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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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From.. SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE
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FACULTY OF ARTS NEW COURSE PROPOSAL -
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Action undertaken by SCUS, at its meeting of April 7, 1981 gives
rise to the following motion.
MOT I ON:
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of
Governors, as set forth in S.81
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the proposed new course,
ARC. 442-5
Forensic
Anthropology."
No additional resources are required with exception of very modest
expenses relative to some current books and subscriptions.
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
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NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
Calendar Information ?
Department
'Archaeology
Abbreviation Code:
ARC.
Course Number: ?
442 ?
Credit Hours:
5
Vector:
3-1-1
Title of Course:
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Forensic Anthropology ?
lecture/lab! sem.
Calendar Description of Course:
Current techniques in identification of recent
human skeletal remains,
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Nature of Course
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Lecture/Lab/Seminar
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
ARC.
131, 373
or permission of the instructor
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved: None
2. Scheduling,
How frequently will the course be offered?
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once every two years
Semester
in
which the course will first be offered?
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1982-1
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the
proposed offering
possible?
Dr. Mark Skinner
Objectives of the Course To train archaeology students in
the
most recent forensic
techniquesfor determining, from skeletal remains, age at death, sex, race, stature,
and important individual characteristics leading to personal identification. Other
objectives are to train police identification officers in archaeological techniques
for recovering human skeletal remains and to acquaint medico/legal professionals
with the strengths and weaknesses of evidence collected by forensic anthropologists.
4. Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
nil
Staff ?
nil
Library some current books, new subscriptions to journals
Audio Visual
nil
Space
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nil
Equipment
nil
5. Approval
Date:
9A4,21
JA.
Department Chairman
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Dean
Chairman, SCUS
QS 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a.
Attach course outline).
Arts 78-3
 
ARCHAEOLOGY 442-5
FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY
Spring Semester, 1982
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Mark Skinner
TEXT: Stewart, T. D. 1979 Essentials of Forensic Anthropology
A list of assigned readings is provided. The class will meet for a total
of 5 hours a week (ca. 3 hours lecture and 2 hours seminar/lab discussion).
Course grade will be based on bi-weekly quizzes (50%) based on your text and
assigned readings and on the seminars (25% each) with annotated bibliographies.
The instructor will discuss the pertinent and burgeoning contribution of the
archaeologist and physical anthropologist to forensic inquiry both in the
field and in the laboratory.
Except in understandable cases, (e.g. R.C.M.P. officers), students accepted
in this course will be expected to possess a basic knowledge of human osteo-
logical analysis.
Description:
Forensic anthropology is that branch of applied anthropology in which the
specialist, trained in analysis of human skeletal material, assists law
enforcement agencies in the derivation of maximum personal information from
bones, teeth, associated materials and their contextual relationships to
establish the identity of the person(s) concerned, cause of death, time
elapsed since death and other relevant information.
Techniques of forensic anthropological investigation are of direct relevance
to students of prehistoric and fossil human skeletal biology, archaeologists,
medico-legal investigators and law enforcement personnel.
The course will familiarize the student with current methods of human skeletal
analysis. Each student will investigate and present in seminar form (with
annotated bibliography)twoof the following topics:
Seminar-Topics (in sequence)
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Sexing of the skeleton
2.
Aging of children from teeth
3.
Aging of children from ossification
4.
Aging of adults from ossification
5.
Aging of adults from skeletal remodelling
6.
Aging of adults from dentition
7.
Senescence in the skeleton
8.
Pelvic pregnancy scars
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Surgery, trauma, and cultural effects on skeleton.,
10.
Occupation, socio-economic status and personal habits
11. Individualization from dental records
12.
Mass disasters with body fragmentation
13.
Fatal trauma and the skeleton
14. Cremations
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Radiography, photography,
Facial reconstruction
Elapsed time since death
Elapsed time since death
Battered babies
The perfect murder
and video
(soft tissue decomposition)
(insects, plants, animals)
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
Premortem population statistics
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Schedule of Lectures, Readings, Labs
1. Lecture: Introduction, History, Overview
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Readings: Stewart 1977 (pp. 0-9), Stewart 1979 (Ch. 1)
Kerley 1973 (Ch. 9), Kerley 1978
(pp.
