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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Early foraging societies, the beginnings of agriculture; the rise of civilization; the classic empires of the Maya, Aztec, Tarascans, and their neighbors; relationships with the United States.
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3.00 Credits
Study of the evolution of human culture in Africa, Europe, and Asia from its Paleolithic origins and Neolithic developments to the earliest civilizations. Artifacts, art, architecture, and archaeological sites are investigated to interpret changes in technology, economy, and culture.
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3.00 Credits
A hands-on exploration of the uses of digital technology for ethnographic research and representation.
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3.00 Credits
Hands-on instruction in and application of professional principles of processing, analyzing, and curating artifacts and related archeological materials.
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3.00 Credits
Archaeological site survey, site excavation, and laboratory analysis of sites and artifacts from the Manhattan, Kansas region. Field work on Saturday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., while weather permits, laboratory work thereafter.
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3.00 Credits
Anthropological survey of the predominantly biological areas of forensic science, their methods and techniques, as they pertain to the application of that science to the purpose of the law. Particular emphasis will be given to perspectives about the science itself, its application to anthropology, and the unique ways in which that science may be used by law.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
Survey of the medical, biological, cultural and support areas of the investigation of death in various cultural settings. Emphasis on the interaction of culture and biology in the investigative process.
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3.00 Credits
The biological meaning of race; the interrelationships of biological and cultural traits in human evolution; processes of racial formation of man; methods of classifying human races; cultural inheritance; the distinction of race, culture, personality, and intelligence; a review of modern racism; race as an evolutionary episode.
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3.00 Credits
Human origins and evolution as indicated by fossil evidence; interpretation of man-apes, Pithecanthropus, Neanderthal, Cro-Magnon, and other major fossil groups within the context of evolutionary theory, primate comparisons, and cultural evolution.
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3.00 Credits
Survey of the primate order including considerations of evolution, morphology, and behavior. Particular emphasis will be given to developing perspectives about the origin and evolution of hominids in the context of the primate order.
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