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ANTHROPOLOGY

Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 100 2024 S Credits: 3

Basic concepts and methods of anthropology; culture and race; comparative study of social systems, religion, symbolism, art, and other institutions. Examples are drawn from a variety of cultures.

RYNIKER, DAVID

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Introduction to Cultural Anthropology - INTRO CULT ANTH

ANTH 100A 2023 W Credits: 3

Basic concepts and methods of anthropology; culture and race; comparative study of social systems, religion, symbolism, art, and other institutions. Examples are drawn from a variety of cultures.

MENZIES, CHARLES | SHIVA, AMIRPOUYAN

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Lecture

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12:00 - 13:00

MENZIES, CHARLES

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1	Wed	12:00 - 13:00

MENZIES, CHARLES

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11:00 - 12:00

SHIVA, AMIRPOUYAN

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1	Tue	11:00 - 12:00
1	Thu	11:00 - 12:00

SHIVA, AMIRPOUYAN

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10:00 - 11:00

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18:00 - 19:00

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ANTHROPOLOGY

Introduction to Cultural Anthropology - INTRO CULT ANTH

ANTH 100B 2023 W Credits: 3

Basic concepts and methods of anthropology; culture and race; comparative study of social systems, religion, symbolism, art, and other institutions. Examples are drawn from a variety of cultures.

HAYAT, ZAHRA | ZEWERI, HELENA

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001

Lecture

T, Th

14:00 - 15:00

HAYAT, ZAHRA

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2	Tue	14:00 - 15:00
2	Thu	14:00 - 15:00

HAYAT, ZAHRA

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Lecture

M, W

14:00 - 15:00

ZEWERI, HELENA

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2	Mon	14:00 - 15:00
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ZEWERI, HELENA

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Discussion

9:00 - 10:00

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10:00 - 11:00

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Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Introduction to Cultural Anthropology - INTRO CULT ANTH

ANTH 100C 2023 W Credits: 3

Basic concepts and methods of anthropology; culture and race; comparative study of social systems, religion, symbolism, art, and other institutions. Examples are drawn from a variety of cultures.

SHIVA, AMIRPOUYAN

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ACTIVITY

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TIMES(S)

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DESCRIPTION

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001

Lecture

M, W

9:00 - 10:00

SHIVA, AMIRPOUYAN

TERM	DAY	TIME
1	Mon	9:00 - 10:00
1	Wed	9:00 - 10:00

SHIVA, AMIRPOUYAN

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Discussion

9:00 - 10:00

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Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Culture, Race and Inequality

ANTH 201 2023 W Credits: 3

Anthropological critiques of racism, colonialism and ongoing structural inequalities.

RYNIKER, DAVID

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Contemporary Social Problems - ANTH CON SOC PRB

ANTH 202B 2023 W Credits: 3

Cultural background to contemporary events; problems of nationalism and regional conflicts, economic and social development, gender, religion and social change. Course may stress a different region of the world in different years.

JING, ZHICHUN

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Anthropology of Drugs

ANTH 203 2023 W Credits: 3

Illicit and/or licit drugs through historical, political, cultural and societal examples.

MUEHLMANN, SHAYLIH | WAINER, RAFAEL

ANTHROPOLOGY

Anthropology of Drugs

ANTH 203 2024 S Credits: 3

Illicit and/or licit drugs through historical, political, cultural and societal examples.

WAINER, RAFAEL

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

The Anthropology of Insurrections and Revolution

ANTH 205 2023 W Credits: 3

Analysis of insurrections and revolutions from a comparative perspective.

GORDILLO, GASTON

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Witches, Vampires, and Zombies: Anthropology of the Supernatural

ANTH 206 2023 W Credits: 3

Anthropological approaches to supernatural beliefs in both traditional and contemporary societies.

KINGSBURY, KATE | MAGLIOCCO, SABINA

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Eating Culture

ANTH 210 2023 W Credits: 3

An anthropological exploration of how the collection, cultivation and consumption of food shapes human society and culture.

HEATHERINGTON, TRACEY

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Sex, Gender, and Culture

ANTH 213 2023 W Credits: 3

An anthropological exploration of how understandings of sex and gender are culturally and historically shaped.

