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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on ethnicity as a key category for understanding cultural identity, religion, and politics in the modern state of Israel -- among Israeli Jews from the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas, and among Israeli Arabs who define themselves as Palestinian, Bedouin and Druze. Some topics to be addressed: Historical foundations of Israel; creation of a national Jewish culture; issues of land, exile and culture; "absorption" vs. a pluralistic approach to jewish immigration; the military in the lives of Israeli Jews and non-Jews; ethnic influences in Israeli popular music; Palestinian nationalism and cultural identity within Israel and in relation to the formation of Palestinian state. Prerequisites: ANTH10400 or ANTH12900 or ANTH23500 or SOCI23610. 3 credits. (F,IRR)
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the interrelationship between humans and their environments from a long-term archaeological perspective. This course emphasizes archaeological, geological, and botanical methods and analytical techniques used for long-term environmental reconstruction. Cross-listed as ENVS 23000. Students may not earn credit for both ANTH 23000 and ENVS 23000. Prerequisite: ANTH 10400 or ANTH 10700. 3 credits (S,Y)
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1.00 Credits
Focuses on processes at work in contemporary black Africa, rural as well as urban, colonial as well as independent. Themes include the colonial legacy; cultural change and continuity; urbanization; approaches to economic development and political modernization; and liberation movements. Prerequisites: ANTH 10400 or ANTH 12900. 3 credits. (F or S,Y)
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on human variation from a biological as well as an anthropological perspective. Topics covered will include traits of inheritance, human variability and behavior, intelligence testing, and adaptations to various ecosystems. Students will conduct research on human variation. Prerequisites: One of the following: ANTH 10300, ANTH 10400, BIOL 12100, BIOL 12200, BIOL 27100. 3 credits. (IRR)
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3.00 Credits
This course is an examination of the present and past interrelationships between people and plants. Students study plants as food, medicine, materials, and religion throughout the human experience, focusing on non-Western peoples. Topics include plant domestication and developmental trajectories, ethnopharmacology, Native American plant use, oral histories, and shaman-hallucinogen complexes. Also explored are the roles plants play in shaping culture and cultural change, defining social boundaries, and creating status. The final portion of the class considers important current topics and debates, such as bioprospecting, genetic modification, and intellectual property rights. Prerequisites: ANTH 10400 or ANTH 10700. 4 credits. (S,O)
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
This intensive course will cover introductory primate behavior, ecology and habitat with a focus on New World monkeys. Emphasis will be placed on the main species present at Ometepe - mantled howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata). The course is an intensive field course in primate behavior, and is equivalent to an upper-level undergraduate class. Our days are typically spent rising before dawn to get into the forest to begin observations of howling monkeys and/or other field activities. We usually return early afternoon for lectures and discussions. After a general introduction to the forest and research methods, students will work closely with the faculty member to develop an independent research project (please note: the student will guide you towards the IRP, no prior research experience is necessary). After the project is approved, students will collect a minimum of 25 hours of data to address their research question. Also, students will handwrite a scholarly scientific paper that includes an introduction, methods, results, and discussion sections. Each student will also verbally present these components of their research project to the class. In this course, students will learn a lot about primate behavior, tropical landscape ecology, field work in general, and specifically, about field primatology. Prerequisites: Courses in any of the following: ANTH10300 Biological Anthropology, ANTH29200 Introduction to Primates, ANTH39100 Primate Conservations, or consent from the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
How have humans evolved anatomically, biologically, behaviorally, and culturally over the last seven million years? The course tracks major events and evidence for human origins, with an emphasis on the reconstruction of behavior from paleontological and anatomical remains, and reviews recent finds, examines casts of fossils, and discusses the evidence for competing theories concerning our hominid ancestors. Prerequisites: One of the following: ANTH 10300, BIOL 12100, BIOL 12200, BIOL 22700. 3 credits. (IRR)
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1.00 Credits
An examination of the prehistory of the South American continent from the earliest evidence of occupation until the appearance of Europeans in the 16th century. Emphasis is placed on the cultural developments of western South America, especially Peru, due to the extensive archaeological record in that area; those cultural developments are placed in the context of the prehistory of the rest of the continent as well. Particular attention is paid to the mechanisms of cultural adaptation and cultural evolution. Prerequisites: ANTH 10400 or ANTH 10700. 3 credits. (S,O)
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1.00 Credits
An examination of the origins and development of the Aztec, Maya, and other civilizations of Mexico and Central America, from the first human occupation of the region to the Spanish Conquest. The course uses evidence from archaeology and the writings of pre-Columbian and European chroniclers to reconstruct the lifeways of ancient Mesoamerican cultures and to examine the processes that propelled their evolution. Prerequisites: ANTH 10400 or ANTH 10700. 3 credits. (F,O)
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1.00 Credits
Seminar on Indian culture and background, as well as contemporary Indian problems in the continental United States. Readings on the rich and varied heritage of American Indians research and presentations on current problems facing specific Indian groups. Prerequisites: ANTH 10400. 3 credits. (Y)
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