Forensic Anthropology

• GMS FA 807: Taphonomy
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - This course will provide students with an advanced basis for vertebrate taphonomy, both with specific focus upon forensic settings but also with a broader understanding of taphonomic processes covering archaeology, paleoecology, and zooarchaeology. 3 cr, Fall & Spring sem.
• GMS FA 808: Forensic Trauma
  Prerequisites: GMSFA 716 and 806. - This course provides an overview of contemporary methods in crime scene processing and forensic mass disaster investigation. The course is offered in the spring semester of the 2nd year. Students will participate in individualized hands-on techniques for fingerprinting, tire and tool mark impressions, recovery of remains, collection and preservation of evidence and crime scene mapping.
• GMS FA 810: Mortuary Archaeology
  This course will provide students with an advanced theoretical basis for cross-cultural comparison of mortuary behavior and its archaeological interpretation. The topics will cover the history of archaeological though in this topics, processual and post-processual theoretical frameworks, the prehistory of burial, regional archaeological studies, modern Western burial practices and symbolism, gender and class difference, trophy taking, cannibalism, beliefs in undead and how they affect mortuary practices, military memorialization and warfare, ethical issues involved in the analysis of cemeteries and human remains, repatriation, and modern homicide investigation of serial killings and body movement. 3 cr, Fall & Spring sem.