SARI, ELIF

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Japanese Popular Culture

ANTH 215 2023 W Credits: 3

Television shows, dramas, movies, advertising, marketing, manga (Japanese style "comics"), anime (Japanese animation), theatrical forms, popular literature, popular music, fashion fads, tourism, toys, and sports.

CREIGHTON, MILLIE

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Culture and Communication

ANTH 217 2023 W Credits: 3

The study of communication; the relation between communication and its cultural context with emphasis on verbal and non-verbal communication, cross-cultural communication, and cultural differences in the use of oral, literate, and electronic media.

ROSENBLUM, DAISY

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Contemporary Indigenous Issues in British Columbia

ANTH 220 2023 W Credits: 3

Anthropological perspectives on contemporary Indigenous issues in British Columbia.

KRAMER, JENNIFER

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Introduction to Medical Anthropology

ANTH 227 2023 W Credits: 3

An examination of health and illness, in their social and cultural contexts.

KAMAT, VINAY RAMNATH

ANTHROPOLOGY

Introduction to Medical Anthropology

ANTH 227 2024 S Credits: 3

An examination of health and illness, in their social and cultural contexts.

WAINER, RAFAEL

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Contemporary Anthropological Theory - CONTMP ANTH THRY

ANTH 300A 2023 W Credits: 3

Contemporary approaches to society and culture in anthropology.

KAMAT, VINAY RAMNATH | MUEHLMANN, SHAYLIH

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Ethnography of Special Areas - ETHNO SPEC AREAS

ANTH 303B 2023 W Credits: 3

A specialized study of ethnographic and theoretical problems in one area. Different culture areas or regions may be selected each term. Consult the Department for this year's offerings.

HAYAT, ZAHRA

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Ethnography of Special Areas - ENRGY SUSTNBL

ANTH 303C 2023 W Credits: 3

A specialized study of ethnographic and theoretical problems in one area. Different culture areas or regions may be selected each term. Consult the Department for this year's offerings.

HEATHERINGTON, TRACEY

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Ethnography of Special Areas - CELT FRING&DIASP

ANTH 303D 2023 W Credits: 3

A specialized study of ethnographic and theoretical problems in one area. Different culture areas or regions may be selected each term. Consult the Department for this year's offerings.

MENZIES, CHARLES

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Ethnography of Sub-Saharan Africa

ANTH 308 2023 W Credits: 3

An exploration of ethnographic, topical, and theoretical issues.

KAMAT, VINAY RAMNATH

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Ethnography of the Himalaya: Diversity and Development

ANTH 309 2023 W Credits: 3

Ethnographic engagement with lives of people in and from the Himalayan region: including parts of Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan; Tibetan cultural zones traversing these countries; and diasporas.

SHNEIDERMAN, SARA

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality

ANTH 312 2023 W Credits: 3

Ethnographic and theoretical approaches to gender and sexuality, in cross-cultural context.

SARI, ELIF

ANTHROPOLOGY

Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality

ANTH 312 2024 S Credits: 3

Ethnographic and theoretical approaches to gender and sexuality, in cross-cultural context.

SARI, ELIF

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Linguistic Anthropology - LINGUISTIC ANTH

ANTH 317A 2023 W Credits: 3

A survey of the ethnographic uses of language data and the techniques of linguistic analysis.

MOORE, PATRICK

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Art, Aesthetics and Anthropology - ART&ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTH 331A 2023 W Credits: 3

Anthropological perspectives on art, aesthetics, and expressive culture.

LEVELL, NICOLA

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Oral Tradition

ANTH 332 2023 W Credits: 3

An ethnographic perspective on the dynamics of oral tradition in various oral and literate cultures; the characteristics and roles of oral genres including folktale, genealogy, oral history, autobiography, and myth in these societies; and the relationship between orality and literacy.

ROBERTSON, LESLIE

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Museums, Heritage and Memory - MUSE HERITG MEM

ANTH 341C 2023 W Credits: 3

Museums, galleries, monuments, and other cultural institutions' relations to our perception of history and geography.

