Anthropology Department
2011-12
Fall and Spring Course Offerings
Spring 2012
ANTH 0100 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
This course provides an introduction to cultural anthropology, surveying its defining questions, methods, and findings. We will examine the history and utility of anthropology's hallmark method, ethnography, the long-term immersion of the researcher in the culture under study. We will compare cultural anthropology's findings and comportment in other cultures to its conclusions and conduct in our own. No prerequisites.
M W F 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm Instructor: J. Leinaweaver
ANTH 0450 - Two Billion Cars: Humans, Markets, Cultures, and the Automobile
The global car population is predicted to reach two billion by the year 2020. The social, political, health, and environmental consequences are immense. These, as well as the cultural and political economic explanations for the car population explosion, will be explored in this class, as will alternative futures for transit.
T R 2:30 pm - 3:50 pm Instructor: C. Lutz
ANTH 0500 - Discovering the Past: Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory
This course is an introduction to the biological origins and cultural developments of mankind over the past 4 million years. In particular we shall address the following: human evolution, the methods and aims of archaeological research, human dispersal throughout the world, first from Africa to Eurasia, and from there to North and South America, Australia and the Pacific. We will look into hunting and fishing and gathering lifeways. We will study the beginnings and results of settled life, agriculture, and animal domestication, the evolution of complex societies and rise (and fall) of Civilization.
M W F 10:00 am - 10:50 am Instructor: D. Anderson
ANTH 0800 - Sound and Symbols: Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
An introduction to the relationship between language and culture. Questions we consider include: how does language create social realities? How does language construct us as individuals and mark us as members of groups? What role does language play in processes like socialization, globalization, and domination? Topics we cover include theories of language as a symbolic system, language differences and inequality, political speech, and creative use of language in performance, literature, advertising, and mass media. We also consider language use in specific social contexts, such as classrooms, courtrooms, medical and scientific settings, policy debates, and political campaigns. Enrollment limited to 40. DVPS
T R 9:00 am - 10:20 am Instructor: B. Schulthies
ANTH 1110 - African Issues in Anthropological Perspective
Western ideas of Africa are dominated by images of a primitive and timeless past and of a present characterized by poverty, AIDS, famine, and violence. In reality, Africa is a vast continent with a rich history and a population of half a billion people who live in very varied physical, economic, political, and cultural environments. We will read fiction by African authors, see African films, look at African art, and listen to African music. Goals of the course are: 1) Learn about the lives of a variety of Africans at particular times and in particular places, 2) Know the outline of the history that has formed the African present, 3) Understand specific world views and patterns of belief that have been described as typically African, and 4) Investigate the possibility, and the problems, of generalizing about Africa.
T R 1:00 pm - 2:20 pm Instructor: N. Townsend
ANTH 1131 - Indian Issues in Anthropological Perspective: Issues and Debates
We will cover anthropological issues and themes about contemporary India, aspects of Hinduism and Islam, and the role of ideology in the social structure. Using anthropological ethnographic texts and discourse, we will discuss and explore different Indian communities, family and kinship relations, class and the caste system, political and religious organizations. The course will adopt a multidisciplinary approach to the understanding of India. For comparative purposes we will use select Indian novels and documentary films as a teaching tool to supplement the reading materials.
T R 10:30 am – 11:50 am Instructor: L. Fruzzetti
ANTH 1240 - Religion and Culture
Looking at religion as a mode of thought, we examine theories that attempt to explain the origins, world-wide manifestation, and vitality of myths, rituals, magic, witchcraft, and other ways of thinking and acting that are typically associated with (or against) the concept of religion. Collaterally, we examine the methodologies by which we hope to understand the meaning of these concepts.
