General and Theoretical Anthropology
Courses at the 100 and 200 level have no prerequisites and are open
to all students. Courses at the 300 level are advanced undergraduate
courses and assume that students have already taken ANTH 101 or
other relevant 200-level courses. These are general prerequisites,
and individual professors may consider other courses within or outside
the department to be sufficient preparation. Courses at the 500
level have third- or fourth-year status and prior course work in
anthropology as a general prerequisite. These courses are designed
primarily for majors and graduate students, but are open by permission
to other qualified, sufficiently motivated undergraduates.
ANTH 101 - (3) (S)
Introduction to Anthropology
This is a broad introductory course covering race, language, and
culture, both as intellectual concepts and as political realities.
Topics include race and culture as explanations of human affairs,
the relationship of language to thought, cultural diversity and
cultural relativity, and cultural approaches to current crises.
ANTH 109 - (3) (Y)
Colloquia for First-Year Students
Colloquium designed to give first-year students an opportunity to
study an anthropological topic in depth in a small-scale, seminar
format. Topics will vary; may be repeated for credit.
ANTH 300 - (1) (Y)
Anthropological Perspectives for Majors
A course for departmental majors and minors designed to introduce
a number of topics of concern to current anthropology. Majors and
minors are expected to take this course at the first opportunity
after joining the program.
ANTH 301 - (4) (Y)
Theory and History of Anthropology
Overview of the major theoretical positions which have structured
anthropological thought over the past century.
ANTH 401 - (3) (S)
Senior Seminar in Anthropology
Integrates the major subdivisions of anthropology, emphasizing selected
theoretical topics and primary sources. Primarily for majors in
their final year. Principles of Sociocultural Analysis
ANTH 220 - (3) (Y)
Dynamics of Social Organization
Emphasizes the social relations of kinship, marriage, formation
of intrasocietal groups, and the cultural construction of the self.
Explores an underlying but correlative theme: how anthropologists
interpret the various social phenomena of different societies.
ANTH 221 - (3) (Y)
Marriage and the Family
Compares domestic groups in Western and non-Western societies. Considers
the kinds of sexual unions legitimized in different cultures, patterns
of childrearing, causes and effects of divorce, and the changing
relations between the family and society.
ANTH 223 - (3) (Y)
Fantasy and Social Values
Examines imaginary societies, in particular those in science fiction
novels, to see how they reflect the problems and tensions of real
social life. Focuses on 'alternate cultures' and fictional societal
models.
ANTH 225 - (3) (Y)
Nationalism, Racism, Culture, Multiculturalism
Introductory course in which the concepts of culture, multiculturalism,
race, racism, and nationalism are critically examined in terms of
how they are used and structure social relations in American society
and, by comparison, how they are defined in other cultures throughout
the world.
ANTH 226 - (3) (S)
Poverty and Meritocracy
Provides an anthropological perspective on American ideas about
achievement and failure in relation to individualist ideology. Readings
include Locke, Rousseau, and Tocqueville; ethnographies of non-Western
alternatives to modern societies; and contemporary readings on poverty,
welfare, meritocracy, and social class.
ANTH 227 - (3) (Y)
Race, Gender, and Medical Science
Explores the social and cultural dimensions of biomedical practice
and experience in the United States. Focuses on practitioner and
patient, asking about the ways in which race, gender, and socio-economic
status contour professional identity and socialization, how such
factors influence the experience, and course of, illness, and how
they have shaped the structures and institutions of biomedicine
over time.
ANTH 231 - (3) (IR)
Symbol and Myth
Studies the foundations of symbolism from the perspective of anthropology.
Topics include signs and symbols, and the symbolism of categorical
orders as expressed in cosmology, totemism, and myth.
ANTH 232 - (3) (Y)
Symbol and Ritual
Explores the ways in which rituals and ceremonies of exotic societies
may be understood and used to throw light on the cultures that produce
them. Topics include rites of passage, sacrifice, totemism, magic,
witchcraft, food symbolism, and animal cults.
ANTH 233 - (3) (IR)
Cults and Prophets: Symbols of Social Change
Examines how ideologies can produce violent social change, beginning
with nativistic cults in simple societies, and progressing to revolutionary
movements in complex societies. Topics include cargo cults, early
Christianity, witch cults, and fascism.
