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Anthropology is the global and holistic study of human biology and behaviour, and includes four subfields: biological anthropology, archaeology, sociocultural anthropology and linguistics. The material covered is directed to answering the question: What makes us human? This course is a survey of biological anthropology and archaeology. [
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Anthropology is the global and holistic study of human biology and behaviour, and includes four subfields: biological anthropology, archaeology, sociocultural anthropology and linguistics. The material covered is directed to answering the question: What makes us human? This course is a survey of sociocultural and linguistic anthropology. [
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Archaeological method and theory, and world prehistory. Principles of scientific research will be applied to archaeological information, from the Early Pleistocene to the beginning of written history. [
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A survey of the field of biological anthropology. Topics will include human evolution and palaeontology, skeletal biology, human genetics and variation, human growth, primatology and human adaptation. [
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A general introductory course emphasizing social and political organization, economics, and the development of theory. Specific cases of social dynamics are drawn from both traditional and contemporary societies. [
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Introduction to linguistic anthropology and sociolinguistics. This includes: the issue of meaning in language, the use of language in context, the role of language in the organization of human activity, language and identity, the sequential organization of talk-in-interaction. [
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Overview of the prehistory, ethnohistory, and ethnology of aboriginal cultures, exploring kinship, social organization, political structure, trade relations, economics, technology, art and religion. [
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This courses provides a richly rewarding opportunity for students in their second year to work in the research project of a professor in return for 299Y course credit. Students enrolled have an opportunity to become involved in original research, learn research methods and share in the excitement and discovery of acquiring new knowledge. Participating faculty members post their project descriptions for the following summer and fall/winter sessions in early February and students are invited to apply in early March. See
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A seminar exploring the manner in which anthropologists reconstruct the history of Aboriginal groups and their contact with European newcomers using a combination of archaeological data, written documents and oral tradition. Case studies focus on how such reconstructions are used in court proceedings throughout North America. [
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This course examines human interaction with the environment from the perspective of case studies in zooarchaeology and palaeoethnobotany. Topics include prominent theoretical perspectives, domestication, subsistence organization including hunting and gathering as well as agriculture and its intensification. [
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Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, and South China) hosts some of the greatest ethnic and linguistic diversity in the world. This course charts the early beginnings of human activity in the region to the origins of plant and animal domestication and the subsequent impact of early metallurgy across mainland Southeast Asia. Using both ethnographic and archeological materials, we explore the range of human adaptations to the maritime, river valley and highland zones in ancient Southeast Asia. The course also considers the dynamic interaction among communities and the introduction of Buddhism and Hinduism in the rise of urbanism at Funan, Dvarvati, Chenla, and Champa. [
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This comparative analysis of ancient state-level societies is focused on understanding the processes involved in the functioning of states, examining how various politicial, social, economic, and religious orientations affected state information, cohesion, maintenance and dissolution. [
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This course will introduce the process of archaeological research, from project design through report write-up. The student will create a project proposal and budget, choose methods of survey and excavation, describe and organize data for analysis, and summarize findings in a project report. [
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Surveys the archaeology of East Asia and relates the data to more general issues in the scientific study of prehistory. [
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An evaluation of explanatory processes in prehistory and a comparison of archaeological theories with general scientific theories. [
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Survey of the archaeology of prehistoric and historic South Asia, using a comparative framework to show how social and cultural developments in this region are similar to and different from developments in other world regions. [
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Chronology and analysis of the prehistoric culture areas and stages of Eastern North America in a scientific context. [
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Practical experience on an archaeological site during the last two weeks of August, followed by weekly laboratory sessions September to December. [
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This course will present various perspectives on the nature and dynamics of youth culture. The course will examine one or more of the following: capitalism and youth cultures, ethnomusicology, and discourses of "youth." Topics may include North American subcultures (such as punk and hip-hop) and/or ethnographies of youth from other parts of the world. The course may also use frameworks from cultural studies and semiotics. [
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The history of food production in the Old and New World. Archaeological data are used to examine the processes of animal and plant domestication as well as the cultural impact of food production. [
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An exploration of the biology of human sexual differences. Emphasizes the developmental, anatomical and evolutionary dimensions of human sexuality. [
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Examination and critical assessment of the fossil record leading to
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Examination of the human fossil and archaeological record from
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Includes normal anatomy of the human skeleton, metrical and morphological variation, age and sex determination, and techniques of recovering, perserving and recording human remains. [
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Survey of the function of gender roles from evolutionary and cultural perspectives. Cross-cultural variation in human sexual behaviour and gender will be examined. [
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