T R 9:00 am - 10:20 am Instructor: W. Simmons
ANTH 1251 - Violence and the Media
The role of media in shaping perceptions of violent conflict. Analysis of constructions of the "violent other", "victims", and "suffering", the use of culture, ethnicity, and psychopathology as tropes for articulating the motivations of violent perpetrators. Multiple subject positions and political interests will be considered. Case studies include the Cold War, conflicts, insurgencies urban riots, the genocide, and terrorism. Pre-requisite: a previous course in Anthropology, or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 60.
T R 2:30 pm - 3:50 pm Instructor: K. Warren
ANTH 1255 - Anthropology of Disasters
This course examines disasters from an anthropological perspective. We focus on how disasters have been defined and understood, and work more broadly to see what they tell us about human conditions, vulnerabilities, and capacities for resilience building, survival, and long-term sustainability. Drawing on and comparing case studies from around the world, we also examine the nature of destructive agents; degrees of impact and injury; rescue, relief, and humanitarian responses; and the often slow and uneven process of recovery and resilience building.
M W 8:30 am – 9:50 am Instructor: R. Carter
ANTH 1310 - International Health: Anthropological Perspectives
This upper-level medical anthropology course focuses on the social and cultural complexity of health problems in developing nations, employing anthropological approaches to public health. International health issues such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, leprosy, reproductive health, violence, and mental illness will be examined. The historical, political and socio-cultural dimensions of international health problems will be explored through reading ethnographic case studies.
M W F 9:00 am - 9:50 am Instructor: K. Maes
ANTH 1412 - Anthropology of State Power and Powerlessness
How do we conceptualize state power? Do we understand power primarily as a capacity for force and coercion or as a source of welfare and social cohesion? States the world over often do not manage to provide adequate welfare or to maintain a monopoly on violence. How then might we understand state power not only as a capacity but also in its incapacities and vulnerabilities? These questions could be asked and answered differently in every part of the contemporary world. In this course we will explore a theoretical basis for these global dilemmas of violence and welfare, capacity and incapacity.
M W 3:00 pm – 4:20 pm Instructor: B. Singh
ANTH1555: Environmental Anthropology
Environmental anthropology is the study of how people interact with environments, past and present. This course explores how humans have affected their environments over time and how environment shapes human culture, employing an interdisciplinary anthropological perspective to illuminate these reciprocal interactions. This course uses a variety of approaches to understand how people interact with environments, employing cultural, biological, linguistic, and archaeological methods. This course covers human adaptation to environmental change from earliest prehistory up to the present day and students will have the opportunity to explore the practical and interpretive dilemmas of environmental challenges of the 21st century and beyond. Enrollment limited to 20 sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
T R 6:30 pm - 7:50 pm Instructor: J. Marston
ANTH 1623 - Archaeology of Death
Examines death, burial, and memorials using comparative archaeological evidence from prehistory and historical periods. The course asks: What insight does burial give us about the human condition? How do human remains illuminate the lives of people in the past? What can mortuary artifacts tell us about personal identities and social relations? What do gravestones and monuments reveal about beliefs and emotions? Current cultural and legal challenges to the excavation and study of the dead are also considered. DVPS LILE
M W F 11:00 am - 11:50 am Instructor: P. Rubertone
ANTH 1625 - Questions of Remembrance: Archaeological Perspectives on Slavery in the New World
In the last few decades, the archaeology of slavery has passed from being a virtually non-existing field of inquiry to being recognized as one of the most dynamic and fastest growing areas in archaeological research. In particular, at least since the late 1960s, the study of enslaved African-American communities in what came to be the United States, has become one of the most visible and socially relevant avenues of research in contemporary historical archaeology. Following this essentially North American impulse, archaeologies of slavery in modern times have started to emerge throughout the Atlantic world, inspiring richly textured narratives through which many Afro-descendant communities have had the possibility to build intimate and empowering connections with their own past.
