| 1 |
Biological Anthropology (4) |
Richmond, Bernstein, and Staff |
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Survey of human evolution, genetics and physical variation, and primatology. Regular laboratory exercises. Laboratory fee, $40. (Fall and spring) |
| 2 |
Sociocultural Anthropology (3) |
Grinker, Miller, and Staff |
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Survey of the world's cultures, illustrating the principles of cultural behavior. (Fall and spring) |
| 3 |
Archaeology (3) |
Cline, Blomster, and Staff |
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Introduction to archaeological survey and excavation techniques and laboratory methods of dating and analysis. Brief history of archaeology and survey of world prehistory. Films and laboratory exercises. (Fall and spring) |
| 4 |
Language in Culture and Society (3) |
Kuipers, Dent, and Staff |
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Comparison and analysis of how cultures use language to communicate. The relationship of language to issues of human nature, gender, race, class, artistic expression, and power. Laboratory fee, $20. (Fall and spring) |
| 5 |
The Biological Bases of Human Behavior (4) |
Richmond, Bernstein |
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Human behavior from an evolutionary perspective, including issues such as communication, intelligence, reproductive behavior, parental behavior, aggression, and cooperation, and drawing on an understanding of the behavior and biology of the nonhuman primates. Laboratory fee, $20. (Summer) |
| 103 |
Myths and Mysteries in Archaeology (3) |
Blomster, Johnston |
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Topics ranging from King Arthur to Atlantis are used to illustrate how archaeological methods and techniques can falsify—or support—exotic beliefs about the past. |
| 105 |
Introduction to Ethnomusicology (3) |
Staff |
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Same as Mus 105. |
| 113 |
Historical Archaeology Field Program (3) |
Cressey |
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Practical experience with a variety of excavation and laboratory techniques in historical archaeology; specific site and topics announced in the Schedule of Classes. Same as AmSt 193. (Summer) |
| 114 |
Paleoanthropological Field Program (3 or 6) |
Brooks |
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Intensive course on field research in paleoanthropology, including excavation methods, identification and analysis of materials, paleoecology, archaeology, and human anatomy. Conducted at selected sites in Eurasia, Africa, or Australia. Visits to comparative sites and collections in the region. (Summer) |
| 115 |
Mesoamerican Field Research (3 or 6) |
Blomste |
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Survey, excavation, and/or laboratory analysis in Mexico and Central America. See Schedule of Classes for details. (Summer) |
| 116 |
Mediterranean Field Program (3) |
Cline |
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Participation in archaeological field school. (Summer) |
| 117 |
Methods in Sociocultural Anthropology (3) |
Edberg and Staff |
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Approaches to field research. Conceptual bases and biases in the delineation of problems and in the selection, analysis, and organization of data. Students will design and carry out their own field projects in the Washington area. Prerequisite: Anth 2. (Spring) |
| 118 |
Theory and Practice in Archaeology (3) |
Blomster, Brooks, and Staff |
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The primary literature in archaeology theory since the 1960s. Ethics, topical issues, and archaeological practice. Prerequisite: Anth 3. (Fall) |
| 119 |
Lab Research Methods in Archaeology (3) |
Brooks, Blomster, and Staff |
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Research methods and techniques used by archaeologists. Emphasis on hands-on experience in one or more techniques (Spring, alternate years) |
| 121 |
The Anthropology of Gender: Cross-Cultural Perspectives (3) |
Staff |
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Same as WStu 121. |
| 130 |
Material Culture in America (3) |
Vlach |
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Same as AmSt 160. |
| 141 |
Human Functional Anatomy (3) |
Lucas |
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The anatomy of the human body, how it works, and how it differs from other animals, especially other primates. Principles and approaches of functional morphology and biomechanics and how function can be reconstructed from fossils, with special focus on the musculoskeletal system. No prior knowledge of anatomy is required. Laboratory fee, $50. Prerequisite: Anth 1. (Spring) |
| 142 |
Human Evolutionary Anatomy (3) |
Richmond, Wood |
