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ANT
2000 – General Anthropology. An introduction to the four
subfields
of anthropology—cultural anthropology, biological anthropology,
archaeology,
and linguistic anthropology—and their interdependent perspectives on
human
variation in all its biological, social, and cultural dimensions
through
time and space. Power Point course with lecture notes on the web.
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3153 – North American Archeology. An overview of the 14,000+
years
of Native American occupation of the continental U.S. and Canada from
the
perspectives of anthropological archaeology. Topics include peopling of
the New World, hunter-gatherer diversity, origins of food production,
rise
of social complexity, regional diversity, and European contact.
- ANT
4114 – Principles of Archaeology. An upper-division
undergraduate
course in the concepts and analytical approaches of anthropological
archaeology.
Weekly lab sessions enable students to analyze and interpret actual
archaeological
data on material culture, site distributions, stratigraphy, mortuary
contexts,
and more. Recommended prerequisite is ANT 3140.
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6930 – Hunter-Gatherers. A graduate seminar designed to
contrast
evolutionary ecological and political economic perspectives on the
diversity
of hunter-gatherers worldwide. Although the course is suited to the
needs
of archaeologists seeking to improve their inferential skills about
prehistoric
hunter-gatherers, the reading matter is largely ethnographic. Thus, it
is appropriate for students of modern small-scale societies, as well as
prehistorians.
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6930 – Archaeological Ceramics. A graduate-level practicum on
the
method and theory of technofunctional analyses of prehistoric pottery.
A vessel unit of analysis is used in conjunction with life-cycle
modeling
to explore variations in making, using, and discarding pottery in
small-scale
societies. Students analyze an assemblage of their choice.
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6930 – Southeastern U.S. Prehistory. A graduate seminar for
students
engaged in thesis or dissertation research in the southeastern United
States.
Case studies spanning a range of topical, methodological, and
theoretical
perspectives are used to provide models for research while exposing
students
to some of the latest substantive and conceptual findings in the region.
