| ANTH 100-01 |
Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Instructor: Karen Weinstein
Course Description:
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of biological anthropology. We will examine the development of evolutionary theory. We will then apply evolutionary theory to understand principles of inheritance, familial and population genetics in humans, human biological diversity and adaptations to different environments, behavioral and ecological diversity in nonhuman primates, and the analysis of the human skeleton and fossil record to understand the origin and evolution of the human family.
Three hours classroom and three hours laboratory a week. Offered three semesters over a two-year period.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
DENNY 115
01:30 PM-04:30 PM, W
DENNY 115 |
| ANTH 101-01 |
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Instructor: Amalia Pesantes Villa
Course Description:
This course is a comprehensive introduction to how cultural anthropologists study culture and society in diverse contexts. We will use ethnographic case studies from across the world to examine the ways people experience and transform social relationships and culture in areas including families, gender, ethnicity, health, religion, exchange, science, and even what it means to be a person. We will examine how culture and society are embedded within, shape, and are shaped by forces of economics, politics, and environment.
Offered every semester.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MWF
DENNY 304 |
| ANTH 205-01 |
Native Peoples of Eastern North America
Instructor: Christopher Bilodeau
Course Description:
Cross-listed with HIST 389-01. A survey of major development among Native Americans east of the Mississippi River from approximately A.D. 1500 to the present, using the interdisciplinary methodologies of ethnohistory. Topics to be addressed include 16th and 17th century demographic, economic, and social consequences of contact with European peoples, 18th century strategies of resistance and accommodation, 19th century government removal and cultural assimilation policies, and 20th century cultural and political developments among the regions surviving Indian communities.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, MR
DENNY 313 |
| ANTH 212-01 |
Development Anthropology
Instructor: Amalia Pesantes Villa
Course Description:
Sociocultural change, development, and modernization in both Western society and the Third World are examined in terms of theory and practice. Emphasis is on the planning, administration, and evaluation of development projects in agriculture, energy, education, health, and nutrition. The increasingly important role of professional anthropologists and anthropological data is examined in the context of government policies and international business.
Offered every other year.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
DENNY 112 |
| ANTH 220-01 |
Ethnography
Instructor: James Ellison
Course Description:
Ethnography is a unique form of research through which we learn about peoples experiences in the world and their own perspectives in their everyday lives. Ethnographic research is done in any context, from rural farms, to urban train systems, from medical tourism networks, to nuclear power plants. This course examines ethnographic scholarship with attention to the methods of research. Students learn about the methods ethnographers employ in their work, how they use them, and the kinds of results those methods yield. Examples draw from ethnographic work on diverse topics and in varied contexts throughout the world. Students develop brief projects using some of the methods that are examined. Prerequisite: 101
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
DENNY 204 |
| ANTH 290-01 |
Archaeological Methods
Instructor: Andrew Dufton
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ARCH 290-01. This course focuses on archaeological field and laboratory methods through readings, lectures, and hands-on experiences and the data these practices generate. It will cover the essential field methods employed in archaeological survey (pedestrian, aerial, and geophysical) and excavation. This will include the fundamentals of documentation including note-taking, drawing, photography, and map-making. It will also introduce how archaeologists organize and analyze the large quantities and wide range of data recovered in these processes with particular attention to the use of computer databases, especially Geographic Information Systems (GIS). It will provide a general overview of different types of laboratory analysis including lithics, ceramics, metals, plant and animal remains, and discuss the available dating methods. Students will have the opportunity to practice many of the field and lab methods in the Simulated Excavation Field (SEF), and, when available, archaeological sites in the Cumberland Valley. Through these experiences and interactions with a range of archaeological datasets, students will learn how the archaeological record is formed and what its patterns can teach us about ancient human livelihoods. Finally, students will learn to synthesize and present the results of field and laboratory research in reports, a critical genre of writing in the discipline.This course is cross-listed as ARCH 290. Prerequisite:Any two ARCH courses at 100- or 200-level; ARCH 110 highly recommended.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, M
DEAL 1
01:30 PM-04:30 PM, M
ARCH LAB |
| ANTH 300-01 |
Archaeological Theory and Interpretation
Instructor: Matthew Biwer
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ARCH 300-01. This course explores the concepts and theories archaeologists employ to develop interpretations about and reconstructions of past societies. It examines the history of archaeological inquiry from amateur collecting to a profession and science dedicated to the systematic discovery and analysis of material remains and their interpretation. It will explore different traditions of archaeological inquiry particularly in Europe and the study of Classical archaeology and in the Americas with its roots in anthropology. Students will become conversant with contemporary trends in archaeological theory in both areas from evolutionary, ecological, and systems theory perspectives to agent-based approaches that consider gender, power, and daily practices in shaping past societies. Finally, students will engage with pertinent ethical issues surrounding archaeological patrimony.
Prerequisite: ARCH 290. This course is cross-listed as ARCH 300. Offered every spring.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
DEAL 1 |
| ANTH 345-01 |
Life in the Anthropocene
Instructor: James Ellison
Course Description:
Increased attention to human influences on Earth's climates and geology has given rise to a much-discussed Anthropocene epoch. Whether we locate the start of the epoch thousands of years ago with the origins of agriculture, with the industrial revolution, or more recently with nuclear bomb technologies, we can understand the label through rapid successions of record high temperatures and severe weather events, polar ice melts and rising sea levels, and astonishing numbers of extinctions, all of which play out in disparate ways across the globe. These changes call for new ways to understand how humans live in the world. In this course we examine what it means to be human in these times, and how people live in mutual and dynamic relationships with technologies, environments, and other species in ways that shape these processes and that are shaped by them. Our organizing frame will be ethnography, with examples drawn from throughout the world. Sustainability will be a persistent question during the semester.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, MR
DENNY 303 |
| ANTH 345-02 |
Ancient Pasts, Modern Politics
Instructor: Andrew Dufton
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ARCH 345-01. Why would Habib Bourguiba, the first President of an independent Tunisia, build a new presidential palace on the site of the ancient city of Carthage? What motivated the Italian fascist Benito Mussolini to reconstruct the Ara Pacis, an imperial Roman altar of peace? Far from being forgotten, the sites, monuments, and objects of the ancient Mediterranean continue to hold significant sway over modern concerns. This course explores how the history and archaeology of the ancient world has played a prominent role in the creation of national identities and the justification of imperial agendas in Europe, the Middle East, and beyond. Questioning which periods are invoked-and who controls access to these narratives-sheds light on how these ancient pasts continue to shape modern politics.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, TF
DENNY 211 |
| ANTH 400-01 |
Senior Colloquium
Instructor: Karen Weinstein
Course Description:
Offered every fall semester, senior anthropology majors will meet to learn about professional career opportunities in anthropology as well as a write a research paper that incorporates primary sources in anthropological writing and/or original anthropological scholarship involving fieldwork or laboratory research.Prerequisite: Research in Anthropology course.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, TF
DENNY 315 |