T R 3:00 pm – 4:20 pm Instructor: F. Gaitan-Ammann
ANTH 1640 - Maize Gods and Feathered Serpents: Mexico and Central America in Antiquity
Mexico and Central America are the cradles of one of the world's most enduring cultural traditions. The modern identity of the region was forged in these ancient traditions and their influence is apparent the world over, particularly in the area of agricultural domesticates (corn, chocolate, and chilies). Their cities (Teotihuacan, Monte Alban, Chichen Itza, etc.) rank among the greatest of the ancient world. This course offers a survey of Pre-Columbian Mexico and Central America, from the early monumental centers of the Olmec to the great Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, and explores how anthropologists and archaeologists investigate Middle America's indigenous past.
M W 3:00 pm - 4:20 pm Instructor: A. Scherer
ANTH 1720 - The Human Skeleton
More than simply a tissue within our bodies, the human skeleton is gateway into narratives of the past--from the evolution of our species to the biography of individual past lives. Through lecture and hands-on laboratory, students will learn the complete anatomy of the human skeleton, with an emphasis on the human skeleton in functional and evolutionary perspective. We will also explore forensic and bioarchaeological approaches to the skeleton. By the course conclusion, students will be able to conduct basic skeletal analysis and will be prepared for more advanced studies of the skeleton from medical, forensic, archaeological, and evolutionary perspectives. Enrollment limited to 20. Not open to first year students. Instructor permission required. LILE
M W F 1:00 pm - 1:50 pm Instructor: A. Scherer
ANTH 1900 - History of Anthropology: Anthropological Theories
Looks at the way anthropological methods and theories have interlaced through history to understand the dominant concerns in present-day anthropology. What were the important issues that influenced the discipline's history? Who were the significant, and not so well known, historic personalities who shaped anthropological practice and gave it its identity? Enrollment limited to 20. R 3:00 pm - 5:20 pm Instructor: W. Simmons
ANTH 1910B - Anthropology of Place
The anthropology of place serves as a unifying theme for the seminar by bridging anthropology’s subdisciplines and articulating with other fields of knowledge. Through readings and discussion, students will explore how place permeates people’s everyday lives and their engagement with the world, and is implicit in the meanings they attach to specific locales, their struggles over them, and the longings they express for them in rapidly changing and reconfigured landscapes. Enrollment limited to 20.
R 4:00 pm - 6:20 pm Instructor: P. Rubertone
ANTH 2010 - Principles of Cultural Anthropology
A seminar exploring fundamental theoretical and ethnographic currents in 20th-century cultural anthropology.
W 9:00 am - 11:20 am Instructor: J. Leinaweaver
ANTH 2020 - Methods of Anthropological Research
A seminar on the methodological problems associated with field research in social and cultural anthropology. Designed to help students prepare for both summer and dissertation research.
T 1:30 pm - 3:50 pm Instructor: R. Carter
ANTH 2035 - Professional Preparation for Anthropologists
This course covers research ethics and politics, writing of proposals, theses, and articles, publishing, public speaking, CVs and resumes, and the job search.
T 9:30 am - 11:50 am Instructor: M. Brink-Danan
ANTH 2500C - GIS and Remote Sensing in Archaeology
This course will train advanced students in the laboratory methods needed for the successful application of GIS and remote sensing technologies in archaeology. We will conduct an exhaustive literature review of spatial research in archaeology to place GIS and remote sensing within a broader conceptual framework. Each student will design their own geodatabase that they will be able to build upon in future research.
W 3:00 pm - 5:20 pm Instructor: T. Garrison
ANTH 2800 - Linguistic Theory and Practice
An introduction to theoretical and methodological issues in the study of language and social life. We begin by examining semiotic approaches to language. We turn to classical research on language as a structured system - covering such topics as phonology and grammatical categories - but we focus on the implications of such work for broader social scientific and humanistic research. We then consider areas of active contemporary research, including cognition and linguistic relativity, meaning and semantics, pronouns and deixis, deference and register, speech acts and performativity, interaction, verbal art and poetics, reported speech, performance, and linguistic ideology.