ANTH 234 - (3) (IR)
Anthropology of Birth and Death
Comparative examination of beliefs, rites, and symbolism concerning
birth and death in selected civilizations.
ANTH 235 - (3) (Y)
Introduction to Folklore
Prerequisite: ANTH 101 or instructor permission.
Introduces the materials and methods of folklore study, emphasizing
practical experience in the collection and analysis of folklore.
ANTH 236 - (3) (Y)
Don Juan and Castaneda
Analyzes the conceptual content in Castaneda's writings as an exploration
of an exotic world view. Focuses on the concepts of power, transformation,
and figure-ground reversal.
ANTH 237 - (3) (Y)
The Culture and History of Still Photography
Covers the nature of still photography as a form of communication
from its introduction in 1839 to 1940. Four broad topics are examined:
the phenomenology of photography'its distinctive character, which
sets it apart from other graphic media; the history of photography
from its very beginning; the use of photography in 'viewing' the
world; and the development of documentary photography in the first
half of the 20th century. This course counts toward the Humanities,
rather than Social Science, distribution requirement in the College.
ANTH 290 - (3) (Y)
The Cultural Politics of American Family Values
This course provides a broad, introductory survey of the range of
cultural understandings, economic structures, and political and
legal constraints that shape both dominant and alternative forms
of kinship and family in the United States.
ANTH 317 - (3) (Y)
Visual Anthropology
The study of visual means of representation in Anthropology.
ANTH 320 - (3) (Y)
Marriage, Gender, Political Economy
Cross-cultural comparison of marriage and domestic groups, analyzed
as a point of intersection between cultural conceptions of gender
and a larger political economy.
ANTH 321 - (3) (IR)
Kinship and Social Organization
Prerequisite: ANTH 101 or instructor permission.
Cross-cultural analysis and comparison of systems of kinship and
marriage from Australian aborigines to the citizens of Yankee city.
Covers classic and contemporary theoretical and methodological approaches.
ANTH 322 - (3) (IR)
Introduction to Economic Anthropology
Comparative analysis of different forms of production, circulation,
and consumption in primitive and modern societies. Exploration of
the applicability of modern economic theory developed for modern
societies to primitive societies and to those societies being forced
into the modern world system.
ANTH 323 - (3) (IR)
Introduction to Legal Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTH 101 or instructor permission.
Comparative survey of the philosophy and practice of law in various
societies. Includes a critical analysis of principles of contemporary
jurisprudence and their application.
ANTH 325 - (3) (Y)
Anthropological Perspectives on the Third World
Prerequisite: ANTH 101 or instructor permission.
Analyzes Western impact on third world societies during the colonial
epoch. Topics include the nature of colonial regimes, the responses
of the subject societies, and their legacy in the modern world.
ANTH 326 - (3) (IR)
The Anthropology of Local Development
Prerequisite: ANTH 101 or instructor permission.
Studies the contributions of anthropology to social problems in
complex and developing societies. Topics include problems in the
applied anthropology of such issues as social change, hunger, and
overpopulation.
ANTH 327 - (3) (Y)
Political Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTH 101 or instructor permission.
Reviews the variety of political systems found outside the Western
world. Examines the major approaches and results of anthropological
theory in trying to understand how radically different politics
work.
ANTH 329 - (3) (Y)
Marriage, Fertility, and Mortality
Explores the ways that culturally formed systems of values and family
organization affect population processes in a variety of cultures.
ANTH 330 - (4) (Y)
Tournaments and Athletes
Prerequisite: ANTH 101 or instructor permission.
A cross-cultural study of sport and competitive games.
ANTH 332 - (3) (Y)
Shamanism, Healing, and Ritual
Prerequisite: At least a 200-level ANTH course, or instructor permission.
Examines the characteristics of these nonmedical practices as they
occur in different culture areas, relating them to the consciousness
of spirits and powers and to concepts of energy.
ANTH 334 - (3) (Y)
Ecology and Society: An Introduction to the New Ecological Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTH 101 or significant/relevant exposure to courses
in EVSC, BIOL, CHEM, or HIST (which tie in to concerns of this course),
or instructor permission.
Forges a synthesis between culture theory and historical ecology
to provide new insights on how human cultures fashion, and are fashioned
by, their environment.