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The structure and function of human anatomy, as compared to our closest relatives, the great apes. Using this comparative approach, the course investigates the fossil record of human evolution, with an emphasis on reconstructing relationships, function, behavior, and adaptation in fossil hominins. Prerequisite: Anth 1. (Fall) |
| 143 |
Human Growth and Development (3) |
Bernstein |
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Modern human growth and development considered through an evolutionary perspective. The growth stages and life cycles of modern humans, emphasizing physiological and environmental influences and comparisons with extant non-human primates and fossil hominids. Prerequisite: Anth 1. Laboratory fee, $15. (Spring, alternate years) |
| 145 |
Forensic Anthropology Laboratory (2) |
Ubelaker |
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Identification of human skeletal remains by body part, age, sex, race, and individual disease or trauma history; study of skeletal variation in modern and recent populations. Taught at the Smithsonian. Corequisite: Anth 146. (Spring) |
| 146 |
Human Variation (1) |
Ubelaker |
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An overview of human variation, with special emphasis on the skeleton. Includes history of physical anthropology, individual and population variations, archaeological recovery of human remains, paleodemography, growth, paleopathology, and forensic anthropology. Prerequisite: Anth 1; corequisite for undergraduates: Anth 145. (Spring) |
| 147 |
Hominin Evolution (3) |
Wood |
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The fossil record of human evolution, including its context. Review of the fossil evidence that concentrates on the distinctive features of each taxon. Pleistocene remains. Laboratory fee, $40. Prerequisite: Anth 1. (Fall) |
| 148 |
Primatology (3) |
Lucas |
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Physical and behavioral characteristics of the various primate groups and their relationship to human physical and cultural evolution. Prerequisite: Anth 1. (Fall) |
| 149 |
Topics in Biological Anthropology (3) |
Staff |
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Topic announced in the Schedule of Classes. Instructors will be drawn from GW faculty and Smithsonian Institution staff. May be repeated for credit if topic varies. |
| 150 |
Human Rights and Ethics (3) |
Lubkemann and Staff |
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Issues of basic human rights and their violation by different cultures, states, and organizations. Genocide, ecocide, abuses on the basis of ethnicity, religion, or similar factors, and the treatment of those seeking asylum. Rights of informants and groups studied in anthropological research. Prerequisite: Anth 2. (Spring) |
| 151 |
Development Anthropology (3) |
Lubkemann and Staff |
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The impact of the world economy on nonindustrial societies. Analysis of the role of anthropology in international development programs aimed at alleviating problems in the Third World. Prerequisite: Anth 2. (Fall) |
| 152 |
Cultural Ecology (3) |
Staff |
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Basic principles of cultural ecology. Human interaction with the ecosystem both past and present; emphasis on the application of anthropological precepts to current environmental problems. |
| 153 |
Psychological Anthropology (3) |
Grinker |
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The cross-cultural study of the relationship between culture and personality. Topics include emotion, conceptions of the self, mental health and illness, sexuality, marriage and parenting, and cognition. Psychobiological, cultural, ecological, and psychoanalytical theories are examined. Prerequisite: Anth 2 or permission of instructor. (Spring, alternate years) |
| 154 |
Illness, Healing, and Culture (3) |
Miller |
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Introduction to medical anthropology. What the record of human evolution and prehistory tells about human health; the epidemiology of health and illness; how different cultures define disease; understanding illness and healing systems cross-culturally; the political economy of illness; and the role of medical anthropology in health care and international development. |
| 155 |
Religion, Myth, and Magic (3) |
Allen and Staff |
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Theories of religion developed by anthropologists; survey of world religions with emphasis on non-Western societies; religious processes and change. Same as Rel 155. |
| 156 |
Politics, Ethnicity, and Nationalism (3) |
Grinker |
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Comparative analysis of political systems; political processes, such as factionalism, styles of leadership, political ritual. Prerequisite: Anth 2 or permission of instructor. (Fall, alternate years) |
| 157 |
Kinship, Family, and Community (3) |
Grinker |