M 3:00 pm - 5:20 pm Instructor: B. Schulthies
HMAN1970U - Botanic Verses: Plants, People, and Words that Bind Them
This course considers how language mediates between plants and people. It’s organized around key themes: discourses about diversity; regimes of naming; "multispecies ethnographies" and environmental crises; colonialism and botanical migrations; "biopiracy" and indigenous knowledge; controversies over plants used in medicinal settings; the commercialization and criminalization of hallucinogenic plants; and critiques of modern food production, including the "locavore movement" and opposition to genetically modified foods. The course will draw from a wide range of sources – scholarly, popular, literary, cinematic, and cyber – and we’ll use them to illuminate both explicit and hidden facets of how language shapes plant-people relations.
M 3:00 pm - 5:20 pm Instructor: P. Faudree
The following Semester II courses, listed in other departments, may be of interest to students concentrating in Anthropology:
ARCH 0150 - Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology and Art
An introductory survey of the archaeology, art and architecture of ancient Egypt, ranging in time from the prehistoric cultures of the Nile Valley through the period of Roman control. While the course will examine famous features and characters of ancient Egypt (pyramids, mummies, King Tut!), it will also provide a wide-ranging review of the archaeology of this remarkable land.
M W F 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm Instructor: L. Bestock
ARCH 0680 - Water, Culture and Power
Water is the source of life. In the midst of global climate change, environmental crises over water resources, and increasingly ubiquitous political debates over water, we are beginning to recognize humans' complete dependence on water. This course investigates our long-term attachment and engagement with water using archaeology, environmental history, and visual, literary and historical sources. From sacred spaces around springs to ancient cities by the sea, we will explore the cultural and political aspects of water beginning with the Last Ice Age and ending with late antiquity. Enrollment limited to 50 undergraduates.
M W F 11:00 am - 11:50 am Instructor: O. Harmansah
ARCH 1475 - Petra: Ancient Wonder, Modern Challenge
The rose-red city of Petra in southern Jordan is a movie star (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade). It is a tourist mega-hit (over half a million visitors annually). It was recently voted one of the New 7 Wonders of the World. This class will explore the history and archaeology of Petra and debate how best to present and preserve the site, as well as discussing (and planning!) Brown's ongoing fieldwork at this beautiful, but fragile, place. Enrollment limited to 50. Not open to first year students. W 3:00 pm -5:20 pm Instructor: S. Alcock
ARCH 1600 - Archaeologies of the Near East
Writing, urbanism, agriculture, imperialism: the ancient Near East is known as the place where earliest agriculture flourished, cities were developed and writing was invented. This course offers a detailed examination of the region's archaeological history and current archaeological practice, in connection with its political engagements including Western colonialism and the formation of nation states. The social and cultural history of the Near East from prehistory to the end of Iron age (300 BC) will also be discussed. Studying the material remains of the ancient past, we will investigate various interpretive approaches and concepts used within Near Eastern archaeology. The main goal of the course is to develop a critical understanding of ancient societies and their material culture from an interdisciplinary, post-colonial perspective.
T R 2:30 pm - 3:50 pm Instructor: O. Harmansah
ARCH1707: The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (CLAS1120Q)
"Everyone has heard of the Seven Wonders of the World," wrote Philo of Byzantium two millennia ago, and it's still true today. But what is a "Wonder"? And why seven of them? Why make such a list anyway, then or now? This class will use ancient texts, explorers' accounts, and archaeological investigations to travel through several thousand years of history in the Mediterranean and Near Eastern world. We will consider how the Seven Wonders captured past imaginations; the aura of technological achievements; the intersections of history, memory, invention, and myth; and how members of one culture view another culture's monuments. LILE
M W F 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm Instructor: J. Cherry
ETHN 1890M - Treaty Rights and Food Fights: Eating Local in Indian Country
In many Native American communities the push to "eat local" is often based on reviving a traditional food culture as well as a way of promoting better health. This class explores the disparate health conditions faced by Native communities, and the efforts by many groups to address these health problems through increasing community access to traditional foods, whether by gardening projects or a revival of hunting and fishing traditions. We will examine the ways in which Native food movements have converged and diverged from general American local food movements, and the struggles they often face in reviving treaty-guaranteed food ways.