LEVELL, NICOLA

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Ethnography of the Pacific Islands: Melanesia - ETHNO: MELANESIA

ANTH 351A 2023 W Credits: 3

Major cultural groupings in Melanesia, emphasizing both traditional cultures and the incorporation of the region into modern international institutions.

RYNIKER, DAVID

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Anthropology of Media

ANTH 378 2023 W Credits: 3

Analysis of contemporary mass media and of the anthropological use of media (photography, film, digital audio and video, etc.).

SHIVA, AMIRPOUYAN

ANTHROPOLOGY

Anthropology of Media

ANTH 378 2024 S Credits: 3

Analysis of contemporary mass media and of the anthropological use of media (photography, film, digital audio and video, etc.).

VIVALDI PASQUA, ANA

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

History of Anthropology - HISTORY OF ANTH

ANTH 400A 2023 W Credits: 3

The development of anthropological theory and practice in institutional contexts.

SHNEIDERMAN, SARA | SHIVA, AMIRPOUYAN

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Principles of Field Work

ANTH 407 2023 W Credits: 3

An examination of field work as the basic setting for ethnographic research. Research design; relationships with study participants, field techniques, and data analysis and presentation.

SHIVA, AMIRPOUYAN

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Anthropological Statistics

ANTH 418 2023 W Credits: 3

Applications of statistical techniques to quantitative and qualitative data in Anthropology.

JING, ZHICHUN

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Topics in Medical Anthropology

ANTH 427 2023 W Credits: 3

Anthropological perspectives on health, illness, and disability as represented by classic and contemporary research in selected topics in medical anthropology including disease and human evolution, illness and human ecology, culture and epidemiology, ethnomedical systems, the relationship between folk and biomedicine and the cultural construction and social organization of health care, illness and disability. Specific content will vary from year to year. Consult the Department brochure.

HAYAT, ZAHRA

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Indigenous Governance, British Columbia

ANTH 430 2023 W Credits: 3

Indigenous perspectives on governance, authority, and jurisdiction as applied to British Columbia First Nations. Recommended: ANTH 220.

MENZIES, CHARLES

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Museum Practice and Curatorship - MUS PRC&CURATRSH

ANTH 431C 2023 W Credits: 6

Management of museum collections and their public presentation, addressing questions of access, collaboration, and cultural property. The public interpretation of anthropological concepts and materials utilizing the programs and facilities of the Museum of Anthropology.

LEVELL, NICOLA | ROWLEY, SUSAN

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Directed Studies - DIRECTED STUDIES

ANTH 433A 2023 W Credits: 3

General reading and/or a research undertaking, with the agreement, and under the supervision, of a Department faculty member selected by the student. No more than six credits of Directed Studies may be taken for credit toward the Major or Honours program.

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

The Japanese Tea Ceremony: Ethnography of Performance, Practice, and Ritual

ANTH 435 2023 W Credits: 3

An exploration of Chanoyu, Japanese Tea Practice, as a culturally embedded ritual, performance, and aesthetic form, and as a way of understanding underlying elements of Japanese culture. This course has a studio component and a nominal fee may be charged.

CREIGHTON, MILLIE

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Gardens of Culture: The Anthropology of Food Systems

ANTH 437 2023 W Credits: 3

Anthropological approaches to foodways and agricultural sustainability, particularly small-scale producers and communities. Includes ethnographic analysis of food movements, food systems and the socio-economic contexts of food provisioning and food production. Recommended: Third year status.

HEATHERINGTON, TRACEY

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Honours Tutorial - HONOURS TUTORIAL

ANTH 449A 2023 W Credits: 6

Will usually require the presentation of at least one research paper.

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Conservation of Organic Materials

ANTH 451 2023 W Credits: 3

Conservation of organic materials within a museum environment; the nature of materials, mechanisms of deterioration and principles of preventive conservation. Recommended for students intending to work with cultural materials.

SWIERENGA, HEIDI

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Anthropology of Law

ANTH 471 2023 W Credits: 3

Cross-cultural study of the operation of law within contested systems of meaning, the social organization of law, and forms of consciousness of the participants in legal/justice practices.