ANTH 335 - (3) (Y)
The Museum in Modern Culture
Topics include the politics of cultural representation in history,
anthropology, and fine arts museums; and the museum as a bureaucratic
organization, as an educational institution, and as a nonprofit
corporation.
ANTH 336 - (3) (O)
Life History and Oral History
Introduces oral history methodology and life history as a sociocultural
document. Readings focus on various uses that have been made of
oral history and of life histories. Students conduct interviews
and write a life history.
ANTH 337 - (3) (Y)
Power and the Body
Prerequisite: ANTH 101 or permission of the instructor.
Studying the cultural representations and interpretations of the
body in society.
ANTH 360 - (3) (E)
Sex, Gender, and Culture
Examines the manner in which ideas about sexuality and gender are
constructed differently cross-culturally, and the ways in which
these ideas give shape to specific cultural understandings about
the nature of the world and of social relations and practices.
ANTH 361 - (3) (Y)
Native American Women
Explores the lives of Native American women through reading and
discussing life histories, autobiographies, ethnographies, and articles
addressing specific questions of the roles and status of women in
Native American societies before and after contact with Europeans.
ANTH 362 - (3) (IR)
Cinema in India
Prerequisite: At least a 200-level ANTH course, or instructor permission.
An explanation of film culture in India.
ANTH 392 - (3) (Y)
Transnational Kinship
Prerequisite: ANTH 290 or permission of instructor.
This course focuses on the shifting nature of kinship relations
in the context of the global economic restructuring, increased labor
migration, and the political, religious, racial, and gender hierarchies
that are characteristic of the emerging global political economy.
ANTH 493 - (3) (Y)
Kinship and the New Reproductive Technologies
Prerequisite: ANTH 290 or permission of instructor.
The course explores the manner in which cultural understandings
of kinship relations both give shape to and are transformed by the
new reproductive technologies-including surrogacy, in vitro fertilization,
pre-implantation diagnosis, cloning and amniocentesis.
ANTH 519 - (3) (Y)
Science and Culture
Prerequisite: Previous anthropological course work or consent of
instructor.
This course explores the cultural context of science and science
as a cultural production. It investigates the cultural history of
science as well as its national and transnational manifestations;
the relation between scientific authority and social hierarchy;
and the relation between cultural and scientific categories and
practices.
ANTH 520 - (3) (O)
History of Kinship Studies
Critical assessment of major theoretical approaches to the study
of kinship and marriage (from the 19th century to the present),
and of the central role of kinship studies in the development of
anthropological theory.
ANTH 521 - (3) (E)
Reconfiguring Kinship (Studies)
Prerequisite: ANTH 520 or instructor permission.
Examines the ways in which the forms of kinship have been reconfigured
in contemporary societies, and the ways in which traditional kinship
studies have been reconfigured by their intersection with culture
theory, feminist theory, gender studies, postmodern theory, gay
and lesbian studies, and cultural studies of science and medicine.
ANTH 522 - (3) (E)
Economic Anthropology
Considers Western economic theories and their relevance to non-Western
societies. Includes a comparative analysis of different forms of
production, consumption, and circulation.
ANTH 523 - (3) (IR)
Political Systems
Comparative study of decision-making processes and authority structures
in selected small- and larger-scale societies. Focuses on the relationship
of political processes to social organization and social change.
ANTH 524 - (3) (IR)
Religious Organization
Analysis and comparison of social organization in selected communities
from the perspective of systems of belief, ritual, and ceremonialism.
ANTH 525 - (3) (Y)
The Experience of Illness in American Society
Starting with the basic premise that the experience of illness/disease
is at once a biological and cultural condition, the course focuses
on narratives of the sick as a lens into the interrelationships
between the body and society, medicine and culture. While the point
of entry is the individual experience of illness and self in one
Western society, the course intends to build a theoretical framework
with which we can begin to conceptualize cultural institutional
responses to and definitions of disease and ill-health.
ANTH 529 - (3) (Y)
Topics in Social Anthropology
Seminars and classes in topics of specific interest to faculty and
advanced students will be announced prior to each semester.
ANTH 530 - (3) (Y)
Foundations of Symbolism
Interdisciplinary course on selected topics in the study of symbolism.
Emphasizes symbolic anthropology.