160-173)
2. Lecture: Techniques for the Recovery
of
Human Remains
a)
Morse, Crusoe and Smith 1976
(pp.
323-332),
Morse, Stoutamire, and Duncan 1976
(pp.
743-7)
El Najaar & McWilliams 1978 (Ch. 1)
b)
Krogman 1962 (Ch. VII), E1-Najaar and McWilliams
(Ch.IV
pp.
72-5), Howells in Stewart 1970
(pp.
111-121),
Stewart 1979 (Ch. 11), Giles and Elliot 1962, Hughes in
Brothwell 1968
(pp.
31-51).
3. Lab: Anatomy of the Skull, Craniometry
Lecture: DeterminingRace
Readings: Stewart 1979 (Ch. 7), Krogman 1962 (Ch. V),
El-Na,áar and McWilliams 1978
(pp.
75-89)
Grob in Stewart 1970
(pp.
19-23), Giles in
Stewart 1970
(pp.
99-109), Moore 1966
(Intro and Ch. 26), Houghton 1974, Phenice
1979, Boucher 1957, Putschar 1976, Steele 1976
4. Lecture: Determining Sex
Lab: The Pelvis
Readings: a) Krogman 1962
(pp.
18-111), Moorrees, Fannings, and
Hunt 1963, Fanning 1961, Miles in Brothwell 1968
( pp
191-209), Lewis and Garn 1960, Burns and
Maples 1976
b) El-Najaar & McWilliams 1978
(pp.
55-72), Stewart
1979
(pp
128-189), McKern in Stewart 1970
(pp
41-56),
Kerley in Stewart 1970
(pp
57-70), Enlow 1966,
Schrantz 1959, Kerley 1965, Bouvier and Ubelaker
1977.
5. Lecture: Determining Age at Death
Lab: Immature and Mature Hard Tissue Age Changes
Readings: Stewart 1979 (Ch. 9 & 10), Trotter in
Stewart 1970
(pp
71-83), Steele in Stewart
1970 (pp 85-97), El-Najaar & McWilliams
1978 (89-115), Krogman 1962
(pp
153-187)0
Stewart 1977
(pp
74-6)
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6.
Lecture: a) Stature Reconstruction
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b) Introduction to Forensic .Odontology
Lab: Postcranial Osteometry
Readings: Cleland 1944, Keiser-Nielsen 1963, Gustafson &
Johanson 1963, Dahlberg 1963, El-Najaar & McWilliams
1978 (Ch. 3)
7.
Lecture: Skeletal Effects of Homicidal Trauma
Readings: a) Radiography and Photography - Sassouni 1963,
Culbert and Law 1927, Morgan and Harris
1953, Graham & Gray 1965, Krogman 1962 (Ch. X),
Stewart 1979 (Ch. 13)
b) Facial Restoration - Snow, Gatliff & McWilliams
1970, Farrar 1977, Krogman 1962 (Ch IX), Stewart
1979 (Ch. 14)
Lab: Firearms and Other Weapons Evidence
8.
Lecture: Thermal Injury and Cremations
Readings: Ubelaker 1978
(pp
33-36), Stewart 1979 (Ch. 5),
Gejvall in Brothwell & Higgs 1963
9.
Lecture: Elapsed Time Since Death
Readings: Stewart 1979 (Ch. 6), Facchlni & Pettenér 1977, Easton
& Smith 1970, Gilbert & Bass 1967, Knight and Lauder
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10.
Lecture: Animal Remains and Animal Activity
Readings: Stewart 1979 (Ch. 4)
11.
Lecture: Evidence, Procedures Testimony - The Expert Witness
Readings: Stewart 1979 (Ch. 2L Philips 1977, Neep in Stewart
1970
Lab: Role Play
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FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY
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Mark Skinner
Article Reserves
Boucher, B.
1957
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Sex differences in the foetal pelvis
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American Journal of
Physical Anthropology. 15:581-600.
