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4.00 Credits
for hours and prerequisites, see segment descriptions. Study of the prehistory of different regions of the world. Emphasis is on the method and theory underlying archaeological investigations of the nature of people and culture and the course of human development.
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Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 003 or ANTH 005 or consent of instructor. Interpretation of the archaeological record of North America from initial peopling of the continent to the historic period.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 003 or ANTH 005 or consent of instructor. A survey of prehistoric cultures of California from the earliest settlement to the historic period.
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Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 003 or ANTH 005 and either upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Prehistory and ethnography of the Great Basin. Topics include the earliest dated archaeological Lithi-stage manifestations, regional and temporal expressions of the Western Archaic, Formative Anasazi and Fremont developments, and the Numic peoples. Emphasis will be on technology and cultural ecology.
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Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 003 or ANTH 005 or consent of instructor. An introduction to Mayan archaeology intended to provide an overview of ancient Maya cultural history from the Formative period to the time of Spanish contact. During the course, particular Maya sites will be described in detail.
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Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 003 or ANTH 005 or consent of instructor. An introduction to the archaeology and culture history in the New World nuclear area of Western Mesoamerica from the occupation of this area before 10,000 years ago to the arrival of Spanish Europeans in A.D. 1519.
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Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 003 or ANTH 005 or consent of instructor. A survey of prehistoric cultures of the American Southwest from earliest settlement to the historic period.
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Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 003 or ANTH 005 or consent of instructor. A description of Andean culture history, emphasizing Peru, from the earliest documentation of human occupation to the Spanish conquest of the Inca. Topics include origins of food production, early ceremonial architecture, Paracas textiles, the Nasca lines, Moche iconography and ritual, and Inca architecture. Discussion of major sites and their architecture, ceramics, sculpture, and other archaeological remains.
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Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 001 or ANTH 001H; ANTH 003 or ANTH 005; or consent of instructor. Explores current understanding about ancient Zapotec, Mixtec, and neighboring cultures in Oaxaca, Mexico, the location of the earliest Mesoamerican state system and one of its earliest cities.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 003 or ANTH 005 or consent of instructor. A descriptive introduction to Quaternary physical dating methods and their application in archaeology and paleoanthropology.
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