T R 10:30 am - 11:50 am Instructor: E. Hoover
ETHN 1890N - Thawing the "Frozen Indian"; American Indian Museum Representation
This course examines the role of museums as sites where issues of identity, memory, place, and power intersect. We will review the histories, theories and paradigms that have influenced collecting processes and exhibitions, focusing on representations of Native American Indian peoples. We will explore the ways in which Native people have spoken out against conventional museum practice and have sought to reshape it as a means of decolonizing their history, as well as utilizing museums to their benefit to both preserve and promote Native art and culture. How can non-Native scholars and museum professionals contribute to this effort?
M 3:00 pm - 5:20 pm Instructor: E. Hoover
JUDS 0100 - Contemporary Religion: Qualitative Methods
Through readings, films and fieldwork, course participants will learn how social scientists interpret contemporary religious practices, culture and folkways. By studying religious communities through the lens of social theory and method, this class critically examines major themes in anthropology, sociology, psychology, and linguistics: race, nationalism, diaspora, kinship, gender, and modernity
T R 1:00 pm - 1:50 pm Instructor: M Brink-Danan
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ANTH0066D: Freshman Seminar: Who Owns the Past?
Examines the role of the past in the present. Using examples from the U.S. and other parts of the world, we will look at how archaeological evidence is implicated in contemporary cultural and political issues. Students will learn that the past is not just the focus of archaeologists’ interest and scientific inquiries, but is also a subject romanticized by antiquarians, mobilized in nation-building, marketed for profit, re-enacted as entertainment, consumed by tourists, and glorified in commemoration. Understanding these different and competing valuations, claims, and uses of the archaeological past will provide an introduction to why the past matters in the present and to the future. Enrollment limited to 20 first year students. FYS DVPS
M 3:00 pm - 5:20 pm Instructor: P. Rubertone
ANTH0066F: Freshman Seminar: Families and Households
This course explores the diversity of families and households, both between cultures and within cultures; changes in family forms over time, changing experiences of family over the life course, the diverse meanings, metaphors, and values of "family"; and current controversies about what families are and what they should be. Enrollment limited to 20 first year students. FYS
R 3:00 pm - 5:20 pm Instructor: N. Townsend
ANTH0110: Anthropology and Global Social Problems: Humanitarianism and Human Rights
The course introduces anthropology approaches to some of the central problems humans face around the world, including environmental degradation and cultures of consumption, hunger and affluence, war, racial division and other forms of inequality. Not open to students who have taken ANTH 1322.
M W F 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm Instructor: B. Dahl
ANTH0200: Culture and Human Behavior
The goal is to challenge our beliefs about some taken for granted assumptions about human behavior and psyche by examining cultures with different conceptions of self and cognition. We will examine the issues of the role of nature and nurture in development, the nature of intelligence, coming of age, the association of psychological characteristics with gender and the naturalness of emotions.
M W F 10:00 am - 10:50 am Instructor: S. Chase
ANTH0300: Culture and Health
An introduction to the field of Medical Anthropology. Lecture reading and discussion will examine the social context of health and illness, looking at the diverse ways in which humans use cultural resources to cope with disease and develop medical systems. The course will provide an introduction to the overall theoretical frameworks that guide anthropological approaches to studying human health related behavior. Medical anthropology offers a unique and revealing perspective on the cultural diversity that characterized the universal human experience of sexuality, disease, aging, mental illness, disability, inequality and death.
