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Course Criteria
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3.00 - 5.00 Credits
(Same as ANTHRO 203A, ARCHLGY 101B, ARCHLGY 301B.) Perspectives, methods, and data that archaeology brings to human/environment interaction issues such as environmental variability and change, sustainability, and human impacts. How to use paleoenvironmental data in archaeological research; how to recover and analyze such data to reconstruct human/environment interactions in prehistory. 3-5 units, Spr (Contreras, D)
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3.00 - 5.00 Credits
(Same as ANTHRO 205.) Preindustrial urbanism as exemplified by prehispanic New World societies. Case studies: the central and southern highlands of Mesoamerica, and the Maya region. Comparative material from highland S. America. 3-5 units, Win (Robertson, I)
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3.00 - 5.00 Credits
(Same as ANTHRO 205A.) Recent developments showing a growing empowerment of Indigenous peoples and increased participation in the construction of democratic processes. Challenges to traditional state institutions; new worldviews based on cultural identity and ethnicity. Recent debates about special rights regarding territoriality and natural resources and other claims formulated by indigenous organizations to improve governance and implement a new type of citizen based on self-determination and the reorganization of the actual nation states. 3-5 units, Spr (Karp-Toledo, E)
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3.00 - 5.00 Credits
(Same as ANTHRO 207A.) The formation and expansion of the Inca state as a large multiethnic confederation, interrupted by the arrival of the Spaniards. Negotiations and adaptations during the colonial period; the proliferation of survival strategies allowing indigenous peoples to maintain their social organization; indigenous rebellions to recuperate land, local spiritual values, and central government. Emphasis is on the indigenous perspective. Ethnographic and ethnohistoric documents and findings that reflect events and thoughts from the conquest to the 20th century. 3-5 units, Win (Karp-Toledo, E)
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5.00 Credits
(Same as ANTHRO 209.) Focus is on issues dealing with rights to land and the past on a global scale including conflicts and ethnic purges in the Middle East, the Balkans, Afghanistan, India, Australia, and the Americas. How should world cultural heritage be managed Who defines what past and which sites and monuments should be saved and protected Are existing international agreements adequate How can tourism be balanced against indigenous rights and the protection of the past GER:DB-SocSci 5 units, not given this year
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2.00 Credits
(Same as HUMBIO 17SC.) Lessons from the study of flora and fauna in Galápagos from Darwin's time to today. Adaptation, sexualselection, speciation, and adaptive radiation. The challenges the Galapágos Islands pose for conservation. 2 units, Aut (Durham, W)
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3.00 Credits
(Same as ARCHLGY 111.) How the fall of the Berlin wall transformed everyday life culturally, politically, and economically through transitions to capitalism and democracy. Interdisciplinary writing in anthropology, archaeology, urban studies, cultural studies, and media commentary on cultural heritage, memory and identity in the post-socialist Europe. How intervention into these spaces by contemporary artists and architects offers alternatives to think about the past 3 units, Spr (Bezic, A)
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5.00 Credits
(Same as ANTHRO 213, BIO 166, BIO 266.) The analysis of fossil animal bones and shells to illuminate the behavior and ecology of prehistoric collectors, especially ancient humans. Theoretical and methodoloigcal issues. The identification, counting, and measuring of fossil bones and shells. Labs. Methods of numerical analysis. 5 units, Spr (Klein, R)
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3.00 Credits
(Same as ANTHRO 214.) Archaeologists rely on an understanding of stone tools to trace much of what we know about prehistoric societies. How to make, illustrate, and analyze stone tools, revealing the method and theory intrinsic to these artifacts. Prerequisites: 3 or 6 or other instructor-approved archaeology course work. GER:DBSocSci 5 units, Spr (Rick, J; Robertson, I)
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3.00 Credits
(Same as HUMBIO 115.) The effects and consequences of longterm human interaction with the environment. How and why past societies adapted, or failed to adapt, to changing environmental conditions and relevance to current environmental problems. Demographic, archaeological, and environmental data assessed using case studies from around the world since the late Pleistocene. Development of agriculture, societal collapse, sustainability, and policy response. Prerequisite: Human Biology core or equivalent or consent of instructor. 3 units, Spr (Truncer, J)
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