Cultural and psychic adaptation to urban agglomeration from the earliest cities, with emphasis on Asian, African, European, and modern American cities, to the present-day megalopolis.
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Ranging from moose hunters to rice farmers, cultures seem tremendously diverse, yet cultural forms do show clear patterns. The relationship of these patterns to the natural and social environment will be examined.
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Exploration of the role of mass media in cultural processes of modernity insocieties around the world. Topics include: transnational cultural processes, cultural imperialism, media and consumer culture, media and the imagination, ethnography of mass media.
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A history of the process of plant and animal domestication in the Americas,the Near East, Asia, and Africa. Course focuses on the specific biological changes in the major domesticates as well as associated social changes in human life.
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A survey of North American archeology exclusive of Mesoamerica. Changes in prehistoric lifeways from simple hunting and gathering to complex agriculturally based chiefdoms will be explored through the study of the development of regional traditions over long periods of time.
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Why and how complex societies developed from simple, egalitarian societies in some areas of the world. Course surveys major theories and evidence surrounding the origins of states and urban societies in New and Old World.
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A survey of the history of archaeology from Medieval times to 1960, with special reference to the changing intellectual contexts of the field. Emphasis on emerging major theoretical approaches and the impact of important discoveries.
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Survey of the impact of short- and long-term climate change on human prehistory from the late Ice Age to the Medieval Warm Period (c. A.D. 1000). Course surveys the relationships between climate and changing human societies.
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Social, cultural, ethical, biological, and environmental issues surrounding biotechnology (BT) and the food system. Includes theory and method of BT; scientific, social and political control of BT; effect of BT on genetic diversity, small-scale farmers, the environment, food supply, consumer health.
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Biological, ecological, social, and economic principles of small-scale food production and their practical applications. Includes each student cultivating a garden plot; lab exercises, field trips to local farms and gardens.
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Human adaptations and population dispersals during th Ice Age (Pleistocene epoch). Course focuses on the nature of Stone Age cultures and the evidence for early human occupation of the Americas and the Old World between three million and 10,000 years ago.
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Provides a systematic review of research completed by anthropologists and other social scientists on the development of agriculture and its effects over rurual society. Special emphasis is given to the settlement of immigrant farmworkers and the formation of new human communities.
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Interdisciplinary focus on the emergence and maintenance of cooperation in human populations. Are we unique in our abilities to reap gains from cooperative endeavors? Why are some people generous, others stingy? How do propensities, personalities, ecology, and cultural institutions affect success in cooperation?
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Critical review of legal anthropology. Emphasis upon theoretical developments from classical to contemporary perspectives and their relationship to ethnographic analyses. Topics include non-western legal systems, (post)colonialism, nationalism, and the implication of law in constructions of race, class, and gender.
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Historical and socialcultural processes of colonialism and postcolonialism in selected societies. Topics include: relations between colonialism and capitalism; rise of nationalism; race and sexuality; cultural dimensions ofand resistance to colonialism; modernization and development regimes; postcolonial critique.
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Students are introduced to the major analytical techniques for chipped stone tool analysis. Experience in the design and execution of research into the anthropological meaning of stone tools is emphasized. Special attention is devoted to gaining experience in microwear techniques.
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Critical introduction to theories about nationalism and state formation from an anthropological perspective. Topics include nationalism and gender,nationalism and racism, and nationalism and law. These are related to contemporary contradictions of the nation-state posed by transnational processes.
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This course is designed to introduce students to quantitative techniques useful for the analysis of spatially-distributed archaeological data within the site. A major focus of the course is the integration of theory, method, and data to solve anthropological problems.
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Understanding the sequence of cultural development in the Southwest U.S. reconstructing prehistoric economy and society through study of material remains, such as the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon's great pueblos, and the ballcourts, platform mounds, and irrigation systems of desert hohokam.
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The main ideologies guiding the establishment of various representations of sexuality from prewar scientific writings to contemporary popular culture.
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Examination of Ancient Egyptian religion from massive temples and pyramids to modest offerings and simple burials. The interaction of sacred and secular is considered through examination of the individual, society, and the state in shaping religious beliefs.
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Students will learn about the world's largest society through readings and Chinese feature films- Communist Revolution. rural collectivization, statusof women, economic reforms, anti-traditionalism of Cultural Revolution, etc.
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Interns serve as assistants in the department's Central Coast Information Center or Repository for Archaeological Collections or both.
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A cross-cultural inquiry into the nature and role of symbolism in human society. Discussions on non-verbal communication, myth, ethos, world view, national symbols, political ideology, and the ideology of social structure as symbolic systems.
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Designed to teach students in archaeology and physical anthropology the basic skills necessary to identify and analyze the remains of animals recovered from archaeological excavations. Emphasis is placed on laboratory work with actual archaeological collections and testing hypotheses about prehistoric human behavior.
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