15 courses in the 1968–69 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
An introductory course in Physical Anthropology and Archaeology. Lectures on living and fossil primates, the fossil evidence for the origins and development of man, modern races, and archaeological evidence for the origins and development of culture.
3 lectures.
An introductory course on the nature of culture. Data are presented on several primitive cultures. 3 lectures.
A survey of North American archaeology from the earliest known cultures to the time of European contact. Data on the Great Lakes area will be emphasized.
Prerequisites: 101 or permission of the instructor.
3 lectures.
A survey of Old World archaeology from the beginning of culture up to the advent of history.
Prerequisites: 101 or permission of the instructor.
3 lectures. Not offered in 1968-69.
A survey of North American Indian cultures as they were at the time of European contact. Data on the present-day status of several selected groups will be included.
Prerequisites: 102, or permission of the instructor.
3 lectures, alternate years. Offered in 1968-69.
A survey of non-literate cultures from the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. A culture area approach will be used. Prerequisites: 102, or permission of the instructor.
3 lectures. Not offered in 1968-69.
A survey of the cultures and societies of sub-Saharan Africa. An emphasis will be placed upon the ethnographic present, but the effects of modernization will also be considered.
Prerequisites: 102 or permission of the instructor.
3 lectures, alternate years.
A survey of the indigenous cultures and societies of the Pacific region, including Australia. Prehistory and post-contact history of the area is considered, but the greater part of the course concerns the cultural systems of the
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area in the ethnographic present. Prerequisites: 102 or permission of the instructor. 3 lectures, alternate years.
A study of Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic world art, aspects of Bronze Age Europe, Asia, and the Near East, the art of the African continent, the North and South American Indians in pre-Columbian and colonial times, and Australia-Oceania, together with related fields such as folk art, naive art and child art.
3 lectures. Not offered 1968-69.
A survey of the historical development of the concepts of culture, cultural evolution, and acculturation.
Prerequisites: 101 and 102.
3 lectures. Not offered in 1968-69.
A study of primitive social structure with primary emphasis on kinship systems.
Prerequisites: 102, or permission of the instructor.
3 lectures. Offered in 1968-69, if sufficient demand.
A study of economic systems of bands, tribes, and chiefdoms as contrasted with those of primitive states. Prerequisites: 102, or permission of the instructor. 3 lectures, alternate years. Not offered in 1968-69.
Archacological and ethnological data on various prehistoric and historic groups are presented. Emphasis is on hunting and gathering cultures as a distinct type.
Prerequisites: 101 and 102, or permission of the instructor.
3 lectures, alternate years. Offered in 1968-69, if sufficient demand.
The study of political behaviour in both state and nonstate society. A comparative approach will be used with a thorough examination of the political systems of selected societies.
Prerequisites: 102 or permission of the instructor.
3 lectures, alternate years. Offered in 1968-69.
Traditional and recently developed approaches to ethnographic field work are explored. The problems the worker faces in the field, and possible solutions to them, are discussed. Some effort will be made to develop field technique in simulated and/or real field situations.
Prerequisites: 102 or permission of the instructor.
3 lectures, alternate years. Offered 1968-69.
390 or 391* Reading in Anthropology. Guided reading in a selected portion of the anthropological literature. Prerequisites: Anthropology major and permission of the instructor.