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3.00 Credits
Human Paleonutrition. (3-0). Credit 3. Evaluation of past human diets and subsistence patterns from the perspective of research in archaeology, zooarchaeology, ethnobotany, bioarchaeology and cultural anthropology. Prerequisite: 6 hours of advanced courses in anthropology or approval of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
New World Seafaring. (3-0). Credit 3. Cultural history of seafaring in the Western Hemisphere from the fifteenth century to the present; ship types and their uses; harborworks, commerce, naval warfare, sailing routes, maritime practices. Prerequisites: ANTH 615 and 616 or approval of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Post-Medieval Seafaring. (3-0). Credit 3. Cultural history of European seafaring from the fifteenth century to the early twentieth century; ship types and their uses, shipping routes and cargoes, maritime technology and economic institutions, seafaring practices, and naval warfare. Prerequisites: ANTH 615 and 616 or approval of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Human Evolutionary Ecology. (3-0). Credit 3. Evolutionary ecology of human behavior and culture, including habitat choice and use of space, time allocation, resource acquisition and allocation, sex and reproduction, altruism and cooperation and the coevolution of genes and culture. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
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3.00 Credits
Primate Behavioral Ecology. (3-0). Credit 3. Survey the behavioral ecology of the nonhuman primates exploring topics such as their hunting behavior; sexual coercion; language capabilities; culture; tool use; homosexuality; dominance; parental care, ethics of field study and their conservation. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
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3.00 Credits
Archaeology of Death. (3-0). Credit 3. Ethnographic and archaeological literature regarding human funerary behavior; emphasis on theoretical developments in the interpretation of burials for reconstructing social organization and social change; examine how mortuary practices and archaeological excavation define the burial assemblages studied by bioarchaeologists. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
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3.00 Credits
Deep Submergence Archaeology. (3-0). Credit 3. Seminar addressing issues in the new field of deep submergence archaeology by examining the discipline's history, technologies, specific case studies of ship wrecks in deep water and related topics. Students will interact with leaders in the field via video conferencing and visiting lecturers. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Palynology. (3-3). Credit 4. Principles and techniques used in palynology, pollen morphology, ontogeny, biochemistry, dispersion and preservation; role of palynology as a research tool in plant taxonomy agriculture, medicine, paleobotany and anthropology.
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3.00 Credits
Violence and Warfare. (3-0). Credit 3. The anthropological study of violence and warfare and the place of these phenomena in cultural evolution, religion, economics, politics and social structure; particular attention paid to the rise of industrialized warfare and its impact on the pre-industrial world. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
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3.00 Credits
Computer Graphics in Archaeology. (3-0). Credit 3. This course will focus on the acquisition, manipulation, and presentation of archaeological data and images; a variety of state-of-the-art technologies will be employed to develop professional desktop publications, slide and digital presentations, electronic publications and images. Prerequisite: Graduate certification.
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