This course discusses all aspects of zooarchaeology and provides a foundation incomparative osteology and the evolutionary perspectives of zoology. Students willlearn to conduct faunal analyses, and how faunal remains can be used to interpretdiet, seasonality, and socioeconomic factors of past societies. Students will alsolearn how knowledge of faunal remains aids in making the distinction betweenhuman and non-human skeletal remains in a forensic context.
ANTH-566