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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the diversity and complexity of peoples and cultures throughout Latin America. Focus on the intersection of politics, religion, gender, race, class, ethnicity and nationalism in post-colonial Latin America. Critical exploration of current cultural, political and economic transformations and their impact on the indigenous peoples of Mexico, Central America and South America. (Spring). Liberal arts. Prerequisite: ANT102 or POI.
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6.00 Credits
Excavation of an actual archaeological site in the Plattsburgh area. Practical experience in field archaeology including techniques of survey, excavation, preservation, reconstruction and laboratory analysis of artifactual materials. (Summer). Liberal arts. Prerequisite: POI.
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3.00 Credits
Comparative survey of prosimians, monkeys, apes and humans, with an emphasis on the living primates. Anatomical and behavioral characteristics, and the variability of primate social adaptations and problem solving. Implications for understanding the origins of human language and culture by assessing their prototypes in nonhuman primates. (Every Other Year). Liberal arts. Prerequisite: ANT101 or POI.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of the relationship between cultural/biological factors and human health and disease, including topics such as group structure and size, the transition from hunter/gatherers (nomadism) to agriculturalists (sedentism), the rise of urban society, and the environmental and social factors that accompany different economic strategies. Problems of nutrition in the past and the evolution and history of infectious diseases will be examined as well as the recent emergence of new diseases. Methods of analyzing prehistoric health, and the problems with these methods, will be discussed. (Spring). Liberal arts. Prerequisite: ANT101 or ANT102
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3.00 Credits
Cultural, social, and political development of modern Israel. Emphases on western ideological basis of Zionism and the Israeli political system, cultural diversity and conflict, internal social dynamics and regional political relations. Historical, religious, economic, and political factors as bases of contemporary Israeli culture and lifestyles. (Fall/Spring/Summer). Liberal arts.
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3.00 Credits
Anthropological approaches in the study of illness and caring. The interaction between human behavior and the ecology of various diseases. Common cultural and psychodynamic features of illness. The nature and efficacy of non-Western curing procedures. (Fall). Liberal arts. Prerequisite: ANT101 or ANT102.
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3.00 Credits
Anthropological approach to the meaning and function of religion in social life. The nature of thought or belief systems that give rise to the different forms of religious life. (Spring). Liberal arts. Prerequisite: ANT102.
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3.00 Credits
Nonindustrial cultures, past and present, in respect to the role of kinship as well as nonkinship principles in social, political, economic, and religious behavior and group formation. Examples of kinship in industrialized societies examined for contrastive purposes. (Fall). Liberal arts. Prerequisite: ANT102.
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3.00 Credits
Sociocultural systems of North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Southwest Asia with emphasis on Islamic cultures and Arab peoples. Ecological and historical bases of contemporary cultures and the contribution of village, nomadic and urban ways of life to Middle Eastern civilizations. (Fall). Liberal arts. Prerequisite: ANT102 or sophomore standing.
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3.00 Credits
Comparison of sex roles in non-Western sociocultural systems and development of new perspectives on the position of women in modern industrial societies. The influence of sex role patterning in anthropological research and reinterpretation of socio-cultural systems from a female point of view. (Fall). Liberal arts. Prerequisite: ANT102 or WMS201.
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