ANTH 531 - (3) (E)
Feminist Theory in Anthropology
Critical overview of the historical development of the issues central
to feminist theory in anthropology and their relation both to specific
ethnographic problems, and to other theoretical perspectives within
and outside anthropology.
ANTH 532 - (3) (E)
Structural Anthropology
Detailed examination of the works of Levi-Strauss and other structuralists.
Includes an assessment of critical responses to these works and
the relationship of structuralism to other analytic modes. Emphasizes
the students' mastery of structural methods and their application
to ethnographic data.
ANTH 533 - (3) (E)
Folklore and Ethnohistorical Research Methodology
Prerequisite: Graduate student standing or permission of the instructor.
Introduction to folklore, and to folklore and ethnohistorical research
methods and analysis.
ANTH 535 - (3) (E)
Folk and Popular Health Systems
Surveys various medical beliefs and practices, considering the traditional
health systems of several American groups, and examining in detail
the input into local traditional health systems from various sources.
ANTH 536 - (3) (O) Topics in Folklore Seminars and classes in topics
of specific interest to faculty and advanced students will be announced
prior to each semester.
ANTH 537 - (3) (O)
Psychological Anthropology
Introduces and surveys the epistemology and methodology of personality
theory as they relate to the study of other cultures. ANTH 539 -
(3) (SI) Topics in Symbolic Anthropology Topics of specific interest
to faculty and advanced students are announced prior to each semester.
ANTH 571 - (3) (IR)
The Interpretation of Ritual
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Begins with an overview of anthropology's approach to ritual during
a century of diverse speculation on the nature and origins of religions,
with discussion of such figures as James Frazer, A.M.Hocart, Claude
Levi-Strauss, Max Gluckman, and Victor Turner. Focuses on an issue
selected anew each semester to cater to the research interests of
instructor and students, relating that issue to the whole tradition
of interpretation of ritual in anthropology. Issues pursued in previous
sessions include the nature of sacrifice, the expression of hierarchy
in ritual, and the compatibility of historical approaches with ritual
analysis.
ANTH 572 - (3) (Y)
Ritual Experience and Healing
Studies the ritual of different cultures, using not only anthropological
terms of analysis but also examining the viewpoint of the cultures
themselves. Examines changing attitudes in the study of ritual,
along with the problem of the wide variability of religious expression.
Explores new directions in the anthropology of experience in the
light of recent work in healing and spirit possession.
ANTH 577 - (3) (IR)
Critiques of Symbolism
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Selected topics in the theories and heuristic bases of cultural
meaning or signification, including but not limited to semiotic,
psychological, structural or 'formal,' pragmatic, and religious
or 'spiritual' approaches.
Linguistic Anthropology
ANTH 240 - (3) (Y)
Language and Culture
Introduces the interrelationships of linguistic, cultural, and social
phenomena with emphasis on the importance of these interrelationships
in interpreting human behavior. No prior knowledge of linguistics
is required.
ANTH 242 - (3) (O)
Language and Gender
Studies how differences in pronunciation, vocabulary choice, non-verbal
communication, and/or communicative style serve as social markers
of gender identity and differentiation in Western and non-Western
cultures. Includes critical analysis of theory and methodology of
social science research on gender and language.
ANTH 243 - (3) (IR)
Languages of the World
Prerequisite: One year of a foreign language or permission of instructor.
An introduction to the study of linguistic structure and relationships.
Topics covered: (1) basic units of grammatical description, (2)
genetic, areal, and tyological relationships among languages, (3)
a survey of the world's major language groupings and the notable
structures and grammatical categories they exhibit, and (4) the
issue of language death.
ANTH 247 - (3) (Y)
Reflections of Exile: Jewish Languages and their Communities
Covers Jewish languages Yiddish, Judeo-Arabic, Ladino, and Hebrew
from historical, linguistic, and literary perspectives. Explores
the relations between communities and languages, the nature of diaspora,
and the death and revival of languages. No prior knowledge of these
languages is required. This course is cross-listed with AMEL 247.
ANTH 340 - (3) (IR)
Structure of English
An introduction to the English grammatical system. Covers phonology
and morphology, lexical categories, basic sentence types, common
phrase and clause patterns, and syntactic transformations.
ANTH 341 - (3) (Y)
Sociolinguistics
Prerequisite: ANTH 101 or instructor permission.
