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4.00 Credits
This course explores the archaeological manifestations, in terms of settlement, mortuary, and sculptural data, of belief systems in the Anglo-Saxon and Viking Worlds. Traditionally scholars have been inclined to assume that accompanied burials in Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age England represent pagans, while unaccompanied churchyard burials represented those converted to Christianity, with an inter-mediate so-called 'Final Phase' between the two types. Utilizing the latest archaeological mortuary theories, our analysis will challenge this theoretical framework with the understanding that manifold factors distinct from belief system, especially ethnicity and status, also determine the form of the burial rite. Additionally, Viking Age burials and 10th century sculpture from the Danelaw will be examined to see what if anything can be gleaned about the belief systems of the Scandinavian settlers of England.
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3.00 Credits
Taught in London
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3.00 Credits
This field course centers around 3 weeks of intensive training, data collection, and analyses on topics related to the behavior, biology and cultural contexts of the interactions between humans and macaque monkeys (Macaca sylvanus) in Gibraltar. Students will be trained in behavioral observation techniques and collect data on human and monkey interactions and general behavior. Students will also obtain experience by conducting supervised field physiological examinations and learning assessment techniques for evaluating macaque health. Lectures, field practicum, interactions with diverse specialists and local experts will provide the instructional aspects of this course. Special foci of the course include macaque behavior and evolution, human behavior and epidemiology, and the cultural and ecological history of Gibraltar. All students will be required to propose and perform a brief original research project which will result in a research paper due shortly after the completion of the field portion of the course. Applications available from Dr. Agustín Fuentes.
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6.00 Credits
Eight weeks of intensive archaeological fieldwork to investigate the earliest period of urbanism on the Kerak Plateau, Jordan. Students will be introduced to archaeological methodologies of surface survey, impact assessment, and test excavations. Students will also learn analytical techniques by working with material culture and other archaeological remains they've excavated, namely ceramics, lithics, architecture, fauna, and paleobotanical remains. Students will also learn about the prehistory and history of Jordan through a series of lectures and field trips in the region. By permission of instructor only, application necessary (see Dept. of Anthropology for application).
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4.00 Credits
This course uses experiential learning in the Mexican community of South Bend in order to understand how Mexican migrants conduct their lives across the vast distances separating South Bend and their homeland. The course begins with readings in social science and fiction about transnationalism, Mexican-U.S. migration and the history and sociology of the local community. Next we learn ethical fieldwork methods in preparation for community research. Students working in two-person teams will gather data on local and transnational households and kin networks, political involvement, employment, consumption practices, cultural activities and religious life, working through contacts with social service agencies, the Mexican consulate, and Mexican- or Latino-run media, businesses, food stores, and sports leagues. We will document the innovative adaptations of this migrant community, especially the growth of an ethnic enclave of small businesses that both unite Mexicans as an ethnic group and sustain their ties to their homeland. We intend to compile the research in a volume published by Latino Studies to be given to those who shared their lives with us and to entities that are committed to helping them.
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3.00 Credits
This class is intended for students who completed Human Ethology, a prerequisite for enrollment. It provides the opportunity to discuss the material and topics presented in the lecture course and will culminate with each student choosing a research topic and presenting it in the form of PowerPoint to the class. A second requirement in addition to weekly readings, discussion and or reviews of many articles read previously will be the completion of a significant observational study of some aspect of human behavior covered by class material. The topics to be investigated include but are not limited to the evolutionary and cultural perspectives on human aggression, sleep, laughter, grief, sex differences in behavior, institutional sports, play, parenting, infant care practices, and communication (especially non-verbal). The class fulfills a methods requirement for the anthropology major.
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3.00 Credits
This course will reconceptualize a variety of human diseases, syndromes and disorders from the standpoint of evolution, in the modern cultural context. The evolution of infectious diseases will be considered, especially the evolution of HIV and the role of antibiotics in promoting antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria. Menopause, women's reproductive cancers, allergy, pediatric topics (colic, physiologic jaundice, sleep problems, SIDS), breast feeding, obstetrics, geriatric medicine, structural and genetic abnormalities, psychiatric disorders, psychological health, eating disorders, nutrition, obesity, myopia, emotional disorders, touch therapy and massage will be examined in the context of this exciting and emerging new field. Four-person teams of students will explore one area of evolutionary medicine and present a joint poster session as his or her final project.
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3.00 Credits
Traditional Native North American art will be studied through form, technique, and context, as well as the perception of this art as exemplified through changing content, technique, and context. Students will work with the collections in the Snite Museum of Art.
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3.00 Credits
Respect for the dead has long been considered one of the most consistent features that distinguishes our particular species from others, although the forms and the meanings involved can vary enormously. This course explores the range and significance of attitudes and behaviors that exhibit this extraordinary human practice. Readings will include examples from the intriguing archaeological findings in Upper Paleolithic burial sites to the elaborate memorial cults that produced such wonders as the pyramids of Egypt, the Taj Mahal of India, and the colossal sculptures on Mount Rushmore, to the widely contrasting customs followed across the map of today's world. A number of influential theories advanced in anthropology and some other disciplines, associated with such thinkers as van Gennep, Ariens, Hertz, Pearson, Taylor, Vermeule, Huntingon, Bloch, Faust, and Mitford, that deal with funeral practices, mortuary rituals, cemetery design, and traditions of remembrance will be examined. Also, what appear to be contrary instances, that is, the disregard or the desecration of corpses will also receive prominent attention, with an emphasis on examples such as victims of genocide, natural catastrophe, or political violence. In addition, several topics related to death and memory that represent public controversy and/or popular fascination, such as cryonics, secondary burials, relics, vampires, organ transplants, war monuments, ghost celebrities, plastification, ecological burials, and do-it-yourself funerals, will also be discussed.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the construction and application of central themes in the scope of international horror cinema and how they reveal salient aspects of cultural similarities and differences including: gender, sexuality, violence and socio-political climates.
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