Bouvier, M. and D. H. Ubelaker
1977
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A comparison of two methods for the microscopic determination
of age at death. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
46:391-394.
Burns, K. R. and W. R. Maples
1976 ?
Estimation of age from individual adult teeth. Journal of
Forensic Science 21:343-356.
Culbert, W. L. and F. M. Law
1927 ?
Identification by comparison with roentgenograms of nasal
accessory sinuses and mastoid processes. Journal American
Medical Association. 88:1634-6.
Dupertuis, C. W. and J. A. Hadden Jr.
1951
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On the reconstruction of stature from long bones. American Journal
of Physical Anthropology 9:15-53.
Easton, A. M. and K. G. V. Smith
1970 ?
The entomology of the cadaver. Medical Scientific Law10:208-215.
Gejvall, N.
1963 ?
Cremations.
pp.
379-390 in Brothwell, D. R. and E. H. Higgs:
Science in Archaeology. Prager, New York.
Gilbert, B. M. and W. M. Bass
1967 ?
Seasonal dating of burials from the presence of fly pupae.
American Antiquity 32:534-5.
Gilbert, B. M. and T. W. McKern
1973
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A method for aging the female os pubis. American Journal of
Physical Anthropology 38:31-38.
Cues, E. and 0. Elliot
1962 ?
Race Identification from cranial measurements
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Journal Forensic
Science 7:147-157.
He q iar, R.
1972
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Paleoserology techniques applied to skeletal identification.
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Journal Forensic Science 17:358-363.
 
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Houghton, P.
1974 ?
The relationship of the pre-auricular groove of the ilium to
pregnancy. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 41:381-389.
Howells, W. W.
1957 ?
The cranial vault: Factors of size and shape. American journal
of Physical Anthropology 15:19-48.
Kerley, E. R.
1965
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The microscopic determination of age in human bone. American
Journal of Physical Anthropology 23:149-163.
Kerley, E. R.
1973
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Forensic Anthropology.
pp.
161-198 in Wecht, C.H. (ed.) Legal
Medicine Annual 1973. Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York.
Knight, B. and J. Lauder
1969 ?
Methods of dating skeletal remains. Human Biology 41:322-341.
Lewis, A. B. and S. M. Garn
1960 ?
The relationship between tooth formation and other maturational
factors. Angle Orthodontist 30:70-77.
Morse, 0., D. Crusoe, H. G. Smith
1976 ?
Forensic Archaeology. Journal Forensic Science 21:323-332.
Phenice, T. W.
1969 ?
A newly developed visual method of sexing the os pubis. American
Journal of Physical Anthropology 30:297-301.
Philips, K. A.
1977 ?
The "nuts and bolts" of testifying as a forensic scientist.
Journal Forensic Science 22:457-463.
Alternates
Harmeling, G. L. Schuh, E., H. S. Humphreys
1968
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Dental identification of bodies in a major disaster. South
Carolina Dental Journal 26(7) 4-11
(pp.
out of order).
Johanson, G. and T. Saldgen
1969 ?
Identification of burnt victims with the aid of tooth and bone
fragments. Journal Forensic Medicine 16:16-25.
Mayer, J.
1935
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Identification by sinus prints. Virginia Medical Monthly
62:517-9.
Morovic-Budak, A.
1965 ?
Experiences in the process of putrefaction in corpses buried in
edrth. Medical Science and the Law. 5:40-3.
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Stevens, P. J. et al
1966 ?
Medical Investigation in fatal aircraft accidents. The role of
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dental evidence. British Dental Journal 120:263-270.
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Williams, G. E.
1954 ?
The identification of persons by x-ray examination of bone
trabeculation. Police College Magazine, England. 13 pp.
Book Reserves
Stewart, T. D.
1979 ?
Essentials of Forensic Anthropology. Especially as developed in
the United States. Charles C. Thomas. Springfield, Illinois,
U.S.A. 300
pp.
ISBN 0-398-03811-2, Congress No. 78-7441.
Adelson, L.
1974 ?
