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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading and written exercises, 3 hours. Introduces the methods and goals of archaeology through examples of "great discoveries" thathave altered our understanding about the past. Explores discoveries from around the world, including such well-known examples as King Tut's tomb, Pompeii, and the lost cities of the ancient Maya. Also covers lesser-known recent finds and the application of modern scientific technologies in archaeology.
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Lecture, 3 hours; consultation, 1 hour. Surveys health, disease, curing, and nutrition in a cross-cultural perspective. Covers how different cultural groups consider disease, health maintenance, and healing; how traditional beliefs about health and nutrition arise; and what we can and cannot learn from traditional health-seeking practices.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): none. A survey course intended to provide an up-todate background to the ancient art of Mexico, Central America, and the Andean region of western South America. The various peoples and art of pre- Columbian America are discussed according to the three broad cultural regions of Mesoamerica, the Intermediate Area (lower Central America and northwestern South America), and the Andean area. Lectures are illustrated with slides of particular sites and important examples of pre-Columbian art. Crosslisted with AHS 027.
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Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): none. An introduction to anthropological investigations of human uses of biotic resources. The course focuses on management: worldwide comparisons of strategies for domesticating, using, and conserving plants and animals; and worldwide search for better and more sustainable strategies.
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Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 001 or ANTH 001H or consent of instructor. A survey of the history of theory in anthropology and the development of the discipline. Focuses on useful ideas from these theories and methods anthropologists have developed to study other societies.
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Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 001 or ANTH 001H or consent of instructor. Explores the core ideas in modern anthropology about culture and society. Covers basic issues of contemporary theory since the 1980s. Explores the new methodologies and application of theory to ethnography.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Anthropological approaches to the study of art in traditional non- Western societies. Through specific readings and case studies from four geographic regions (North America, Southeast Asia, Oceania, and West Africa), the dynamic role of art in traditional societies is illustrated. Cross-listed with AHS 102.
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4.00 Credits
Seminar, 3 hours; outside research and projects, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 001 or ANTH 001H or consent of instructor. An introduction to the field of visual anthropology. Examines the similarities and differences between ethnographic film, critical studies, and written ethnographies. Explores the politics of representing other cultures visually. Cross-listed with MCS 103.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; individual consultation as needed, 1 hour. An introduction to the study of families, clans, castes, classes, bureaucracies, factions, parties and other forms of human organization. Various aspects of recruitment, social control, communication, social ranking, exchange and conflict are discussed.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 6 hours; extra reading and written exercises, 6 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines the role of culture in the formation and management of complex bureaucratic organizations. Covers types of organizations and organizational cultures, the impact of the cultural environment, and problems posed by rapid cultural change. Offered in summer only. Cross-listed with BUS 158.
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