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Course Descriptions - Anthropology
ANT 121(3-0-3)
Cultural Anthropology

This course explores kinship, marriage, family, political, religious and economic organization in cross- cultural perspective. The concentration is on historical development, theoretical perspectives, basic concepts and methodology of cultural anthropology with an emphasis on non-Western societies.

ANT 135(3-0-3)
Introduction to Archaeology

This course explores the methods and theories of anthropological archaeology as they relate to the understanding of human prehistory as revealed in the archeological record. The course concentrates on basic concepts, methodology, theories about the past and explanations for human cultural development. The scope is world wide and emphasizes preliterate non- Western cultures.


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