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Language: English
Period: 21 June – 9 July 2027
Application Deadline: 17 April 2027
Program Intensity: Full-time
ECTS: 10
Tuition fees: 1000€
Other costs: 300€ for materials and tutoring
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Eligible participants will be admitted following a first come first served rule with subsequent payment of the tuition fees. Applications may be closed ahead of the scheduled application deadline in case of early reaching of the maximum number of eligible students.
The Summer School in Osteoarchaeology and Paleopathology is an academic program aimed at training students in anthropological and paleopathological laboratory methods. It is an outstanding opportunity for students to gain experience in bioarchaeological investigation by working side-by-side with leading researchers in the field.
The lab-activities and lectures will be carried out at the Laboratory of Paleopathology.
The Summer School will take place over the course of 3 weeks, in order to provide students with the basic knowledge of skeletal anatomy, physical anthropology and paleopathology necessary to approach osteological analyses.
The skeletal materials under examination include samples from Tuscan excavations dating back to the medieval ages. The activities will be completed under the supervision of the experienced staff of the Division of Paleopathology.
The Summer School will be activated with at least 7 students. The maximum number of participants is set to 14 students.
The Summer School will be held on campus, in Pisa, at Laboratorio di Paleopatologia, via Derna, 1/via Roma, 55.
The school is designed to provide all participants with an in-depth knowledge of cleaning, restoring and analysing ancient human skeletal remains. Biological profile reconstruction is aimed at obtaining the greatest possible amount of information on the environment, lifestyle, and diseases that afflicted past populations.
Students in Physical Anthropology, Archaeology, Bioarchaeology, Forensic Science, Paleopathology and allied disciplines at undergraduate and graduate levels.
Admission Requirements
The Summer School has no formal prerequisites; students will be fully trained for all the activities they experience.
Knowledge of English language is required.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Required documents:
All the documents must be in pdf format, in order to upload them on the portal when required.
Application has to be submitted via Alice portal following the instructions of the “How to apply” page.
Tuition fees: 1000€
Other costs: 300€ (for materials and tutoring)
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Coordinator
Prof. Giuffra Valentina valentina.giuffra@unipi.it
Operational manager
Dr. Simona Minozzi simona.minozzi@unipi.it
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