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3.00 Credits
Overview if the development, characteristics and decline of the pre-Columbian peoples and cultures of Central America, with particular attention to archaeological and ethnographic research in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ANT 105 or 206, or consent of instructor. Complex national cultures of Latin America. Contemporary issues such as the rights of native peoples, peasant land reform, urban slum settlements, development of resources, and political and economic reform movements. Case studies of individual countries.
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Prerequisite: ANT 210. Corequisite: ANTL 326. The human skeleton focusing on bone biology and skeletal anatomy. Topics include: techniques to examine and measure bones, methods for the estimation of age, sex, ancestry and stature, analyses of pathology (disease and trauma). Topics presented within the context of specialized areas of physical anthropology, such as skeletal biology, paleodemography, and forensic anthropology.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. A lecture course focusing on the philosophies and practical exigencies of management of a museum. The course involves actual experience at local museums under the supervision of the director, familiarity with museum policies, roles of the staff, and work within the major areas of museum operations of administration, exhibition, and education.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: HST 201 or 441, or ANT 105 or 207, or consent of instructor and graduate status. Substantive investigation of the special exca- vation and analysis procedures, subject matter, and goals of archaeology as applied to the historic past of North America. Special emphasis placed upon historic archaeological sites in the local region. Lecture, laboratory, and fieldwork.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ANT 326 and ANTL 326 with a grade of "C" (2.00) or better in both courses. This is an advanced osteology seminar/laboratorycourse focusing on the application of skeletal and dental analyses for establishing human identification, time since death, and manner of death.
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Prerequisite: ANT 207 or consent of instructor. Explorations of how archaeology is practiced today and the ways in which the field is portrayed in the popular media in the United States. Topical foci include sensationalism, accuracy of reporting and reporting criteria, and the ways in which media depictions of the field of archaeology shape public perceptions and foster misconceptions about the field.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ANT 207 and any 300-level ANT course. Integrates southeastern archaeology, archaeological theory, and contemporary issues in archaeology. Emphasis on the southeast as a regional unit and the interplay of local environment and culture throughout the region.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ANT 206 or consent of instructor. Ethnographic research methods and qualitative approaches. Topics covered include observation, focus groups, participant observation, interviewing, qualitative analysis, research ethics, and collaborative life history projects. Field research as basis for seminar paper.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ANT 206; six hours of anthropology above the introductory level or consent of instructor. Development of anthropological theory through the research and writings of key figures in the field. Attention is directed toward social and intellectual contexts out of which anthropological theories emerge.
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