Reviews and findings of sociolinguists and others concerning the
way language is used to express identity and relations of social
superiority and inferiority.
ANTH 345 - (3) (Y)
Native American Languages
Introduces the native languages of North America and the methods
that linguists and anthropologists use to record and analyze them.
Examines the use of grammars, texts and dictionaries of individual
languages and affords insight into the diversity among the languages.
ANTH 347 - (3) (Y)
Language and Culture in the Middle East
Prerequisite: Previous course in anthropology, linguistics, Middle
East Studies or permission of instructor.
Introduction to peoples, languages, cultures and histories of the
Middle East. Focuses on Israel/Palestine as a microcosm of important
social processes-such as colonialism, nationalism, religious fundamentalism,
and modernization-that affect the region as a whole. This course
is cross-listed with AMEL 347.
ANTH 348 - (3) (E)
Language and Prehistory
This course covers the basic principles of diachronic linguistics
and discusses the uses of linguistic data in the reconstruction
of prehistory.
ANTH 504 - (3) (Y)
Linguistic Field Methods
Investigates the grammatical structure of non-European language
on the basis of data collected in class from a native speaker. A
different language is the focus of study each year.
ANTH 518 - (3) (SI)
Labor, Capital and States in Contemporary Africa
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
This course examines the interface between Africa and the world by focusing on
the relationship between international capital, different systems of governance,
and laboring people thorugh a close reading of ethnographic case studies.
ANTH
526 - (3) (SI)
History Production and Collective Memory
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
This course is an examination of the meanings and relationships between the
past and present, memory, and history writing in anthropological practices
and debates.
ANTH 540 - (3) (IR)
Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
Reviews the many ways in which language is central to the theoretical
issues and research of anthropology.
ANTH 542 - (3) (IR)
Twentieth-Century Linguistics
Introduces the basic concepts of linguistics and their 20th-century
developments in Europe and the United States. Focuses on American
schools (Bloomfieldian and Chomskyan), and their intellectual roots
and relationship to the work of de Saussure and the Prague School.
ANTH 543 - (3) (IR)
African Language Structures
Prerequisite: One course in linguistics, or instructor permission.
Introduces the major phonological and grammatical features of the
languages of sub-Saharan Africa, with attention to issues in language
classification, the use of linguistic evidence for prehistoric reconstruction,
and sociolinguistic issues of relevance to Africa.
ANTH 544 - (3) (E)
Morphology
An overview of morphological theory within the generative paradigm.
Covers notions of the morpheme, theories of the phonology-syntax
interface (e.g., lexical phonology, prosodic morphology, optimality
theory), and approaches to issues arising at the morphology-syntax
interface (e.g., inflection, agreement, incorporation, compounding).
ANTH 545 - (3) (IR)
African Languages and Folklore
Analyzes the expressive use of language in Africa with emphasis
on such traditional genres as folktales, epics, proverbs, riddles,
etc.
ANTH 547 - (3) (E)
Language and Identity
Prerequisite: At least one other 200-level linguistics course, 300-level
cultural anthropology course, or instructor permission.
Explores the view that language is central in the construction,
negotiation, and expression of social identities by juxtaposing
and critically appraising social, theoretic, and linguistic treatments
of identity.
ANTH 549 - (Credit to be arranged) (IR)
Topics in Theoretical Linguistics and Linguistic Anthropology
Seminars in topics of specific interest to faculty and advanced
students will be announced prior to each semester.
Cultural Diversities
ANTH 253 - (3) (Y)
North American Indians
Ethnological treatment of the aboriginal populations of the New
World based on the findings of archaeology, ethnography, linguistics,
biological anthropology, and social anthropology.
ANTH 256 - (3) (Y)
Peoples and Cultures of Africa
Studies African modernity through a close reading of ethnographies,
social histories, novels, and African feature films.
ANTH 260 - (3) (Y)
Introduction to Civilization of India
Introduces the society and culture of India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
Discussion of traditional social, political, and economic organization;
religions, religious festivals, and worship; art and architecture;
dance; and song.
ANTH 266 - (3) (IR)
Peoples of Polynesia
The peoples of Polynesia and Indonesia, sharing a cultural and linguistic
heritage, have spread from Madagascar to Easter Island. Examines
their maritime migrations, the societies and empires that they built,
and recent changes affecting their cultural traditions.