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Cross-cultural analysis of how people form, maintain, and transform social groups and boundaries. Focus on how communities such as family, ethnic group, and nation are defined in moral terms. |
| 158 |
Art and Culture (3) |
Allen and Staff |
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The role of art in culture, with emphasis on small-scale societies; influences upon the artist, and beliefs and practices associated with art production. Prerequisite: Anth 2 or permission of instructor. |
| 159 |
Symbolic Anthropology (3) |
Allen |
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The study of culture through the analysis of symbolic systems including myth, cosmology, folklore, art, ritual, political symbolism, and the symbolic study of kinship. Prerequisite: Anth 2 or permission of instructor. |
| 161 |
Language, Culture, and Cognition (3) |
Kuipers, Dent |
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The role of language and culture in the organization of human experience. Beginning with debates about linguistic relativity, the course explores the way language use shapes cognition and practice in a variety of cultures and social contexts. Prerequisite: Anth 4. Laboratory fee, $20. (Fall, alternate years) |
| 162 |
Ethnographic Analysis of Speech (3) |
Kuipers, Dent |
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Linguistic variation and change in discourse practices; social and political correlates of linguistic interaction; recording, transcription, and analysis of verbal interaction. Prerequisite: Anth 4. Laboratory fee, $40. (Fall, alternate years) |
| 163 |
Psycholinguistics (3) |
Staff |
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Same as Ling 102. |
| 168 |
Language and Linguistic Analysis (3) |
Staff |
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Same as Ling 101. (Spring) |
| 169 |
Special Topics in Linguistic Anthropology (3) |
Kuipers and Staff |
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Topic announced in the Schedule of Classes. May be repeated for credit provided the topic differs. |
| 170 |
Cultures of the Caribbean (3) |
Staff |
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Culture history and ways of life among the area's various cultural groups up to the ethnographic present. Prerequisite: Anth 2 or permission of instructor. |
| 171 |
North American Native Peoples (3) |
Staff |
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Comparative study of Indian groups representative of the different culture areas of the United States and Canada. Contemporary issues involving indigenous groups, the wider society, and the state. Prerequisite: Anth 2 or permission of instructor. (Fall) |
| 172 |
Cultures of Central and South America (3) |
Allen, Dent, Kelly |
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Culture history and ways of life in a selected region of Central or South America. Regional focus to be announced in the Schedule of Classes. Prerequisite: Anth 2 or permission of instructor. |
| 173 |
Cultures of the Pacific (3) |
Love |
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Culture history and ways of life among native peoples of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Prerequisite: Anth 2 or permission of instructor. |
| 174 |
Cultures of Southeast Asia (3) |
Kuipers |
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Introduction to the history, art, ecology, and politics of Southeast Asia. Comparison and interpretation of recent ethnographic case studies, archaeological evidence, and current political events in order to understand the diversity of Southeast Asian traditions. |
| 175 |
Asian Ethnography (3) |
Grinker and Staff |
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Intensive study of the culture and history of selected peoples of East, Central, or South Asia. Specific area to be announced in the Schedule of Classes. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Anth 2 or permission of instructor. |
| 177 |
Cultures of the Middle East (3) |
Feldman |
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Geographic environment, language, religion, and social structure of settled and nomadic peoples of the Middle East: emphasis on the Arab world. Prerequisite: Anth 2. (Fall) |
| 178 |
Cultures of Africa (3) |
Grinker, Lubkemann |
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Comparative examination of the history, cultural development, and contemporary problems of sub-Saharan African cultures. New World African cultures are also considered. Prerequisite: Anth 2 or permission of instructor. |
| 179 |
Japanese Culture Through Film (3) |
Hamano |
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Same as Japn 162. (Spring) |
| 180 |
Ethnohistory (3) |
Blomster |
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Reconstruction of the history of a selected preliterate society through the analysis of historical documents, oral traditions, archaeological remains, and other indirect sources. Specific topic to be announced in the Schedule of Classes. |
