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department Anthropology (X) |
An introduction to human evolution. Physical and behavioral adaptations of humans and their prehistoric and living relatives. Issues in evolutionary theory, molecular evolution, primate behavior, interpretation of fossils. Prehistoric activities, racial differences, genetic components of behavior are defined and evaluated.
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Prehistory and cultural growth.
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Prehistory and cultural growth. Introduction to the methods, goals, and theoretical concepts of archaeology with attention to the empact archaeology has had on the construction of the histories of diverse communities - Native Americans, Hispanics, and Euro-Americans. It fulfills the requirements for 2.
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A supplemental course to the regular 2 in which students are introduced to multimedia authoring for archaeology and the multimedia presentation of archaeology through commercial and educational web sites and CD ROMs.
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The structure and dynamics of human culture and social institutions.
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The structure and dynamics of human cultures and social institutions from a comparative perspective with special attention to American cultures and their roots. Case studies will illustrate the principles presented in the course. It fulfills the requirements for 3.
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Reading and composition courses based on the anthropological literature. These courses provide an introduction to issues distinctive of anthropological texts and introduce students to distinctive forms of anthropological writing, such as ethnography and anthropological prehistory. Readings will be chosen from a variety of texts by authors whose works span the discipline, from bioanthropology to archaeology and sociocultural anthropology. Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement.
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The Freshman Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small seminar setting. Freshman seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics may vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to 15 freshmen.
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Origin and relationships of the extinct forms of mankind. Also listed as Integrative Biology C185.
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Human variation in both a racial and non-racial context; basic genetics (both molecular and populational); theories of racial origins, selective bases of human variation.
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An intensive study of the human skeleton, reconstruction of individual and population characteristics, emphasizing methodology and analysis of human populations from archaeological and paleontological contexts, taphonomy, and paleopathology. Also listed as Integrative Biology C142.
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A consideration of the major groups of primates with an emphasis on the evolution of behavior.
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This course will ask to what extent human behavior in its various individual, group, social, and cultural dimensions can be understood using the relatively small number of basic principles provided by evolutionary biological considerations.
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Varying topics covering current discoveries, research, theories, fieldwork, etc., in biological anthropology. Topics vary with instructor.
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This course will present a history of anthropological thought from the mid-19th century to the present, and will draw upon the major subdisciplines of anthropology. It will focus both upon the integration of the anthropological subdisciplines and upon the relationships between these and other disciplines outside anthropology.
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Cultural, psychological, and biological aspects of the definitions, causes, symptoms, and treatment of illness. Comparative study of medical systems, practitioners, and patients.
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Special topics in cultural, biomedical and applied approaches to medical anthropology.
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Archaeology of the period from the first European settlement in America, Australasia, South Africa, etc. The following series of 121, Historical Archaeology sequence courses may be taken in any order.
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Patterns in material culture as it reflects behavioral and psychological aspects of American culture since the 17th century. Topics include architecture, domestic artifacts, mortuary art, foodways, and trash disposal.
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Learn to work with historical artifacts from the stage of recovery through the stages of analysis and interpretation. The focus is on the analysis of materials (i.e., ceramic, glass, metal, bone, shell artifacts) recovered from historic sites. Skills acquired include how to identify, date, record, illustrate, photograph, catalog, and interpret historical archaeological materials through a combination of lectures, lab exercises, and a research paper.
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A group of courses that examine the native societies and cultures of the Americas in the past, as known from a variety of sources used by archaeologists, including study of material culture, documents, visual culture, and the use of ethnographic accounts.
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A survey of what archaeology can tell us about the pre-Columbian cultures of Central America: the Olmec, Maya, Aztec, and their neighbors.
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A survey of the history of development of Maya society and culture in Central American prior to Eurpean contact in the 16th century AD.
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This course covers the archaeology and history of the indigenous societies of the Andean region of South America. The lectures and readings emphasize major political, economic, social, and symbolic processes in the development of the Andean civilizations. Particular attention is paid to the development of the early states along the coast of Peru. The development of major centers in the highlands, and the relationship between the political, economic, and religious systems of the later empires and earlier political structures and social processes, are also emphasized.
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Prehistory of California Indians; selected archaeological sites and current issues in interpretations.
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