ANT 4930 Historical Archaeology
Dr. Davidson Course Description and Objectives: Archaeology is the study of the past – people and everything they were, their public acts and private hopes – or at least it […]
ANT 3930 Things Your Dr Never Told You
Dr. Strong What is medical anthropology? How do anthropologists investigate pain, illness, healing, and wellness in global contexts? How do cultural processes that seem to be local or global interact […]
ANT 3555 The Primates
Dr. Kim Valenta Monkeys! Apes! Lemurs! If you’ve ever spent any time thinking about your closest living relatives, or wishing that you did, consider taking this introductory course. By the […]
ANT 3141 Development of World Civilization
Dr. _____________ How did the modern world come to be the way it is today? This course looks at the deep history and ecology of pre- or non-industrial urban societies. […]
ANG 6930 Applying GIS in Anthropological Research
Dr. Contreras Anthropological method and theory—particularly in the subfields of archaeology and ecological anthropology—grapples with recording and analyzing spatial variation. As a result, geospatial technologies generally and Geographic Information Systems […]
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ANG 6930 Humans and Animals
Dr. DeFrance Humans and Animals examines the complex and multiple relationship that people have with animals using the lens of anthropology. Throughout human history we have developed social, economic, and […]
ANG 6930 Ethnoarchaeology and Experimental Archaeology
Dr. Katherine Grillo Archaeology isn’t only about excavations: Since the 1960’s, archaeologists have also examined aspects of life in the present as a way to better interpret material culture found at ancient […]
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ANG 5126 Zooarchaeology
Dr. DeFrance Zooarchaeology is a methodologies class in faunal analysis and interpretation. We cover a variety of theoretical issues related to zooarchaeological research; however, the primary goal of the class […]
ANG The Archaeology of Communities, Households and its Social Dynamics
Dr. Prieto This course explores the relations of cooperation and, subsequently, the interaction between and within ancient communities and households. The study of ancient communities and, more specifically, the relations […]
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ANG 6191 Archaeology of Death
Dr. Davidson Course Description and Objectives: The seminar’s goal is to provide a solid grounding in the anthropological literature of Mortuary studies; that is, data derived from a study […]