BLACKBURN, CAROLE

ANTHROPOLOGY

Urban Ethnographic Field School (UEFS) - URBN ETHNO FDSCH

ANTH 480B 2024 S Credits: 6

Volunteering and fieldwork based in community organizations with theoretical approaches to urban spaces. Students will engage in collaborative research while considering a range of theoretical and methodological approaches. Students may earn a maximum of 6 credits from ANTH 480 and SOCI 480.

SHIVA, AMIRPOUYAN

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Advanced Studies in Anthropology - ADV STUDIES

ANTH 495A 2023 W Credits: 3

An intensive examination of selected topics in Anthropology. Consult the Department for this year's offerings.

ALAICA, ALEKSA

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Advanced Studies in Anthropology - ADV STUDIES

ANTH 495B 2023 W Credits: 3

An intensive examination of selected topics in Anthropology. Consult the Department for this year's offerings.

GUSTERSON, HUGH PHILLIMORE

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Advanced Studies in Anthropology - ADV STUDIES ANTH

ANTH 495C 2023 W Credits: 3

An intensive examination of selected topics in Anthropology. Consult the Department for this year's offerings.

MUEHLMANN, SHAYLIH

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

History of Anthropological Thought

ANTH 500 2023 W Credits: 6

Various approaches to anthropology, from classical to contemporary.

GORDILLO, GASTON

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Advanced Ethnography of a Special Area - ADV ETH N.W.COAS

ANTH 502B 2023 W Credits: 3

MENZIES, CHARLES

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Current Research in Anthropology - CURRENT RES ANTH

ANTH 506A 2023 W Credits: 3

The relationship between current theoretical issues and research methods.

SARI, ELIF

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Language and Culture - LANG & CULTURE

ANTH 512B 2023 W Credits: 3

MOORE, PATRICK

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Qualitative Methods in Anthropology

ANTH 516 2023 W Credits: 3

A discussion of selected methods used to observe, describe, and interpret cultural phenomena and social organization, including participant observation, interviewing, ethnographic semantics, life histories, componential analysis, and photography. Attention will also be given to ethics in anthropological research and writing and to such analytic matters as the nature of description, conceptualization, generalization, and content analysis.

GUSTERSON, HUGH PHILLIMORE

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Museum Methods - MUSEUM METHODS

ANTH 518A 2023 W Credits: 3

Analytical approaches to the study of museums and collections. Methods of field collecting, collections research, laboratory procedures, visitor studies, social organization of museum and related cultural industries, exhibit and program evaluation techniques and the ethics of museum research and practice.

KRAMER, JENNIFER

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Seminar in Medical Anthropology

ANTH 519 2023 W Credits: 3

KAMAT, VINAY RAMNATH

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Advanced Seminar - ADVANCED SEMINAR

ANTH 540B 2023 W Credits: 3

ZEWERI, HELENA

ANTHROPOLOGY

Advanced Seminar - ADVANCED SEMINAR

ANTH 540H 2024 S Credits: 3

SPELLER, CAMILLA

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Graduate Research Seminar - GRAD RSRCH SEM

ANTH 545A 2023 W Credits: 3

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Graduate Research Seminar - GRAD RSRCH SEM

ANTH 545B 2023 W Credits: 3

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Master's Thesis - MASTERS THESIS

ANTH 549A 2023 W Credits: 6

ANTHROPOLOGY

Master's Thesis - MASTERS THESIS

ANTH 549A 2024 S Credits: 6

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Master's Thesis - MASTERS THESIS

ANTH 549B 2023 W Credits: 6

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGY

Doctoral Dissertation

ANTH 649 2023 W Credits: 0

ANTHROPOLOGY

Doctoral Dissertation

ANTH 649 2024 S Credits: 0

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Introduction to Archaeology: Past perspectives and Future Promise

ARCL 103 2023 W Credits: 3

A critical introductory overview to the discipline of archaeology, its functions and entanglements, and potential contributions and transformations for the future.

