NAS Part III - Osteoarchaeology
This is a one day course in the Archaeological Science Part III module. The course is held at the Centre for Archaeology, English Heritage, Fort Cumberland and is taught by Polydora Baker and Simon Mays of English Heritage.
The course costs £110 for the day (NAS members receive a 5% disocunt)
Both human and animal bones can provide a lot of information about a site and the people who lived or worked there, including a demographic profile, food production, trade and health. The course will introduce how this information can be gained, with methods of recoridng and analysing samples from archaeological sites.
For more information and for some suggested further reading for the course, please follow the links below. A maximum of 6 credit points will be available in the Archaeological Science Part III module.
Human Osteology
Zoo Archaeology
Course Timetable
"Absolutely first class osteoarchaeoology course - excellent tutors."
- Simon Draper 2009
"We all enjoyed the puzzle with the bones, like a jigsaw. Also the aging and sexing of humans, very interesting" - Eddie Esser 2009
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