ANTH 38600 - Hunter- Gatherers LA

Institution:

Ithaca College

Subject:

Anthropology

Description:

Examines in a seminar format past and present hunter-gatherer societies and the various ways that ethnographers and archaeologists have tried to understand them. Topics include Marxist, structural, and neo-Darwinian models; technology; social relations; economics; territories and property rights; gender; symbols and ideology; cultural evolution and change; culture contact; government intervention; and Native perspectives. Students reflect on what hunter-gatherer egalitarian societies, representing 99 percent of the human experience, tell us about our basic human nature and modern societies. Prerequisites: ANTH 10400 or ANTH 10700 and either one 200-level anthropology course or junior standing and one additional social science course. 3 credits. (IRR)

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ithaca.edu

Phone Number:

(607) 274-3011

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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