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3.00 Credits
A survey of how animals- particularly humans and other primates-interact with their physical world. How do terrestrial animals move, see, breathe, and hear? We examine the anatomy and mechanics involved in these and other behaviors and investigate their evolution. Prerequisite: Anthro 150A or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
The first portion of this lab-based course covers basic concepts in biomechanics and training in the equipment and noninvasive experimental techniques used to investigate locomotion, energetics, and other biomechanics questions in terrestrial animals, including humans. In the second portion, students conduct their own research projects, developing questions and hypotheses, collecting and analyzing data, and using results to test predictions. Prerequisite: Anthro 4593 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses upon the methods and techniques employed in historical archaeology. We include method of integration of written records through contextual studies, discussion of specific artifact type identification techniques, and seminar-type treatments of other aspects of the field. The class includes some hands-on lab work, working primarily with materials from the first American fort west of the Mississippi (Fort Belle Fontaine) and two Civil War period mansions. Prerequisite: 3 credits of archaeology or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Theories, methods, and techniques applied by archaeologists to contemporary societies and materials to aid their understanding of extinct societies. Analysis of ethnographic research in both the Old and New Worlds. Participation with Professors Watson, Browman, and Fritz is included in relevant topics. Prerequisites: Anthro 160B or 190BP, and permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A seminar on social theory and its ethnographic implications. Course combines major works of modern social theory, including Marx, Weber, and Durkheim, with current work by contemporary anthropologists, such as Clifford Geertz, Eric Wolf, Marshall Sahlins, and Fredrik Barth, and ethnographers from related disciplines, such as Pierre Bourdieu and Paul Willis. Prerequisite: previous anthropology course work or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Same as IAS 474
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3.00 Credits
The paleolithic archaeology, human paleobiology, and paleoecology of the geographical expansions and adaptations of Eurasian humans through the Pleistocene. Prerequisite: Anthro 150A or 190B.
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3.00 Credits
A detailed consideration of the Middle and Late Pleistocene patterns of human biological evolution relating to the origins and evolution of late archaic humans (including the Neandertals) and the emergence of modern humans. Prerequisite: Anthro 367 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Pathways to food production in Africa: late hunter-gatherers and early pastoralists, their interactions and intersections with complex societies of the Nile. A survey designed for juniors and seniors in a seminar setting.
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3.00 Credits
The reason for the beginnings and spread of food production during the early Holocene in so many parts of the world is one of the most interesting questions in archaeology. It now seems likely that there are many different pathways to domestication. In Africa, there is a record of up to several million years of human existence as hunter-gatherers before some human populations adopted food production. Domestication of plants and animals about 10,000 years ago resulted in fundamental changes in human societies. It provided the basis for the increase in settlement densities, specialization and social stratification, and general decrease in mobility and dietary diversity characteristic of non-hunter-gatherer societies in the modern world. In this seminar, the class explores the phenomenon of domestication and the spread of food production, surveying the evidence for manipulation and domestication of plant and animal species by prehistoric peoples in Africa. We focus on how and why domestication occurred and factors that influenced its spread; interactions between late hunter-gatherers and early pastoralists; and intersections with complex societies of the Nile. We also look at the contributions of Africa to understanding pathways to food production world wide.
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