[Anthsoc] Osteology - Bioarchaeology Workshop in Central Transylvania (Romania)

[Anthropology Society]

Please see below for an exciting opportunity to study bioarchaeology
in Eastern Europe!

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The Late Bronze Age Noua Culture in Transylvania (Romania) is known
mostly from the study of cemeteries from a strictly archaeological
perspective. As a result, the Noua population is structurally
invisible due to the absence of data regarding settlement, spatial
organization and social structure. The scope of the project is to
investigate a sample of the Noua population in terms of advanced
morphology, DNA and stable isotope studies.  The goal is to achieve a
better understanding of these populations by examining who they were,
where they were coming from, how they lived, and their geographic and
cultural radiation. The sample studied in the context of this workshop
is comprised of 135 individuals from a single cemetery. Students will
be taught how to identify fragmented bones, determine age, sex,
stature, identify pathologies, trauma and take standard measurements.
At the same time, they will be introduced to various osteological
conservation problems aiming at properly evaluate bone quality for DNA
and isotope analysis.

Workshop:  Osteological analysis of migratory paleo-populations
Location: Cluj Napoca, Transylvania, Romania Workshop Session 1: June
05 – July 02, 2011 Workshop Session 2: July 03 – August 06, 2011 More
information: http://www.archaeotek.org/bronze_age_osteology_workshop

Students who wish to expand their field experience could register for
an extra four to five weeks of archaeological excavation following
their lab session (see attached poster):

Project: Late Bronze Age – Iron Age Transition Excavation and Survey
Period: Wietenberg (Middle Bronze Age), Noua (Late Bronze Age)
Hallstatt (Early Iron Age)
Location: Uioara, Alba County (Transylvania), Romania Field excavation
period: July 03 – August 06, 2010 More information:
http://www.archaeotek.org/late_bronze_age_excavation_and_survey


For more information, please see the research objectives and posters
attached to this e-mail, or visit www.archaeotek.org

Best regards,
Andre Gonciar
Project Coordinator

We apologize for any cross posting of this message.
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