Learning objectives
To give information on the recent developments of the Geochemistry intended as a cognitive interdisciplinary tool indispensable to realize and manage the problems relative to diet and environmental reconstruction on the past.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
Generalities
Measurement units
Laboratory facilities
The Palaeo-environment reconstruction: The stable isotopes on biological apatite
The oxygen and carbon isotopes on inorganic fraction of skeletal remains
The carbon and nitrogen on the organic fraction of skeletal remains
The Palaeo-diets reconstruction: The stable isotopes on biological apatite
The carbon isotopes on inorganic fraction of skeletal remains
The carbon and nitrogen on the organic fraction of skeletal remains
Experimental examples on human population
Experimental examples on fauna associations
Laboratory
Full programme
Introduction to stable isotopes and generalities
Measurement units in stable isotopes
Laboratory facilities in stable isotopes
The Palaeo-environment reconstruction: The stable isotopes on biological apatite
The oxygen and carbon isotopes on inorganic fraction of skeletal remains
The carbon and nitrogen on the organic fraction of skeletal remains
The Palaeo-diets reconstruction: The stable isotopes on biological apatite
The carbon isotopes on inorganic fraction of skeletal remains
The carbon and nitrogen on the organic fraction of skeletal remains
Experimental examples on human population
Experimental examples on fauna associations
Laboratory techniques
Bibliography
Photocopies supplied from professor
Teaching methods
Slides on powerpoint Microsoft program
Laboratory facilities
Assessment methods and criteria
oral examination
Other information
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