44 courses in the 1992–93 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Undergraduate Officer T.S. Abler, PAS 2009, ext. 3044
Courses not offered in the current academic year are listed at the end of this section.
A survey of the discoveries of Physical Anthropology and Anthropological Archaeology. Lectures on living and fossil primates, the fossil evidence for the origins and development of humans, and archaeological evidence concerning the origins and development of culture from the earliast tool making through the beginnings of civilization.
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.
An introduction to the working assumptions, analytic approaches, and integrative and descriptive methods of archaeological anthropology.
An introduction to basic concepts used by social and cultural anthropologists for the analysis of social, economic, political and ideational systems.
Prereq: ANTH 102 or permission of the instructor
This is a general introduction to North American Archaeology. The traditional cultural ecological approach is used.
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.
ANTH 210 may not be taken concurrently with or after taking ANTH 310.
Course Descriptions Anthropology
A general survey of the archaeological evidence for prehistoric cultures in the Great Lakes area from their 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.
Antireq: ANTH 322
A comparative enthnological survey of selected indigenous societies in the Pacific region. Topics covered include the controversies surrounding the origins of the peoples of the South Pacific; first contact experiences; traditional and changing religions; social, economic and political systems; and problems facing contemporary Pacific societies.
Myths about the past which are current in modern society are examined in the light of archaeological evidence. Typical topics to be covered would include Viking remains in North America, the Nazca lines, Megalithic observatories and Peruvian voyagers in the Pacific.
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 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 genetic theoty, primate evolution, human fossils and modern human adaption.
Prereq: ANTH 101 or permission of the instructor
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The ability of audio-visual media to convey valid and accurate information on other ways Of life is evaluated. Emphasis will be on recent attempts to record other cultures on motion picture film and video tapes. Pioneering efforts at “scientific” illustration, as on voyages of exploration, as well as earty still photography and sound recording, are also examined.
This course systematically examines research design and methodology in
anthropology. Prereq: ANTH 202
Anthropological theories and concepts are examined as they are explored in fiction and fantasy. Among the issues discussed will be the relationship between nature and culture, the course of human physical and cultural evolution, the relationship between humans and non-human primates, the role of the symbol in human thought, and the nature of human society. The works of Geertz, Turner, Levi-Strauss, LeGuin, Golding and Card are among those studied.
Primarily for Anthropology Majors and Honours students. ANTH 210 may not be taken concurrently with or after taking ANTH 310.
An introduction to the way in which anthropologists study the system of behaviour and belief known as religion.
Anin depth study of the archaeological evidence for prehistoric cultures in the Great Lakes area from their 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
Antireq: ANTH 222
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
A seminar to investigate the role of the sexes in human evolution and the ways in which gender categories and the concepts of sex roles and sexyal behaviour are considered in anthropological literature.
A comparative survey of government policies on native minorities with emphasis on recent atternpts 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).
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 102 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 in current issues in the anthropology of the life cycle. This course will deal with child rearing, young adulthood, aging
Course Descriptions
Anthropology
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
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
ANTH 4994/8 F.W,S 0.5/0.5
Honours Essay
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 499B.
Not offered in 1992–93.
Not offered in 1992–93.
Not offered in 1992–93.
Not offered in 1992–93.
Not offered in 1992–93.
Not offered in 1992–93.
Not offered in 1992–93.
Not offered in 1992–93.
Not offered in 1992–93.
Not offered in 1992–93.
Not offered in 1992–93.
Not offered in 1992–93.
Not offered in 1992–93.
Not offered in 1992–93.
Not offered in 1992–93.
Not offered in 1992–93.
Not offered in 1992–93.