| 181 |
African Roots from Australopithecus to Zimbabwe (3) |
Brooks |
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The development and contributions of Africa from human beginnings through medieval states. Topics include human evolution, origins of art, technology, trade, and animal/plant domestication, rise of African states, early relations with Europe and Asia, antecedents of contemporary African diversity. (Spring) |
| 182 |
Archaeology of North America (3) |
Staff |
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History of American archaeology; survey of North American culture history from human entry into the Americas during the Pleistocene period until the time of the first European contacts. Focus on peoples north of Mexico. Prerequisite: Anth 3. |
| 183 |
Human Cultural Beginnings (3) |
Brooks |
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Survey of prehistory in Europe, Africa, and Asia from the earliest hominid cultures to the beginnings of agriculture. Prerequisite: Anth 3. (Fall) |
| 184 |
Old World Origins of Agriculture and Urbanism (3) |
Cline and Staff |
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Archaeology of the Near East, Egypt, Europe, and other areas, from the beginnings of agriculture to the rise of Babylon. Prerequisite: Anth 3. (Spring) |
| 185 |
Archaeology of Mesoamerica (3) |
Blomster |
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Culture history of pre-Columbian societies in Middle America; the emergence of Mesoamerican civilization from the earliest hunter—gatherers and first farmers to the Aztec Empire. Prerequisite: Anth 3. |
| 186 |
Origins of the State and Urban Society (3) |
Blomster and Staff |
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Emergence of urbanism and the state in the prehistory of different world regions. Prerequisite: Anth 3. |
| 187 |
Historical Archaeology (3) |
Cressey |
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Survey of the basic data and methods of research in the material culture of recent history. Same as AmSt 194. (Spring) |
| 188 |
Archaeology of Israel and Neighboring Lands (3) |
Cline |
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The archaeology of Israel and adjacent areas (Syria, Jordan, Lebanon). Examination of many major sites and monuments. Significant problems and current debates. Same as AH 104. (Fall) |
| 189 |
Special Topics in Archaeology (3) |
Staff |
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Topic announced in the Schedule of Classes. May be repeated for credit provided the topic differs. |
| 190 |
Cultures and Diasporas in the Americas (3) |
Staff |
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Voluntarily and forcibly displaced and resettled peoples in the Americas, including the earliest settlers, slaves, immigrants, refugees, migrant workers, illegal aliens, tourists, and others are studied in local, transnational, and global contexts. Culture change and ethnic identity formation among resettled groups; repatriation. Prerequisite: Anth 2 or permission of instructor. |
| 191 |
Anthropology in Performance (3) |
Allen |
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Exploration of the relationships among social interaction, ritual, and dramatic performance. Improvisation workshops and discussion based on readings about non-Western cultures. Same as TrDa 140. |
| 192 |
Introduction to Folklore (3) |
Vlach |
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Survey of the forms of folk expression, including verbal art, music, dance, and material culture, and the interaction between folk forms and popular culture. Examination of the materials and methods of folklore research. Same as AmSt 165. |
| 193 |
Ethnographic Film (3) |
Kuipers and Staff |
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Still and motion-picture photography as an integral aspect of anthropological research. A study of recent and historic ethnographic films and an introduction to the forms and methods of making visual ethnographic records. Prerequisite: Anth 2 or permission of instructor. Material fee, $20. |
| 195 |
Undergraduate Research (arr.) |
Staff |
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Individual research problems to be arranged with a member of the faculty. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Appropriate introductory course or permission of instructor. |
| 196 |
Special Topics (3) |
Staff |
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Topics announced in the Schedule of Classes. May be repeated for credit provided the topic differs. |
| 198 |
Foundations of Anthropological Thought (3) |
Allen, Kelly, Lubkemann |
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The development of anthropological thought as seen in historical context. Exploration of selected basic concepts and theories of contemporary anthropology. To be taken in the junior or senior year. Prerequisite: Anth 2. (Spring) |