M W F 11:00 am - 11:50 am Instructor: R. Rosen
ANTH0310: Human Evolution
Examination of theory and evidence on human evolution in the past, present and future. Topics include evolution and adaptation, biocultural adaptation, fossil evidence, behavioral evolution in primates, human genetic variation and contemporary human biological variation. WRIT
T R 2:30 pm - 3:50 pm Instructor: A. Scherer
ANTH1124: United States Culture
The United States is often described as "multi-cultural". This course examines dominant cultural values such as equality, choice, privacy, and responsibility. It also investigates aspects of the social structure of the United States such as inequality, power, race/ethnicity, kinship, and gender. Individual lives illustrate the ways that people living in the United States negotiate cultural values and confront social institutions.
M W F 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm Instructor: R. Carter
ANTH1151: Ethnographies of the Muslim Middle East
This course is an introduction to ethnographic studies of the Muslim Middle East, with particular focus on: religion, language, modernity, gender, and expressive culture. This is not a comprehensive survey of Middle Eastern history or politics. Rather, it is a critical examination of the ways in which anthropologists have sought to capture Middle Eastern life, and the problems that have pervaded anthropological representation, both methodologically and theoretically. Thus, in this course you will learn, through the ways in which American anthropologists have sought to depict Middle Eastern "others," the processes by which we come to understand cultural difference, as well as the ways in which this encounter can shed light on our own selves and practices. A previous course in anthropology is suggested.
T 4:00 pm - 6:20 pm Instructor: B. Schulthies
ANTH1230: Political Anthropology
Anthropological perspectives on politics, ranging from political processes in small-scale nonliterate societies to those in industrialized states. Special attention is given to the uses of symbolism and ritual in politics. Topics include: how is political legitimacy established and maintained? how are certain political views of the world created? what is the relationship between political change and the reinterpretation of history?
T R 9:00 am - 10:20 am Instructor: K. Brown
ANTH1324: Money, Work, and Power: Culture and Economics
Economic activities take place within cultural contexts which define appropriate values and goals, and in societies varying in scale, technology, and organization. Looking cross-culturally, and at economic activities in societies such as the United States, this course examines the production, distribution, and consumption of material goods, analyzing these as essentially social activities - properly understood only when we take account of social relations and cultural values. Consequently, the course also investigates the extent to which the words commonly used to describe economic life, such as "market", "wealth", "price", "profit", "work", and "money", are culturally specific rather than universally applicable. At least one previous course in Anthropology or another social science is strongly recommended.
T R 10:30 am - 11:50 am Instructor: N. Townsend
ANTH1630: The City, the Maroon and the Mass Grave
How has archaeology contributed to our understanding of the past in the former Spanish colonies? How has this knowledge been presented and made socially relevant in present-day Latin America? This course proposes a critical insight into the achievements and future challenges of historical archaeology in Spanish speaking America, exploring the diverging trajectories that the discipline has had in different countries of the region, and the way in which archaeological knowledge about the colonial, republican, and contemporary periods has been either ignored or assimilated into the development of specific politics of cultural heritage at the local level. LILE
M W F 1:00 pm - 1:50 pm Instructor: F. Gaitan-Ammann
ANTH1901: Anthropology in/of the Museum
This course will provide an introduction to the history, purposes, transformations, and internal workings of museums from an anthropological perspective. Students will learn about museums that focus on natural and cultural history related to anthropological studies of archaeology, human evolution, and world ethnography. It will cover the relevance of anthropological training to careers in the museum field, as well as the importance of conducting anthropological investigations in the museum environment. Enrollment limited to 20.
W 3:00 pm - 5:20 pm Instructor: E. Stokes-Rees
ANTH1910: Senior Seminar: Anthropology of Place
This seminar is a capstone course for senior anthropology concentrators. It is designed to encourage reflection on anthropology as a discipline, its value in today’s world, and its influence in shaping your own lives and thinking. The topic of the seminar -- anthropology of place – offers a unifying theme that bridges social or cultural anthropology and archaeology, but also other specializations within the discipline. The premise is that place is central to human experience.