ROBERTSON, HEATHER

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EVALUATION

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002

Lecture

M, W

12:00 - 13:00

ROBERTSON, HEATHER

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2	Mon	12:00 - 13:00
2	Wed	12:00 - 13:00

ROBERTSON, HEATHER

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D1A

Discussion

9:00 - 10:00

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2	Fri	9:00 - 10:00

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D1B

Discussion

14:00 - 15:00

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2	Fri	14:00 - 15:00

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D1C

Discussion

11:00 - 12:00

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D1D

Discussion

13:00 - 14:00

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2	Fri	13:00 - 14:00

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D1E

Discussion

10:00 - 11:00

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2	Fri	10:00 - 11:00

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D1F

Discussion

15:00 - 16:00

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Past course

ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Bones: The Origins of Humanity

ARCL 140 2023 W Credits: 3

The origin and evolution of the human lineage and the emergence of human biological and cultural traits with emphasis on the fossil record before the Pleistocene. Credit will be granted for only one of ARCL 140 or ANTH 225.

ROBERTSON, HEATHER

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001

Lecture

M, W

15:00 - 16:00

ROBERTSON, HEATHER

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1	Mon	15:00 - 16:00
1	Wed	15:00 - 16:00

ROBERTSON, HEATHER

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D1A

Discussion

9:00 - 10:00

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1	Fri	9:00 - 10:00

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D1B

Discussion

10:00 - 11:00

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1	Fri	10:00 - 11:00

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D1C

Discussion

11:00 - 12:00

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1	Fri	11:00 - 12:00

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D1D

Discussion

12:00 - 13:00

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1	Fri	12:00 - 13:00

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D1E

Discussion

14:00 - 15:00

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1	Fri	14:00 - 15:00

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D1F

Discussion

15:00 - 16:00

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D1G

Discussion

13:00 - 14:00

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1	Fri	13:00 - 14:00

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D1H

Discussion

16:00 - 17:00

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ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Bones: The Origins of Humanity

ARCL 140 2024 S Credits: 3

ROBERTSON, HEATHER

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Archaeological Methods

ARCL 203 2023 W Credits: 3

Introduces the methods and principles applied in anthropological archaeology and cultural-historical research.

JING, ZHICHUN

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Forensic Anthropology

ARCL 228 2023 W Credits: 3

The application of methods from biological anthropology and archaeology to the identification, recovery, and analysis of skeletal remains from crime scenes, mass disasters, and unexplained deaths.

WESTON, DARLENE | ROBERTSON, HEATHER

ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Forensic Anthropology

ARCL 228 2024 S Credits: 3

The application of methods from biological anthropology and archaeology to the identification, recovery, and analysis of skeletal remains from crime scenes, mass disasters, and unexplained deaths.

ROBERTSON, HEATHER

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Taming the Wild: Animals, Alcohol and Agriculture

ARCL 235 2023 W Credits: 3

How, when and why humans became dependent on cultivated foods and domestic animals and the methods used to document plant and animal domestication.

ALAICA, ALEKSA

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Archaeological Interpretation

ARCL 305 2023 W Credits: 3

Current theoretical developments explored through the practice of archaeology. Examples drawn from a range of times and places focusing on emerging technologies, food production, colonial encounters and culture contact, materiality and symbolic systems, social inequality and complexity, and human-environmental interactions.

ALAICA, ALEKSA

ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Summer Field Training in Archaeology

ARCL 306 2024 S Credits: 6

Intensive training in excavation techniques and interpretation, including mapping procedures, recording, preliminary analysis, and reporting. Students will participate in an excavation for the Summer Session and will use this excavation as a basis for lectures, discussions and reports. Additional Field Trip Fees are charged for this course.

BARNETT, KRISTEN

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Archaeological Foundations of South America

ARCL 324 2023 W Credits: 3

The archaeology of South America with an emphasis on the emergence of economic, social, political, and religious organization, and a primary focus on the Andean region. Seminar format with lectures discussing recent research and current discoveries.

ALAICA, ALEKSA

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Paleoanthropology

ARCL 325 2023 W Credits: 3

Origin and development of the hominins; the hominin fossil record, and theories relating to hominin evolution.

WESTON, DARLENE

Past course

ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

The Archaeology of Death

ARCL 419 2023 W Credits: 3

A survey of methods, theory, and case-studies in mortuary archaeology.

WESTON, DARLENE

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