The Pathology of Homicide: A Vade Mecum for Pathologist, Prosecutor and
Defence Counsel. Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Illinois,
U.S.A. 992 pp.
E1-Najjar, M. Y. and K. R. McWilliams
1978 ?
Forensic Anthropology: The structure, morphology, and variation
of human bone and dentition. Charles C. Thomas, Springfield,
Illinois, U.S.A. 208 pp.
Kaplan, E. J.
Evidence: A law enforcement officer's guide. Charles C. Thomas,
Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A.
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336 pp.
Gladfelter, I. A.
Dental evidence: A handbbok for police. Charles C. Thomas,
Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A. 208 pp.
Krognian, W. M.
1962 ?
The human skeleton in forensic medicine. Charles C. Thomas,
SpriiTf7Thlinois, U.S.A. 364 pp.
Nash, D. J.
Individual identification and the law enforcement officer.
Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A. 176 pp.
Sopher, I. M.
ForensicDentistry. Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Illinois,
U.S.A. 176 pp.
Spitz, W. U. and R. S. Fisher
1973
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Medico1eal investigation of gunshot wounds: Guidelines for the
application of pathology to crime investigation. Charles C.
Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A. 560 pp.
Taylor, R. M. S.
Variation in morpholo
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of teeth: anthropologic
aspects. Charles C.
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mas, Springfield, Illinois,U.S.A.
408 pp.
Fattch, A.
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Medico1e9jinvesti9ationof_gunshot_wounds. J. P. Lippincott,
Toronto.
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Stewart, T.
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D.
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(ed)
1970
Personal ?
identification
in mass disasters.
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National Museum of
Natural
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History.
Smithsonian Institution.
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City of Washington.
158 pp.
Gustafson, G.
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1966
Forensic Odontology.
American Aulevier Publishing Co.
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New York.
Ronchese, ?
F.
1948
Occupational marks
and other physical
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signs:
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a guide to personal
identification. ?
Grune & Stratton,
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Inc. New York
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181 ?
pp.
Brabant, ?
H.;
L.
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Klees, ?
and ?
R. ?
J. Werclos
1958
Anomalies, mutilations,
et tumeurs des dents humaines.
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Edition
J.
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Prelat, ?
Paris,
Sciences et Lettres, Liege.
McKern, T. ?
W.
and T. D. Stewart
1957
Skeletal age changes
in young american males.
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Analysed from
the standpoint of
age identification. ?
Headquarters Quartermaster
Research and Development
Command, Environment Protection
Research Division.
U.S. ?
Army Natick, Mass. ?
Techn. ?
Rep. ?
EP-45,
AE 7 D.
Moore, K. L. (ed.)
1966 ?
The sex chromatin. W. B. Saunders Co.
Gruelich, W. W. and S. I, Pyle
1959 ?
Radiographic atlas of skeletal development of the hand and
waist. Stanford University Press.
Hoerr, N. L. and S. I. Pyle
1962 ?
Radiographic atlas of skeletal development of the foot and ankle.
Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A.
Tanner, J. M. and R. H. Whitehouse
1959 ?
Standards for skeletal age. Parts 1 and 2. Department of Growth
and Development, Institute of Child Health, Uriversity of London.
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SFU LIBRARY COLLECTION EVALUATION
(To be completed only for new course or program proposals.)
1.
Course
No.
and
Name or
Program: A442 Forensic anthropology
Date to be offered:
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1982-1
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Resources currently in collection:
Reading list..
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No. and 2 of titles available:
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32
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Related
materials
in general collection:
Monographs:
Serial. Subscription.:
Backf ties:
Other:
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Recommended additions to collection:
(Indicate approx.
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no. of titles, vols.,
ESTIMATED
COS
date, as appropriate)
Monographs:
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15
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375.00
New serials subscriptions:
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2
40.00
Serials backftleg:
Other (specify):
Total
$
415.00
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Comments:
The Library's weakness in supporting this
course Jr. mnstly
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due to a lack of highly specialized dental and medical
journals.
It is not recommended that we acquire them - but rather request
specific
_articles
_as_ needed
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