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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the fundamentals of archaeology, with emphasis on evolutionary principles. Topics include a review of archaeological field methods such as sampling, survey and excavation, and analytic methods such as dating, typology and formation processes. Three hours of class and one hour of laboratory. (Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning.) Maximum enrollment, 24.
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The history and contemporary practice of cultural anthropology as seen through the emergence, development and (sometimes) resolution of key controversies. Examples drawn from diverse geographical areas and temporal areas include: amateur vs. professional fieldwork, scientific vs. interpretive approaches, study of race, Mead/Freeman debate over nature and nurture and other controversies. (Proseminar.) Not open to seniors, juniors or to students who have taken 113 or 114. Maximum enrollment, 16.
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3.00 Credits
A general examination of the nature of language. Topics include the history of ideas about language; philosophical and cognitive aspects of language; evolutionary, structural and generative approaches to the analysis of language. (Writing-intensive.) (Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning.) Prerequisite, 126, 127 or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 20.
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3.00 Credits
Jared Diamond's book Collapse addresses five factors he sees as important in the collapse of both prehistoric and historic cultures throughout the world. Examines the archaeological evidence for such calamities, focusing first on the five factors and how they appear to be operative in present-day and historical societies, for which we have written records, and then on a number of prehistoric societies, for which only archaeological data exist. Prerequisite, 106 or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 24.
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3.00 Credits
Cultural developments of the last 40,000 years in Africa and Eurasia. Focus on anatomically modern human behavioral adaptations as organized in hunting and gathering and agricultural societies, and in large-scale complex civilizations. Attention to the important transitions in prehistory that laid the foundations for the development of civilizations throughout the Old World. Prerequisite, 106 or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Native North Americans prior to European contact are commonly believed to have been few in number, had relatively simple sociopolitical structure, and were environmentally conservative. On the contrary, population size for the content has been estimated as high as 20 million and sociopolitical organization ranged from hunter-gatherer to near-state societies. The course examines the late prehistory of groups from different environmental and social contexts and the extreme changes resulting from European contact due to the introduction of contagious diseases, slavery, trade, and colonization. Prerequisite, Arch 106, Anth 113, Anth 114, or Ant 115 or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Explores implications of plural "cultures." Cultural practices often transform over time, and people may bring cultural habits to new places, negotiate with cultural conditions of new locales, and create hybrid cultures. By deconstructing singular notions of "Japanese culture" and "Japan as a nation-state," we investigate the plural cultures that exist both within Japan and that emerge from interactions with other countries and peoples in the world. We also critically and theoretically analyze a concept central to Anthropology: "cultures." Prerequisite, One course in Anthropology or Asian Studies 180 or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
How the sounds of language are produced. The structure of sound systems in a variety of languages (including non-European). Organization of field projects: data collection, transcription analysis.
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3.00 Credits
A number of questions about prehistory persist in archaeology, despite attempts to answer them, questions such as: Who were the Neandertals and where do they fit in evolution of modern humans? What factors led to the evolution of social complexity and inequality? Where did the first people to colonize the Americas come from, when did they arrive, and how did they get here? Examines several of these questions, how archaeologists have attempted to answer them throughout the years, and why they are still with us. Prerequisite, 106.
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3.00 Credits
Exploration of Middle East societies and culture with attention to geography, ethnic groups, social divisions, gender issues, and religion, and to literature, and art and popular culture. Focus on contemporary society with consideration of the enduring presence of historical phenomena. Examination of influences producing unifying and stabilizing effects on societies of the area, particularly factors causing dislocation, discords, and internal tensions. Comparative examination of social power, social change, and cultural diversity in the region. (Writing-intensive.) Prerequisite, Anthropology 113, 114, 115, 126, or 127, or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 20.
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