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  • ANTH 4720: Slavery and Resistance

    3.00 Credits
    Western Michigan University

    This course explores the development of black slavery in the Americas from its African and European antecedents down through its eradication the nineteenth century. Attention will be given to the Caribbean, and to mainland North and South America, although some areas may receive more emphasis than others. We will adopt a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspective toward slavery. Anthropological, historical, archaeological, cliometric, Marxist, and other approaches to slave studies are examined in order to assess competing materialist and idealist viewpoints. The goal is to identify common themes and characteristics of slavery in different historical and cross-cultural contexts. Credits: 3 hours
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  • ANTH 4800: Garbage:Humans and their Refuge

    3.00 Credits
    Western Michigan University

    What happens when you flush the toilet? Why does that question make Americans squeamish? This course examines the various ways that human societies have categorized polluting substances and the various technologies and symbolic practices they have used to place materials outside the boundaries of acceptable sociality. Credits: 3 hours
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  • ANTH 4900: Archaeological Field School

    6.00 Credits
    Western Michigan University

    Archaeological investigation of specific problems relating to the prehistory or history of a particular area (e.g. southwest Michigan, Lower Mississippi Valley). Participants will receive instruction in collecting and evaluating background information, creating a research design and implementing archaeological field-work (i.e., logistics, site location survey, mapping, recovering objects from archaeological contexts), and processing and curating data for analysis and interpretation in the laboratory. May be repeated with permission of instructor, but does not count toward the anthropology major or minor twice. Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: ANTH 2100 or consent of instructor. Credits: 6 hours
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  • ANTH 4980: Independent Readings in Anthropology

    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    Western Michigan University

    Students may contact a faculty member to undertake independent readings on a specific topic of interest. The student should have some familiarity with the topic in advance. The purpose of the course is to allow the student to gain a greater depth of knowledge in a topic not offered in a formal course. Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing and a declared major or minor in anthropology. Credits: 1 to 3 hours
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  • ANTH 4990: Independent Research in Anthropology

    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    Western Michigan University

    Students may contact a faculty member to conduct research under the guidance of the faculty member. Before the initiation of the research a literature search and a written proposal must be prepared. At the conclusion of the research project, a written report will be submitted to the guiding faculty member. Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing and a declared major or minor in anthropology. Credits: 1 to 3 hours
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  • ANTH 5000: Topics in Archaeology

    3.00 Credits
    Western Michigan University

    A consideration of the prehistory of a particular geographic area (e.g. the southwestern United States, the Circumpolar) or of selected theoretical problems (e.g. artifact typology, prehistoric ecology). The topic to be studied will be announced each semester. (May be repeated for credit). Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: ANTH 1100 or 2100. Notes: The prerequisites to 5000-level courses are: Junior status and 12 hours of course work in anthropology, including the specified prerequisite for each class. Credits: 3 hours
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  • ANTH 5010: The Rise of Civilization

    3.00 Credits
    Western Michigan University

    The archaeological sequence in one or more of the nuclear centers of prehistoric civilization will be considered in some detail. The course may focus intensively upon one area (e.g. the Near East or Meso-America), or it may give equal emphasis to two or more areas in a comparative framework. Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Junior standing, 12 hours of anthropology and ANTH 2100 or consent of instructor. Notes: The prerequisites to 5000-level courses are: Junior status and 12 hours of course work in anthropology, including the specified prerequisite for each class. Credits: 3 hours
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  • ANTH 5020: The Origins of Agriculture

    3.00 Credits
    Western Michigan University

    An intensive study of the human transition from hunting-gathering to cultivation during the post-Pleistocene period. Topics to be treated include: both archaeological and botanical models to explain these processes; the comparison of agricultural systems in various parts of the world; the geographic distribution and biosystematics of selected cultivars; and the cultural systems which have arisen from the economic foundations of plant domestication. Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Junior standing, 12 hours of anthropology, and ANTH 1100 or 2100. Notes: The prerequisites to 5000-level courses are: Junior status and 12 hours of course work in anthropology, including the specified prerequisite for each class. Credits: 3 hours
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  • ANTH 5050: Social Archaeology

    3.00 Credits
    Western Michigan University

    Investigates the mechanisms of social, political, and economic integration within human social groups by analyzing and interpreting the material world. Focus will vary between communal and complex social forms. Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Junior standing, 12 hours of anthropology, and ANTH 2100 or consent of instructor. Notes: The prerequisites to 5000-level courses are: Junior status and 12 hours of course work in anthropology, including the specified prerequisite for each class. Credits: 3 hours
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  • ANTH 5060: The Archaeology of Gender

    3.00 Credits
    Western Michigan University

    Gender constructs, a critical organizing principle for human interaction, are becoming an important focus for archaeological investigation. This course will explore the multiple ways archaeologists have attempted to use gender relations as a means to gain insights into individual societies. We will follow gender as an archaeological concept historically and conceptually. Participants will explore the attempts and successes of a gendered understanding of the archaeological record. Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: ANTH 2100, junior standing, and 12 hours in anthropology. Notes: The prerequisites to 5000-level courses are: Junior status and 12 hours of course work in anthropology, including the specified prerequisite for each class. Credits: 3 hours
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