ANTH 350 - (3) (Y)
Readings in Ethnography
Studies ethnographies, assessing the resources and devices of ethnographic
writing through close readings of six or more examples. The ethnographies,
for the most part, are concerned with non-Western cultures.
ANTH 352 - (3) (IR)
Amazonian Peoples
Analyzes ethnographies on the cultures and the societies of the
South American rain forest peoples, and evaluates the scholarly
ways in which anthropology has produced, engaged, interpreted, and
presented its knowledge of the 'Amerindian.'
ANTH 354 - (3) (O)
Indians of the American Southwest
Ethnographic coverage of the Apaches, Pueblos, Pimans, and Shoshoneans
of Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Northwestern Mexico. Topics
include prehistory, socio-cultural patterns, and historical development.
ANTH 355 - (3) (Y)
Anthropology of Everyday American Life
Prerequisite: ANTH 101 or instructor permission.
Provides an anthropological perspective of modern American society.
Traces the development of individualism through American historical
and institutional development, using as primary sources of data
religious movements, mythology as conveyed in historical writings,
novels, and the cinema, and the creation of modern American urban
life.
ANTH 357 - (3) (Y)
Peoples, Cultures, and Societies of the Caribbean
Prerequisite: ANTH 101 or instructor permission.
Explores the histories and politics that have shaped the nations
and dependencies that are geographically and politically defined
as Caribbean, including French, English, and Spanish. Takes a regional
and a national perspective on the patterns of family and kinship;
community and household structures; political economy, ethnicity
and ethnic relations; religious and social institutions; and relations
between Caribbeans abroad and at home.
ANTH 358 - (3) (IR)
Native American Mythology
Focuses on the myths of Native Americans north of Mexico and their
roles in Native American cultures. Students research and write a
paper on the place of mythology in a particular culture, or on the
forms and uses of a particular type of myth.
ANTH 363 - (3) (E)
Social Structure of China
Prerequisite: ANTH 101 or instructor permission.
Analyzes various features of traditional Chinese social organization
as it existed in the late imperial period. Includes the late imperial
state; Chinese family and marriage; lineages; ancestor worship;
popular religion; village social structure; regional systems; and
rebellion.
ANTH 364 - (3) (E)
Ethnology of Southeast Asia
Prerequisite: ANTH 101 or instructor permission.
Explores the ethnology and social anthropology of major cultures
and societies of mainland and insular Southeast Asia from prehistoric
beginnings to contemporary national adaptations. (Mainland: Burma,
Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia; Insular: Singapore,
Indonesia, Philippines, and portions of other nations abutting the
area.)
ANTH 365 - (3) (Y)
Asian American Ethnicity
Problems in ethnicity are posed through study of the experiences
of the Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Koreans, and Vietnamese in
the United States. Topics include the history of immigration, early
communities in the U.S., race relations, recent changes in immigration
and communities, family values, and questions of identity.
ANTH 366 - (3) (Y)
China: Empire and Nationalities
Prerequisite: ANTH 101 or equivalent, a course in Chinese history,
or instructor permission.
Explores the distant and recent history of Han and non-Han nationalities
in the Chinese empire and nation-state. Examines the reaction of
minority nationalities to Chinese predominance and the bases of
Chinese rule and cultural hegemony.
ANTH 509 - (3) (Y)
Historical Ethnography
Prerequisite: At least one 300-level archaeology course or instructor
permission.
Combines lectures on historical ethnography and archaeology with
documentary research in primary sources on specific topics.
ANTH 534 - (3) (E)
Ethnographies of Illness and the Body
Prerequisite: For undergraduates: ANTH 224 and 360, SOC 428; instructor
permission for graduate students. It is often at moments of intense
ruptures in the normalcy of the body's functioning that individuals/societies
reflect on the taken-for-granted assumptions about self, family,
community, social and political institutions, the relation between
normal and pathological, the roles of healers and patients, life,
and death. Writing about illness and the body is a form of therapeutic
action. Examines such claims and writings done by those facing bodily
distress.
ANTH 551 - (3) (IR)
Topics in Ethnology of North America
Seminars on topics announced prior to each semester.
ANTH 552 - (3) (IR)
Topics in Ethnology of Latin America
Seminars on topics announced prior to each semester.
