The Osteoarchaeological Project
Schedule
Sat, 18 Oct, 2025 at 10:00 am to Sun, 19 Oct, 2025 at 04:30 pm
UTC+01:00Location
North Hertfordshire Museum | Hitchin, EN
Interested in learning more about human remains or need to practice your osteology skills?North Hertfordshire Museum is hosting a weekend human remains workshop to understand health in Roman and early Medieval England.
This is an ideal opportunity for students of archaeology and anyone who wants to learn more about osteology and gain hands-on experience with human remains.
Classes are limited to twelve students to ensure maximum access to remains.
The weekend will include:
• Identifying different bones and the layout of a human skeleton
• Determining sex, age, and height of individuals
• Identifying different pathologies and the health of a person at death
• Using skeletal remains and other evidence to reconstruct life in different periods
• Learning how to curate remains
• Reviewing the different stages of studying skeletal remains from burial, archaeological excavation, osteological study and curation or reburial
Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th October, 10am - 4.30pm
£150 per person for the whole weekend
£100 per person for one day
Course by: Dr David Klingle and Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews
£150 for the whole weekend (both days). Click through the Saturday date to book this ticket.
£100 for either day. If you just want to do one day, the Saturday is good if you have no prior knowledge, and the Sunday is good if you have a basic understanding already.
