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3.00 Credits
Ancient Cultures of the Old World. Archaeology of the Near East, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. The origins of the great civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia. The beginnings of cities, agriculture, trade, and empires in light of recent archaeological discoveries.
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3.00 Credits
The origins, development, and social uses of writing in the ancient Middle East, Mediterranean, and Mesoamerica. Decipherments of hieroglyphic systems. Literacy, historiography, and cross-cultural translation.
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3.00 Credits
Indian, peasant, and urban cultures in Mexico from late pre-Hispanic times to the present. Ethnic and regional diversity, urban-rural relationships, class structure, and national integration.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
Introduction to a contemporary Maya language. Linguistic analysis and cultural concepts. By permission of instructor. May be repeated for the study of different Maya languages for a total of 6 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Creation, maintenance, and transformation of communities through time. Community as a village or settlement, and as an "imagined" or virtual aspect of social identity. Behaviorist, interactionist, discursive, and identityoriented anthropological approaches to community. Community organization and the built environment. Ancient and modern case studies.
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3.00 Credits
The Nahuatl language and Mesoamerican cultures. Nahuatl grammar in primary and secondary sources. Literary genres and their diachronic development. Reading and translation skills. Pastoral texts and chronicles, Sahagun’s works, and colonial wills from Central Mexico.
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3.00 Credits
Comparative and ethnographic analysis of political and legal systems. Formal and informal means of control in egalitarian and hierarchical societies. Anthropological theories of power, authority, influence, and leadership. Social and cultural dimensions of conflict, consensus, competition, and dispute resolution.
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3.00 Credits
Collective action, past and present. Class- and identity-based movements, transnational activism, and networks. The early U.S. labor movement; 1960s gay, women’s and civil rights movements. Global struggles for social justice.
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3.00 Credits
Crosscultural survey of religious and ritual beliefs in light of theories of religion. Topics include sacrifice, myth, witchcraft, divination, religious change, and millenarian movements.
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3.00 Credits
The origins of native North American culture. Migration from Asia, early hunters and gatherers, and the extinction of ancient fauna. Evolution of social complexity, ecological adaptations, and prehistoric interaction as seen in the archaeological record of the continent.
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