43 courses in the 1988–89 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
An overview of 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.
The dynamic nature of socio-cultural systems is examined. Topics include language, technology, social organization, economics, politics, and religion. Data are drawn from a broad ethnographic base, including both “primitive” cultures and modern, developed societies.
A student may not take both ANTH 102A and ANTH 102B for credit.
Basic anthropological concepts, such as biological and. cultural evolution, culture, human adaptability, and culture contact will be explored through examples from science fiction and related anthropological studies.
A general introduction to the scientific study of language. Lectures on the nature of human language as compared with animal communication, some of the basic methods of historical and descriptive linguistics, and the importance of language in culture and society.
An introduction to the working assumptions, analytic approaches, and integrative and descriptive methods of archaeological anthropology.
An introduction to basic concepts used by social anthropologists for the analysis of social, economic, political and ideational systems.
Prereq: ANTH 102A or ANTH 102B or permission of the instructor
This is a general introduction to North American Archaeology. The traditional cultural ecological approach is used.
A general survey of the archaeological evidence of prehistoric man in the Great Lakes area from his arrival ca. 11,000 years ago to the coming of the Europeans. Cultural ecology and cultural evolution will be stressed.
Honours Anthropology students should take ANTH 322.
Archaeological approaches to cultural complexity are examined, using New and Old World examples. Topics considered may include: agricultural origins, megaliths, chiefdoms, states, and the emergence of cities, and early civilizations. Regional emphasis may vary.
described as they existed when initially contacted by Europeans. Consideration is given to economic adaptation, social organization, political structure, material culture, ritual, and mythology.
Prereq: Second-year standing
An examination of Inuit and Eskimo cultures of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland from their prehistoric origins to the present. Administrative systems imposed upon the Inuit and Eskimo will be analysed and compared, as will the contem-
porary problems these communities face.
Prereq: Second-year standing
An analysis of present-day Canadian Indian politics, economics, social organization, and education. The emergence of pan-Indianism and large-scale Indian organizations will be examined as responses to the Federal Government's policy of withdrawing and decentralizing administrative services for native people.
Data, methods, and theory in the study of the origin and evolution of humans are surveyed. Topics will include osteology, growth and development, the fossil record, and genetics.
Prereq: ANTH 101 or permission of the instructor
This course systematically examines research design and methodology in anthropology.
Prereq: ANTH 202
An introduction to the way in which anthropologists study the system of behaviour and belief known as religion.
Cultural development from the agricultural revolution to the rise of literacy. Special attention to the development of agriculture as a means of subsistence and to the rise of early civilization. Areas and periods of emphasis will vary from year to year.
Prereq: ANTH 201 or permission of the instructor
Primarily for Honours Anthroplogy Students.
An in depth study of the archaeological evidence of prehistoric man in the Great Lakes area from his arrival ca. 11,000 years ago to the coming of Europeans. Cultural ecology and cultural evolution will be stressed.
Prereq: ANTH 203 or consent of the instructor
An examination of the relationships among environment, technology, society, and culture. The increasing levels of complexity will be considered in the context of hunting and foraging bands, horticultural tribes and chiefdoms, pastoral tribes and agricultural peasantry. Prereq: Full credit in Anthropology or consent of the instructor
Course Descriptions 16:7 Anthropology
A comparative survey of government policies on native minorities with emphasis on recent attempts to involve native groups in the policy-making processes. The course will compare policy approaches to Canadian Indians and Metis, Australian Aboriginals, New Zealand Maoris and Scandinavian Samis (Lapps).
Prereq: One of ANTH 102A or 102B, or P SCI 101 or 102M, or SOC 101
An examination of the historical origins and development of culture theory. The major emphasis is on the period from the appearance of anthropology as a distinct discipline in the nineteenth century until the emergence of modern perspectives in the 1950s. ° Prereq: ANTH 102A or 102B or permission of the instructor
Guided reading in a selected portion of the anthropological literature.
Prereq: Anthropology Major or Honours student and permission of the instructor
Guided reading in a selected portion of the anthropological literature.
Prereq: Anthropology Major or Honours student and permission of the instructor
Seminar on current topics in method and theory in Anthropology. Focus will vary from year to year.
Prereq: ANTH 201 or 202
An analysis of contemporary thought on culture contact and cultural evolution. The concepts to be explored might include integration, assimilation, conflict, nativistic reactions, and general and specific evolution.
Prereq: One credit in socio-cultural anthropology
16:8 Course Descriptions
Anthropology
Guided reading in a selected portion of the anthropological literature.
Prereq: Anthropology Major or Honours student and permission of the instructor
Guided reading in a selected portion of the anthropological literature.
Prereq: Anthropology Major or Honours student and permission of the instructor
Directed reading and research in a
selected area of anthropology inquiry. A letter grade for ANTH 499A will be
submitted only after the completion of
ANTH 4998.
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