W 3:00 pm - 5:20 pm Instructor: P. Rubertone
ANTH1940: Ethnographic Research Methods
To understand the different theoretical assumptions that shape research efforts; to examine how hypotheses and research questions are formulated; and to appreciate the ethical and scientific dimensions of research by hands-on experience in fieldwork projects. Prerequisite: One Anthropology course.
M 3:00 pm - 5:20 pm Instructor: L. Fruzzetti
ANTH2000: History of Ethnological Theory
A seminar investigating some themes in the history of anthropological theory. Starting with the delineations of the scope and nature of social science by Marx, Durkheim, and Weber, the seminar then considers various explorations of the concepts of structure, function, and agency, concluding with Bourdieu's reformulation of social anthropology for a new generation in the form of practice theory.
M 3:00 pm - 5:20 pm Instructor: W. Simmons
ANTH2303: Anthropology of Fertility and Reproduction
A seminar examining the social significance and cultural meanings of human fertility and reproduction, including the social and cultural consequences of different fertility levels, the variety of people involved in decisions about reproduction, the allocation of responsibility for parenthood, and the political implications of contemporary debates about the meanings of biological and social reproduction.
T 1:30 pm - 3:50 pm Instructor: A. Harrison
ANTH2310A: Violence, Governance, and Transnationalism
This seminar deals with contemporary anthropological approaches to violence, governance, and transnationalism. As faculty and graduate students, we have worked together to identify important ethnographic experiments that provide novel anthropological framings of major global issues. Our goal is to interrogate anthropological writing, explore its relation to field research, and trace anthropological appropriations of contemporary social theory from a variety of sources. Prerequisites: three previous courses in Anthropology.
M 6:00 pm - 8:20 pm Instructor: K. Warren
ANTH2320: Ideology of Development
An examination of different development theories and their relationship to field application. The analysis of project preparation and implementation is used to question the goals and objectives of Western and indigenous notions of progress and change within a social and economic context. Third World countries are utilized as case studies to address related issues, such as the meaning of development.
R 3:00 pm - 5:20 pm Instructor: L. Fruzzetti
ANTH2501: Principles of Archaeology
Examines theoretical and methodological issues in anthropological archaeology. Attention is given to past concerns, current debates, and future directions of archaeology in the social sciences.
W 3:00 pm - 5:20 pm Instructor: A. Scherer
ANTH2540: Historical Archaeology: From Colony to City
Examines historical archaeology as a complex field of inquiry that engages multiple sources of evidence and incorporates a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches. The seminar will consider the range of evidence available to historical archaeologists, and draw on examples from colonies and cities around the world to explore how the richness and diversity of the evidence is used.
R 4:00 pm - 6:20 pm Instructor: P. Rubertone
The following Fall courses, listed in other departments, may be of interest to students concentrating in Anthropology:
ARCH0100: Field Archaeology and the Ancient World
Always wanted to be Indiana Jones? This course, focusing on the Mediterranean world and its neighbors in antiquity, interprets field archaeology in its broadest sense. In addition to exploring "how to do" archaeology - the techniques of locating, retrieving, and analyzing ancient remains - we will consider how the nature of these methodologies affects our understanding of the past.
M W F 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm Instructor: L. Bestock
ARCH0201/CLAS0210O: Sport in the Ancient Greek World
Athletics and sports were as popular and significant in the ancient Greek world as they are today, and so offer an excellent introduction to its archaeology and history. This class will discuss the development of Greek athletics, the nature of individual events, the social implications of athletic professionalism, women and athletics, and the role of sport in Greek education. Enrollment limited to 20 first year students.
M W F 1:00 pm - 1:50 pm Instructor: J. Cherry
ARCH0270: Troy Rocks! Archaeology of an Epic
What do Brad Pitt, Julius Caesar, Dante, Alexander the Great, and countless sports teams have in common? The Trojan War! This course will explore the Trojan War not only through the archaeology, art, and mythology of the Greeks and Romans but also through the popular imaginings of cultures ever since, to figure out what "really" happened when Helen ran off and Achilles got angry and the Greeks came bearing gifts. Enrollment limited to 20 first year students. FYS.
