Conservation Bioantropological Human

My favorite subject this year is Conservation bioantropological human, which is a subject of applied archaeology.  In this class we don’t have just theoretical lessons, but also practice lessons in the laboratory where we have the opportunity to work directly with human remains. Particularly we must to micro-trenching a compressed earth block that had human bones.

The main contents are associated to the optimal conservation of human remains, learning about the environmental agents and factors that could to affect -or not- the bones material (post-deposits process). In this way we learnt -for example- about the ground conditions appropriate for the better conservation. Likewise we are learning about the chemical and biological components of the bones and the names of these.

Particularly I like the subject because allows me to expand my knowledge in the physic anthropology area. Furthermore I think that to complement the theoretical lessons with the practice in laboratory, allows us to get experiences for our occupational future. Also in this subject I could to meet places that before I hadn't visited, like the “Patio 29” in the General Cemetery.