ANTH 553 - (3) (IR)
Topics in Ethnology of Europe
Seminars in topics announced prior to each semester.
ANTH 554 - (3) (IR)
Topics in Ethnology of Africa
Seminars on topics announced prior to each semester.
ANTH 555 - (3) (IR)
Topics in Ethnology of the Middle East
Seminars on topics announced prior to each semester.
ANTH 556 - (3) (IR)
Topics in Ethnology of South Asia
Seminars on topics announced prior to each semester.
ANTH 557 - (3) (IR)
Topics in Ethnology of East Asia
Seminars on topics announced prior to each semester.
ANTH 558 - (3) (IR)
Topics in Ethnology of Southeast Asia
Seminars on topics announced prior to each semester.
ANTH 559 - (3) (IR)
Topics in Ethnology of Melanesia
Seminars on topics announced prior to each semester.
ANTH 560 - (3) (IR)
Topics in Ethnology of Australia
Seminars on topics announced prior to each semester.
ANTH 561 - (3) (IR)
Topics in Ethnology of Oceania
Seminars on topics announced prior to each semester.
ANTH 565 - (3) (Y)
Creole Narratives
Prerequisite: ANTH 357 strongly recommended.
Studies eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century Caribbean
intellectual life, Imperialism, Island nationalism, slavery, colonized
values, race, class, and religion.
ANTH 566 - (3) (IR)
Conquest of the Americas
Explores the power and personhood specifically related to the Americas.
Topics include cultural frontiers; culture contact; society against
the state; shamanism and colonialism; violence; and resistance.
ANTH 569 - (3) (IR)
Topics in Ethnology
Seminars and classes in topics of specific interest to faculty and
advanced students will be announced prior to each semester.
ANTH 575 - (3) (Y)
Buddhism, Politics and Power
Discussion of the political culture of Buddhist societies of South
and Southeast Asia.
Archaeology
ANTH 280 - (3) (Y)
Introduction to Archaeology
Topics include alternative theories of culture change, dating methods,
excavation and survey techniques, and the reconstruction of the
economy, social organization, and religion of prehistoric and historic
societies.
ANTH 281 - (3) (Y)
Human Origins
Studies the physical and cultural evolution of humans from the initial
appearance of hominids to the development of animal and plant domestication
in different areas of the world. Topics include the development
of biological capabilities such as bipedal walking and speech, the
evolution of characteristics of human cultural systems such as economic
organization and technology, and explanations for the development
of domestication.
ANTH 282 - (3) (Y)
Rise of Civilization
Surveys patterns in the development of prehistoric civilizations
in different areas of the world including the Inca of Peru, the
Maya, the Aztec of Mexico, and the ancient Near East.
ANTH 285 - (3) (Y)
American Material Culture
Analysis of patterns of change in American material culture from
the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries. Consideration
of how these changes reflect shifts in perception, cognition, and
worldview.
ANTH 382 - (3) (Y)
Field Methods in Historical Archaeology
Introduces the basic field methods used in conducting archaeological
investigations of historic sites. Surveying, excavation, mapping,
and recording are all treated.
ANTH 383 - (3) (Y)
North American Archaeology
Surveys the prehistoric occupations of several areas of North America
emphasizing the eastern United States, the Plains, California, and
the Southwest. Topics include the date of human migration into the
New World, the economy and organization of early Paleo-Indian populations,
and the evolution of organization and exchange systems.
ANTH 386 - (3) (Y)
Archaeology of Flowerdew Hundred
Studies selected collections from the historical sites identified
at Flowerdew Hundred, Virginia. Students conduct an analysis of
a single collection within the semester and write reports on the
materials analyzed.
ANTH 387 - (3) (IR)
Archaeology of Virginia
Reviews the current state of archaeological and ethnohistoric research
in Virginia. Emphasizes the history and culture of Native Americans
in Virginia from the earliest paleoindian cultures to the period
of European colonization.
ANTH 388 - (3) (Y)
African Archaeology
Prerequisite: ANTH 280 or instructor permission.
Surveys transformations in Africa from four million years ago to
the present, known chiefly through archaeology, and focusing on
Stone and Iron Age societies in the last 150,000 years.
