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3.00 Credits
The prehistoric Pliocene and Pleistocene evidence for human emergence and evolution. The emphasis is on the human fossil record and its interpretation in functional and behavioral terms. This is placed in the context of the Paleolithic archaeological record and issues regarding the biological relationships between various human groups. Prerequisite: Anthro 150 or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
Is violence best understood as a set of "random acts" marginal to society? Or, do societies need violence to make culture systematic and hierarchy functional? This course is not about the psychology of individual pathology; rather, we think about violence as a potential category of culture. We address two major issues throughout this course. First, we discuss different types of violence: physical/material violence and symbolic violence. Second, we become familiar with ways that social groups turn violence into an aesthetic object and an artistic project. To accomplish our task, we take both an ethnographic and theoretical approach, so that we may better ground our understanding of violence in various people's everyday experiences as well as develop a broader, more complete idea of what violence entails. Specific readings include the following topics: U.S. and Brazilian hip-hop; Puerto Rican reggaeton; video games; contemporary Latin American plastic arts; U.S. hate crimes, rape, and other forms of domestic violence; violence "workers" in Latin America; genocides in Rwanda, Guatemala, and Armenia; drug lords in Rio de Janeiro, Los Angeles, and Mogadishu, Somalia; and the legality of lethal injections in capital punishment in the United States.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of major theories and paradigms in anthropology; emphasis is on approaches taken by sociocultural anthropologists in analyzing and explaining features of societies and cultures, including evolutionary theories, comparative methods, interpretive approaches, and ecological accounts. Required of all majors. Students considering a junior year abroad should enroll sophomore year.
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3.00 Credits
Same as AMCS 3713
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3.00 Credits
Geoarchaeology involves the application of analytical techniques, concepts, and field methods from the earth sciences to help solve archaeological problems. Issues explored in this course include human and environmental processes involved in archaeological site formation; the sedimentary context of archaeological remains, soils and sediments relevant to archaeology; and the relationship between past settlement and landscape evolution, paleoclimatic reconstruction, human impacts on the environment, geological sourcing of artifact proveniences, and remote sensing of the physical environment. Several field trips to local archaeological/geological sites provide an opportunity to understand how geoarchaeology is applied to specific research problems.
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3.00 Credits
Use of GIS is rapidly becoming standard practice in anthropological research. This course introduces students to the basic theories and techniques of GIS. Topics include the application of GIS in archaeological survey and ethnographic research, as well as marketing, transportation, demographics, and urban and regional planning. This course enables students to become familiar not only with GIS software such as ArcGIS but also the methodologies and tools used to collect and analyze spatial data.
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3.00 Credits
From the beginning of the human campaign, societies have socialized the spaces and places where they live. This socialization comes in many forms, including the generation of sacred natural places (e.g., Mt. Fuji) to the construction of planned urban settings where culture is writ large in overt and subtle contexts. Over the past two decades or so, anthropologists, archaeologists, and geographers have developed a wide body of research concerning these socially constructed and perceived settings-commonly known as "landscapes." This course takes a tour through time and across the globe to trace the formation of diverse social landscapes, starting in prehistoric times and ending in modern times. We cover various urban landscapes, rural landscapes, nomadic landscapes (and others), and the intersection of the natural environment, the built environments, and the symbolism that weaves them together. Chronologically, we range from 3000 bce to 2009 ce and we cover all the continents. This course also traces the intellectual history of the study of landscape as a social phenomenon, and investigates the current methods used to recover and describe social landscapes around the world and through time. Join in situating your own social map alongside the most famous and the most obscure landscapes of the world, and trace the global currents of your social landscape.
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3.00 Credits
This course presents an overview of cultures and contemporary social/political changes in East Asia. In Western society, East Asia often has been viewed as a place of enduring cultural identities, but it also has been a region of one of the world's most dynamic and rapid transformations. In this course, we examine both the continuity and change of cultural and social patterns in this region. Students compare anthropological and ethnographic studies of the Peoples' Republic of China, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan, supplemented by selected research from sociology, history, and political science. The course focuses on specific areas of cultural and social change in each society, including kinship and family; gender; ethnicity; economic and political development; and health and social policy.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the temporal, geographical, and environmental aspects of past climate changes, and by using specific examples, explores how climate changes may have affected the evolution of human culture and the course of human history. Archaeological and documentary examples from the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Near East are used to explore if or how significant events in human history have been influenced by changes in climate.
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4.00 Credits
Interdisciplinary study of the past, present, and future of the Mississippi River Basin. Using lectures, guest presentations, and field trips, the course provides a broad overview of the important natural, historical, social, cultural, and environmental issues surrounding the Mississippi River and its tributaries. We encourage an understanding and appreciation of the river from a holistic perspective. An emphasis in the course is on experiential learning, or out-of classroom field trips, where students have the opportunity to see firsthand important issues related to the Mississippi River, its environment, culture, and the historic changes wrought upon the River and their effects. The class meets once a week; classes include some combination of lecture, presentations by guest speakers, or field trips. During spring break we take a field trip down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico (students are charged an extra fee for this field trip).
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