T R 9:00 am - 10:20 am Instructor: C. Murray
ARCH0420: Archaeologies of the Greek Past
From Bronze Age palaces to the Acropolis in Athens and on the trail of Alexander the Great, this course explores the ancient Greek world through archaeology--using art, architecture, and everyday objects to learn about ancient Greek society, from the mysterious to the mundane. It also considers how we experience ancient Greece today, including questions about archaeological practice, the antiquities trade, and cultural heritage.
M W F 11:00 am - 11:50 am Instructor: S. Alcock
ARCH1050: Old World and New World Perspectives in Archaeology
This course examines how archaeologists working on different sides of the world study the past. Archaeology in the Old World and New World has developed on parallel, but separate, trajectories. While these approaches share methods and theories, they often interpret archaeological data in alternative or even contradictory ways. In this course we will view archaeological topics from both perspectives, using examples from the Mediterranean and Mesoamerica, to try to better understand, and perhaps bridge the gap between, some of our differences. Prerequisite: An introductory course in archaeology, either through the Joukowsky Institute or the Anthropology department.
T R 2:30 pm - 3:50 pm Instructor: J. Cherry
ARCH1621/EGYT1430: History of Egypt I
A survey of the history and society of ancient Egypt from prehistoric times to the end of the Eighteenth Dynasty (ca. 5000-1300 BC). Readings include translations from the original documents that serve as primary sources for the reconstruction of ancient Egyptian history. WRIT
M W F 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm Instructor: L. Bestock
ARCH1650: The Etruscans: Italy before the Rise of the Romans
The Etruscan people dominated the Italian peninsula for centuries before the Romans became a Mediterranean power, but left behind little textual evidence of their culture. Focusing on architecture, artistic production, and funerary practice, we will study the "enigmatic" Etruscans and their contacts with the Greeks and early Romans, and consider their impact on Rome and on modern Italian archaeological scholarship.
T R 1:00 pm - 2:20 pm Instructor: C. Murray
ARCH1710: Architecture and Memory
Buildings and monuments have been mediators of the past, with their powerful presence and often turbulent histories. Stories cling to their stones, which become residues of the human lives that shape them. Memories, imaginations and experiences, collectively shared or individual, give meaning to architectural spaces. This course explores the intersections of memory and architecture through various archaeological case studies from the ancient world.
T R 10:30 am - 11:50 am Instructor: O. Harmansah
ARCH1900: The Archaeology of College Hill
A training class in field and laboratory techniques. Topics include the nature of field archaeology, excavation and survey methodologies, archaeological ethics, computer technologies (such as GIS), and site and artifact analysis and conservation. Students will act as practicing archaeologists through the investigation of local historical and archaeological sites in the College Hill area (e.g. the First Baptist Church of America and the John Brown House). Prerequisite: A previous course in Archaeology and the Ancient World or Anthropology is required. Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors, except by permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 15.
M 3:00 pm - 5:20 pm Instructor: TBA
ETHN1890H: Introduction to American Indian Studies
Introduces students to both historical and contemporary issues in North America. Issues of identity, sovereignty, representation and self-representation are key components. Because this course is inter-disciplinary, we will use texts from anthropology, cultural studies, history, film and literature as tools to understand and appreciate the ways in which American Indian cultures survive, flourish and shape the United States. No special background is required. All students are welcome. Enrollment limited to 30.
T R 2:30 pm - 3:50 pm Instructor: E. Hoover
LATN1510I: Urban Latin America
This course will analyze the crucial dynamics, contradictions and consequences of urbanization in contemporary Latin America. Themes to be addressed include: urban culture, sports, national and ethnic identities, religion and violence. Prerequisite: at least one other class in Anthropology or other social sciences.
T R 6:30 pm - 7:50 pm Instructor: R. Oliver