D. H. (2001) An Analysis of Forensic Anthropology Cases Submitted To The Smithsonian Institution By The Federal Bureau Of Investigation From 1962 to 1994, Smithsonian Contrıbutions to Anthropology, Numbers 45, Smithsonian Institution Pres., Washington, D.C. Hancı, H, İ. (2002), Adli Tıp ve Adli Bilimler, Seçkin Yayıncılık San. ve Tic. A.Ş., Ankara, 2002. Olivier, G., (1969), Practical Anthropology, Charles C. Thomas Publisher, Springfield, Illionis. Ortner, D.J. ve G.J. Putschar, (1985), Identification of Pathological Conditions in Human Skeletal Remains, Simithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC. Stewart T.D. (1979), Essentials of Forensic Anthropology, Especially as Developed in the United States, Springfield, Ill.: Thomas. Szilvassy, J. ve H. Kritscher, (1990), Estimation of Chronological Age in Man Based on the Spongy Structure of Long Bones, Anthrop. Anz., 48 (3): 289-298. Trotter, M. ve G.S. Gleser, (1952), Estimation of Stature From Long Bones of American of American Whites and and Negroes, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 10: 463-7514. Ubelaker, D.H. (2000), A History of Smithsonian–FBI Collaboration in Forensic Anthropology, Especially in Regard to Facial Imagery, Forensic Science Communications, Volume 2, Number4. Workshop of European Anthropologist, (1980), Recommandations for age and sex diagnoses of skeletons, Journal of Human Evolution, 9 (7): 518–549. Adams, B. J. (2007) Forensic Anthropology, Chelsa House. Bowers, C. M. (2004) Forensic Dental Evidence: An Investigator’s Handbook, Elsevier Academic Press,2004 Pickering, R. ve Bachman, D. (2009) The Use of Forensic Anthropology, CRC Press.

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 3
Homework 2 8
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 2 6
Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice , Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice) 14 1
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