ANTHROPOLOGY 176 UNIVERSITY OF
OREGON COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND REVIEW NOTES
| GRADED A+ | GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Updated 2026 Questions and Answers
100% Verified Exam Prep and Comprehensive
Rationales Included
,Anthropology the study of humankind
Subfields of anthro - biology
- cultural
- linguistic
- archeology
Forensic Anthropology Biology and archeology; Determine Human vs non human
Estimate big four: Age, sex, ancestry, stature
How to become Anthropologist BA/BS anthropology ; MA/MS anthropology ; PHD in biology
Certification from American Board of Anthropology
Criminal Cases - identification
- decomposition/ burned remains
- Trauma
- Terrorists attacks
- War crime
Civil Cases - Wrongful death
- Historic
-Mass Fatality
Formative Period 1800s-1940s
- Parkman Murder of 1849 origins; anatomy professors examined remains
- Luetgert Case of 1897; George Dorsey testifies in court
- Guide to the Identification of Human Skeletal Materials by Krogman in 1939 ; for
FBI
Consolidation Period - 1940s-1970s
- ww2 and Korean War formed CILHI
- 1971; physical anthropology section of American Academy of Forensic Sciences
formed
Modern Period - 1972-present
- 1978 creation of American Board of Anthropology
- SWAGANTH founded 2008 by FBI and DOD (verification of methods and error
rates)
, Anatomical Position - Feet forward, standing erect
- Legs together
- head level
-hands at side w palms facing forward
Supine Lying face up
Prone Lying face down
Axial head, trunk, neck
Appendicular limbs and girdles
Cranial head
post cranial everything but the head
Superior above
Inferior Below
Anterior front
Posterior back
Medial Towards the midline
Lateral Away from midline
intermediate between a medial and lateral position
Proximal Towards body
OREGON COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND REVIEW NOTES
| GRADED A+ | GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Updated 2026 Questions and Answers
100% Verified Exam Prep and Comprehensive
Rationales Included
,Anthropology the study of humankind
Subfields of anthro - biology
- cultural
- linguistic
- archeology
Forensic Anthropology Biology and archeology; Determine Human vs non human
Estimate big four: Age, sex, ancestry, stature
How to become Anthropologist BA/BS anthropology ; MA/MS anthropology ; PHD in biology
Certification from American Board of Anthropology
Criminal Cases - identification
- decomposition/ burned remains
- Trauma
- Terrorists attacks
- War crime
Civil Cases - Wrongful death
- Historic
-Mass Fatality
Formative Period 1800s-1940s
- Parkman Murder of 1849 origins; anatomy professors examined remains
- Luetgert Case of 1897; George Dorsey testifies in court
- Guide to the Identification of Human Skeletal Materials by Krogman in 1939 ; for
FBI
Consolidation Period - 1940s-1970s
- ww2 and Korean War formed CILHI
- 1971; physical anthropology section of American Academy of Forensic Sciences
formed
Modern Period - 1972-present
- 1978 creation of American Board of Anthropology
- SWAGANTH founded 2008 by FBI and DOD (verification of methods and error
rates)
, Anatomical Position - Feet forward, standing erect
- Legs together
- head level
-hands at side w palms facing forward
Supine Lying face up
Prone Lying face down
Axial head, trunk, neck
Appendicular limbs and girdles
Cranial head
post cranial everything but the head
Superior above
Inferior Below
Anterior front
Posterior back
Medial Towards the midline
Lateral Away from midline
intermediate between a medial and lateral position
Proximal Towards body