ANTH 389 - (3) (Y)
Southwestern Archaeology
The northern section of the American Southwest offers one of the
best contexts for examining the evolution of local and regional
organization from the prehistoric to the historic period. Readings
and discussion focus on both archaeological and ethnographic studies
of the desert (Hohokam), mountain (Mogollon), and plateau (Anasazi/Pueblo)
cultures.
ANTH 507 - (3) (Y)
History of Archaeological Thought
Considers how archaeological thinking reflects and is related to
more general ethnological theory.
ANTH 508 - (3) (Y)
Method and Theory in Archaeology
Intensive investigation of current research in the principles, methods,
findings, and analysis of anthropological archaeology.
ANTH 580 - (Credit to be arranged) (SI)
Archaeology Laboratory
Field and laboratory training in the collection, processing, and
analysis of archaeological material. Subject matter varies from
semester to semester; course may be repeated.
ANTH 581 - (3) (SI)
Archaeology of the Eastern United States
Studies the prehistory of the eastern woodlands with special emphasis
on cultural development and change. Discussion of archaeological
field techniques and methods, and examination of sites in the vicinity
of the University.
ANTH 582 - (3) (SI)
Archaeology of the Southwestern United States
Studies the prehistory of the American southwest, emphasizing cultural
development, field techniques, and particular sites.
ANTH 583 - (3) (SI)
Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
Reviews and analyzes archaeological data used in the reconstruction
of ancient Near Eastern societies.
ANTH 584 - (3) (SI)
Archaeology of Complex Societies
Examines archaeological approaches to the study of complex societies
using case studies from both the Old and New Worlds.
ANTH 585 - (3) (SI)
Archaeological Approaches to Economy and Exchange
A review of archaeological approaches to systems of production,
exchange, and consumption. Discusses data from both the Old and
New Worlds.
ANTH 586 - (3) (SI)
Ceramics, Style and Society
Critical review of the theoretical and methodological issues in
the archaeological study of ceramics. Includes ceramic production
and exchange, and the uses of ceramics in the study of social interactions.
ANTH 587 - (3) (SI)
Archaeozoology
Laboratory training in techniques and methods used in analyzing
animal bones recovered from archaeological sites. Include field
collection, data analysis, and the use of zooarchaeological materials
in reconstructing economic and social systems.
ANTH 588 - (3) (SI)
Analytical Methods in Archaeology
Prerequisite: Introductory statistics.
Examines the quantitative analytical techniques used in archaeology.
Includes seriation, regression analysis, measures of diversity,
and classification.
ANTH 589 - (3) (Y)
Topics in Archaeology
Seminars in topics announced prior to each semester.
ANTH 590 - (3) (E)
Issues in Archaeological Analysis
Prerequisite: ANTH 588 or a basic statistics course.
Archaeological databases often violate many of the assumptions made
in the application of parametric statistics. Reviews the unique
characteristics of those databases and explores alternative analytical
methods. Emphasizes case studies.
ANTH 591 - (3) (IR)
Gender in Archaeology
Explores the range of case studies and theoretical literature associated
with the emergence of gender as a framework for research in archaeology.
ANTH 592 - (3) (SI)
Archaeology of Colonial Expansions
Prerequisite: For undergraduates, ANTH 401 senior seminar or instructor
permission.
Exploration of the archaeology of frontiers, expansions and colonization,
focusing on European expansion into Africa and the Americas while
using other archaeologically-known examples (e.g., Roman, Bantu)
as comparative studies.
ANTH 593 - (3) (SI)
Archaeology of Symbolism
Prerequisite: Undergraduates should obtain instructor permission.
Examines the ways in which archaeologists have studied symbolism
in ancient societies. Some key topics include the analyses of cultural
concepts of space and time, symbolism of material culture and the
construction of social identity.
Independent Study and Research
ANTH 496 - (Credit to be arranged) (SI)
Independent Study in Anthropology
Independent study conducted by the student under the supervision
of an instructor of his or her choice.
ANTH 497 - (3) (Y)
Distinguished Majors Thesis Research
Prerequisite: Admission to the Distinguished Majors Program in Anthropology.
Independent research, under the supervision of the faculty DMP thesis
readers, toward the DMP thesis.
ANTH 498 - (3) (Y)
Distinguished Majors Thesis Writing
Prerequisite: ANTH 497.
Writing of a thesis of approximately 50 pages, under the supervision
of the faculty DMP thesis readers.
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