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3.00 Credits
This course is basic to an understanding of anthropology and covers an analysis of the concept of culture; a brief overview of the evolution of culture and of anthropological theory and methodology; the importance of human language; and a systematic survey of technology, economics, political and social organization, religion, and art in human societies. GE: Culture/Non-Western
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Topics include the genetic basis for human evolution and human adaptation, primatology, fossil primates and especially fossil humans, population genetics, and the variability of modern humans. The behavior of apes, monkeys, and other primates are observed through films and a trip to the Buffalo Zoo. GE: Life Sciences
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An introduction to archaeological research using Maya, Roman, and other ancient civilizations as case examples of reconstructing past environments, technologies, social and economic systems, household and settlement patterns, religious beliefs and practices, art and writing systems, political realms, and differences in health, nutrition, and status among individuals. A trip to a local archaeological site is usually possible. GE: Culture/Non-Western
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The relationship of art to the social, political, religious, and economic activities of Indians of North America. Included throughout the term are discussions of how art can be defined cross-culturally, its links to environment and technology and the modifications that occurred in Indian Art as a result of contact with non-Indian groups. DOS: Social Sciences, GE: Culture/Non-Western
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An introduction of archival research, historic and prehistoric site recognition, shovel-test surveys, basic mapping and measuring techniques, excavation strategies, pottery reconstruction, writing field logs, cataloging artifacts, drawing stratigraphic sections and plans, and evaluating dating techniques. For beginners with no previous experience in anthropology or archaeology.
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This course draws upon history, legend, myth, fables, art, and architecture to present the story of Buddhism. It is an introduction into the life and mission of Gautama Buddha (560–480 B.C.E.) and an understanding of the spread of Buddhism as a religion and distinct way of life from India to Sri Lanka, China, Japan, and Tibet. GE: Culture/Non-Western
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(Cross listed with ECON 0112) 3 cr. This is a course designed to introduce the students to the many facets of the world’s largest industry: tourism. The approach is multidisciplinary, focusing on such issues as work and leisure, tradition and modernity, growth and pollution, security and terrorism, and privilege and servitude. GE: Culture/Euro-American
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An introduction to paleoanthropology, including an overview of the genetic, anatomical, geological, primatological, and archaeological information needed to examine and survey the fossil record of human evolution, beginning about five million years ago. Major questions that are explored include: Why are humans bipedal? Why do we have such large brains? When was language developed? Were there more differences between males and females in the past? Did they mature earlier? How did they survive, and what was their environment like? Prerequisite: ANTH 0102 or ANTH 0103 GE: Life Sciences
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An introduction to the prehistory of the United States and Canada from the entrance of humans into the New World through subsequent cultural developments until the arrival of the Europeans. Emphasis is placed on ecological factors and the rise of agricultural economics. Prerequisite: ANTH 0103 or permission of the instructor. GE: Culture/Non-Western
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A survey of the archaeological sequences in Mexico and Guatemala with a strong emphasis on the Aztecs and Mayas, including the changes wrought by Europeans. Prerequisite: ANTH 0101 or 0103 GE: Culture/Non-Western
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