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3.00 Credits
Lecture and laboratory course surveying the role of museums as social and educational institutions, types of museums, museum administration, and museum architecture. Procedures for collection, curation, preservation, and storage of anthropological and natural history specimens examined.
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6.00 Credits
An introduction to archaeological survey, field excavation, and laboratory processing. Field school students participate in one or more of the ongoing research projects of the IUP archaeology program.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
Introduces hands-on forensic archaeological methods for survey, field excavation, and artifact processing. Receive on-site training and participate in forensic archaeological excavations.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the archaeology of Mesoamerica, which explores the natural and cultural diversity of the area south of the United States and north of lower Central America. Surveys the history of archaeological research in Mesoamerica and examines some of the specific methods of archaeological research that are unique to Mesoamerican archaeology. The focus is on three areas: the Gulf Coast and the Olmecs, the Valley of Mexico and its long history of settlement from the Tehuacan Valley through the Aztecs, and the southern Highlands and Lowlands inhabited by the Maya, although other regions of Mesoamerica are also discussed.
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3.00 Credits
A hands-on introduction to the study of artifacts and other cultural materi-als recovered from archaeological excavations. Experience the specific methods of analysis in archaeological lab settings, focusing on the analysis of stone artifacts, pre-Columbian ceramics, and historic artifacts. Analytic techniques include classification, quantification of attributes, and reporting of the results of the analyses.
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3.00 Credits
An overview of the history, practice, and achievements of archaeology in China, with a focus on early China (up to the Han dynasty). A portion of the course is devoted to those discoveries that have shed light on important de-velopments in China, including its early stone age occupation, the growth of agriculture, the emergence of civilization, as well as the construction of im-pressive structures (such as the Great Wall and the terracotta army of the first emperor). Also discusses the ways in which Chinese and Western archaeology differ, as well as the role which nationalism and regionalism have played in archaeological research and interpretation in China.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the primary category of social difference into which humans are universally socialized, which is the gendered nature of womens and mens experiences in the world from an anthropological perspective. An introduc-tion to cross-cultural experiences of gender, and the social constructions of gender. Readings focus on the intersection of race, class, sexuality, and gender, and the impact on gender of technology, colonization, globaliza-tion, and the nation-state. Considers the experiences of men and women around the world from various frameworks, including reproductive, social, economic, post-colonial, and post-structural.
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3.00 Credits
Engages the concept of human rights as applied to situations in the con-temporary world. Takes an interdisciplinary approach, with an emphasis on anthropology to examine the following principal questions: (1) What are the historical origins of contemporary ideas about human rights? (2) What are some of the foremost human rights situations in the world today? (3) What are the political, economic, and cultural contexts in which human rights abuses occur? (4) What is the role of the committed (i.e., activist) anthropologist? Focuses on the interplay between the abuse of human rights, power, and culturally constructed difference, such as ethnicity and gender. Extends contemporary interpretations to existing social and political problems around the world to seek ways in which anthropologists can have a positive role to play in finding solutions to those problems.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the indigenous religions of North America and to the peoples who practice these rich and varied approaches to the sacred. Not only examines major religious themes and dimensions (myth, ritual, ethics, etc.), but includes a historical perspective on Native North American life-ways. This perspective involves discussion of the clash with Euro-American values and contemporary native religious responses to social crisis and change.Previously Offered As: (Also offered as RLST 365; may not be taken for duplicate credit.)
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3.00 Credits
Introduces students to the global and local dimensions of the changing Latino communities in the United States and examines the multiple connections and dynamic interactions with Latin American diasporas. Toward this end, the course covers (1) theories on transnational communities, diasporas, the state, and citizenship; (2) Latino cultures and geography; (3) Latin American immigration and labor migration to the United States; and (4) the impact of Latin American diasporic networks on Latino and non-Latino communities. Cross-Listed: (Cross-listed as LAS 370.)
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