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(REPLACES ANTH 317 Health, Illness, and Culture) This course presents cultural anthropological perspectives on the subjects of health, illness, and healing. Students are introduced to illness categories, healing practices, relationships between patients and healers, and notions of the body as they exist cross-culturally. Course materials will address health and healing as associated with biomedicine, religion, spirit possession, and a range of other cultural responses to human suffering and its resolution. (C)
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Africa is the sole source of evidence for the origins of human culture. Many significant cultural developments and technological innovations ocurred first in Africa. This course surveys the archaeological evidence for the origins of human behavioral patterns from the earliest hominds to the eye of European colonization of this diverse continent. Principal course themes include: the origins of human culture; the Early, Middle, and Late Stone Ages; the origins of food production and complex societies; the history of ancient kingdoms including internal growth an external influences; the impact of Islam and the European contact with Africa. This course is cross-listed in the African and African American Studies Program (AFAM 319). (A)
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In numerous contexts throughout Africa and the African Diaspora there are cultural institutions that bring together healing, religious practices, spirit possessioin, and expressive culture (including music, dance, and costume) and direct them toward resolving the bodily and social misfortunes of participants. This course will investigate variations and continuities amongst a range of examples of this cultural institution, including African independent Christian churches, Candomble, Santeria, Vodou, and the "cults of affliction" or "ngoma" of Africa, in order to understand the resilience and relevance of an institution by means of which participants both analyze and respond to the world around them. This course is cross-listed in the African and African American Studies Program (AFAM 320). (C)
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Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection magnificently defines the foundation upon which our understanding of the natural world radiates. The year 2009 marks the 200th anniversary of his birth and 150th anniversary of the publication of his book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. In this course, we will trace the role that Darwin played in shaping the field of biological anthropology. We will build from an historical perspective to understand Darwin's impact on the science of human origins, evolution and variation.
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3.00 Credits
Anthropologists study the dynamics of human growth and development from an evolutionary perspective. In this course, we will investigate the history of the study of human growth and the biological principles of growth. Students will examine the genetic and horminal effects on human and other mammal growth including nutrition, disease, socio-economic status, pollution etc. Highlighting unique features of human growth in its various stages, we will also examine how anthropologists interpret variation in growth patterns among human populations and the possible adaptive signigicance of this variation. (B)
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In death, the human body is transformed by the living into a powerful symbol, Death is often a rite of passage in which the deceased are separated from the living and transformed into ancestors and other beings. Treatment of the corpse is linked to ideas of death, the afterlife, and social boundaries. This course will focus on how anthropologists study funerary rituals and beliefs about death from a cross-cultural perspective, and will examine the meaning of human practices of death and burial.
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3.00 Credits
The fossil record of human existence reaches back nearly 7 million years into the past and is the focus of the discipline of paleonanthropology. This exciting course examines the fossil evidence for human evolution and the biological processes that have shaped this most unique radiation. Using fossil casts and other resources, students will explore the nature of the fossil record and the fundamentals of paleoanthropological research. The course will also detail the nature of contrversies and differing interpretations of the fossil evidence, as well as differing interpretations of the fossil evidence, as well as the proposed phylogenetic relationships of hominids. (B)
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This course introduces the prehistoric and early historic chronoogy of the diversity of cultures on the South American continent. Emphasis will be placed on current research trends and newest findings; culture change and culture process; and current new and traditional controversies, from the earliest settlers to contacts between different regions; to practical applications of knowledge from the ancient past. We will watch the news media for current discoveries and debates, and students are encouraged to bring in articles and information.
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3.00 Credits
(REPLACES ANTH 352: Archaeological Methods) In this course, students will be introduced to the laboratory methods that archaelogists use to assess soils, landform data, and artifacts uncovered from archaeological sites. Students will gain hands-on wxperience as they apply important princiiples and concepts used by archaeologists to clean, conserve, describe, analyze, and curate various types of artifacts, ecofacts, and other data. In addtion, students will understand how field conditions, research interests, conservation concerns, and budget constraints influence the scope and scale of lab efforts in archaeology. (A)
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