Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY ANT5601002 3 + 3 5.0 10.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
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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; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Information about the place of Forensic Anthropology in forensic science, its importance, purpose and areas of work Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Information on the sites where the Forensic Anthropological Finds are Recovered Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week "Digging up bones from the area, recording, packaging and transportation to the laboratory " Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week "Creating the Informatino Form that are to be used in Skeletal Analyses " Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week "Evaluation of mixed skeletal " Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week "Information on osteometric measurements on the skeleton " Lecture
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week "Information about the non-metrical traits on skeletons " Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week "Information on the observable pathological conditions on skeletons " Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week "Information for evaluating and processing the data from human skeletons and the statistical analysis to be used " Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week "Information for using the data and using them in reports " Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week "Practical work in the laboratory " Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week "Practical work in the laboratory " Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week "General evaluation and discussion " Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Adams, B. J. (2007) Forensic Anthropology, Chelsa House.
Bowers, C. M. (2004) Forensic Dental Evidence: An Investigator’s Handbook, Elsevier Academic Press,2004
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). Analysis of forensic anthropology cases submitted to the Smithsonian Institution by the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1962 to 1994.
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.
Pickering, R. ve Bachman, D. (2009) The Use of Forensic Anthropology, CRC Press.
References Brothwell, D. R. (1981) Digging up Bones, 3. Baskı, London: Oxford University Press.
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.

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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 5
Homework 2 14
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 2 20
Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) 14 4
Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice , Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice) 14 3
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 14
Total Workload
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