Anthropology

Corequisites: ANTH102 Provides practical experience in aspects of physical anthropology: the mechanisms of inheritance, osteology and forensic science, comparative anatomy and human evolution, and aspects of modern human variability.

Introduces human culture and society. Provides an understanding of human diversity through a comparative study of politics, religion, economics and social organization.

Recommended corequisite: ANTH 110L Explores the biological and evolutionary origins of humans through the examination of the fossil record, the study of primates, and the study of human biology.

Offers a comparative survey of selected societies from throughout the world. Emphasis is on the impact of global developments on traditional societies.

Surveys archaeology in the Old and New Worlds. Examines methods used by archaeologists to describe and explain prehistoric cultures.

Introduces the Indigenous Nations of the Great Basin summarizing ethnographic and contemporary issues of Indigenous Nations of the Great Basin and the indigenous groups that are geographically adjacent and have influenced Basin cultures. Examines the archaeological documentation of pre-contact conditions. .

Introduces students to the archaeology and prehistory of Mesoamerica. Includes the development of complex societies in Mexico and Central America.

Introduces students to the anthropological study of religion as a human institution. Examines the history, methods, and current status of the field.

Topics selected from paleoecology, taphonomy, geoarchaeology, and dating methods. Lectures, readings, and field trips cover advanced principles, method and theory, and practical applications.