Core Course
Credits: 3
Instructor: Dr. Suzanne Utley
This course will explain the differences between trauma to soft tissue and trauma to bone and how to distinguish between each. Ante-, peri-, or post-mortem trauma will be compared to natural taphonomic effects and animal scavenging.
Objectives:
- Explain the differences between sharp force trauma, blunt force trauma, and gunshot wounds in the human body.
- Know the differences between trauma to soft tissue and trauma to bone.
- Distinguish between ante- or peri-mortem trauma and post-mortem trauma.
- Distinguish between trauma and animal scavenging or predation.
- Understand the principles of taphonomy and how trauma differs.
Topics:
Module |
Topic |
| Module 1 | Trauma to Soft Tissue – Sharp Force |
| Module 2 | Trauma to Soft Tissue – Blunt Force |
| Module 3 | Trauma to Soft Tissue – Gunshot Wounds |
| Module 4 | Trauma to Bone – Sharp Force |
| Module 5 | Trauma to Bone – Blunt Force |
| Module 6 | Trauma to Bone – Gunshot wounds |
| Module 7 | Animal Scavenging and Predation |
| Module 8 | Environmental Taphonomic Changes |
| Module 9 | Trauma to Bone vs. Environmental Taphonomy |