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ANTHRO 101: The Aztecs and Their Ancestors: Introduction to Mesoamerican Archaeology

The prehispanic cultures of Mesoamerica through archaeology and ethnohistory, from the archaic period to the Spanish conquest in the 16th century.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom

ANTHRO 103: The Archaeology of Modern Urbanism (ANTHRO 203)

Seminar. Urbanism as a defining feature of modern life. The perspective of archaeology on the history and development of urban cultures. Case studies are from around the globe; emphasis is on the San Francisco Bay Area megalopolis. Cities as cultural sites where economic, ethnic, and sexual differences are produced and transformed; spatial, material, and consumption practices; and the archaeology of communities and neighborhoods.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci

ANTHRO 105: Ancient Cities in the New World (ANTHRO 205)

Preindustrial urbanism as exemplified by prehispanic New World societies. Case studies: the central and southern highlands of Mesoamerica, and the Maya region. Comparative material from highland S. America.

ANTHRO 109: Archaeology: World Cultural Heritage (ANTHRO 209)

Focus is on issues dealing with rights to land and the past on a global scale including conflicts and ethnic purges in the Middle East, the Balkans, Afghanistan, India, Australia, and the Americas. How should world cultural heritage be managed? Who defines what past and which sites and monuments should be saved and protected? Are existing international agreements adequate? How can tourism be balanced against indigenous rights and the protection of the past?
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci

ANTHRO 109A: The Origins of Food Production and Village Life: Prehistoric Archaeology of the Near East (ANTHRO 209A, ARCHLGY 116, ARCHLGY 316)

Major transformations in human lifeways from ca 18,000 - 6,000 B.C.E. in the Near East, including the Levant, Anatolia, and Cyprus. The transition from hunting-gathering to agro-pastoralism, the emergence of sedentary lifeways, plant and animal domestication processes, the appearance of first villages and towns, and the social consequences of novel economic and settlement practices.

ANTHRO 111: Archaeology of Sex, Sexuality, and Gender (ANTHRO 211)

How archaeologists study sex, sexuality, and gender through the material remains left behind by past cultures and communities. Theoretical and methodological issues; case studies from prehistoric and historic archaeology.

ANTHRO 113: Faunal Analysis: Animal Remains for the Archaeologist (ANTHRO 213, BIO 166, BIO 266)

The analysis of fossil animal bones and shells to illuminate the behavior and ecology of prehistoric collectors, especially ancient humans. Theoretical and methodoloigcal issues. The identification, counting, and measuring of fossil bones and shells. Labs. Methods of numerical analysis.

ANTHRO 114: Prehistoric Stone Tools: Technology and Analysis (ANTHRO 214)

Archaeologists rely on an understanding of stone tools to trace much of what we know about prehistoric societies. How to make, illustrate, and analyze stone tools, revealing the method and theory intrinsic to these artifacts.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci

ANTHRO 117A: Environment and Health: An Impact Assessment (HUMBIO 117)

The effects of environment upon human and animal health and vice versa, including impacts of climate change, local environment (urban/rural health issues), land-use change upon health issues such as asthma, cholera, and malaria. Emphasis is on interdisciplinary approaches including medicine, epidemiology, ecology, and environmental science. Health/environment topics from multiple levels, such as from the standpoint of the individual organism to the ecosystem. How such knowledge is applied to policy and public health. Students construct new conceptual models for health/environment case studies.
Instructors: Salkeld, D. (PI)

ANTHRO 123: Readings in Linguistic Anthropology (ANTHRO 223)

One or two major related works on language in its cultural context. Works for 2007-08 involve attempts to correlate linguistic and non-linguistic data for analysis of prehistoric human contact and migrations. May be repeated for credit.
| Repeatable for credit
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