*Anthropology 92r. Research Methods in Museum Collections
Catalog Number: 7712
Richard W. Wrangham
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Special study of selected Peabody Museum collections and/or archives, given on an individual basis, and directly supervised by a member of the faculty and a member of the Collections Management Staff. Will require a specific project involving a Museum collection, developed in consultation with the supervisors. Must be taken for a letter grade. Priority given to students in Anthropology and related departments. To enroll, a student must submit a petition form (available from the Undergraduate Office, William James 452), signed by both supervisors, as well as a proposed research agenda, during the term preceding the anticipated term of enrollment.
Note: Information sheets with Museum contacts available in William James 452.
*Anthropology 97x. Sophomore Tutorial in Archaeology
Catalog Number: 0400
Eric Christopher Kansa
Half course (spring term). M., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
The sophomore tutorial provides a background in archaeological method and theory, particularly focusing on small-scale societies. Specific topics include the origin of anatomically modern humans, the peopling of the New World, and the nature of small-scale societies in both modern and ancient contexts. Weekly readings (drawn from the current journal literature), discussions, several short writing assignments.
Note: Required of all concentrators.
*Anthropology 97y. Sophomore Tutorial in Biological Anthropology
Catalog Number: 3170
Richard W. Wrangham
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
An introduction to the issues and methods of biological anthropology, including evolutionary theory and its application to humans. Focuses on the comparison of primate and human physiology and social behavior as ecological adaptations and their application to understanding human evolution. Weekly readings, discussions, and short writing assignments, with a final research paper and presentation.
Note: Required of and limited to biological anthropology concentrators.
*Anthropology 97z. Sophomore Tutorial in Social Anthropology
Catalog Number: 5832
Lucia Volk
Half course (spring term). Tu., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 15
The sophomore tutorial provides an in-depth exploration and critique of major theoretical approaches in social and cultural anthropology, the historical context of their emergence, and their contribution and relation to the discipline as a whole. Seminar members will have a chance to read and discuss selected works by key theorists, and to see how their ideas have shaped ethnographic description and analysis.
Note: Required of all concentrators.
*Anthropology 98xa. Junior Tutorial in Archaeology
Catalog Number: 2959
Eric Christopher Kansa
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
The junior tutorial provides a background in archaeological method and theory through critical analysis of selected issues and debates particularly focusing on more complex societies. Specific topics include the origins of agriculture and the domestication of animals, the development of complexity and “civilization” and post-colonial and historical archaeology and related ethical and theoretical issues. Weekly readings (drawn from current journal literature), discussions, several short writing assignments.
Note: Required of all concentrators in archaeology.
*Anthropology 98xb. Junior Tutorial in Archaeology
Catalog Number: 3568
Eric Christopher Kansa
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
This individual tutorial for archaeology students intending to write a senior thesis is normally undertaken with a member of the faculty during the second term of junior year. To enroll, a student must submit a petition form (available from the Undergraduate Office, William James 452) with a proposed course plan of study and the tutorial adviser’s signature.
Note: Required of candidates for honors in archaeology.
*Anthropology 98y. Junior Tutorial in Biological Anthropology
Catalog Number: 3923
Richard W. Wrangham
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Individual tutorial with a member of the biological anthropology faculty for juniors who will be undertaking an honors thesis in senior year. To enroll, a student must submit a petition form (available from the Undergraduate Office, William James 452) with a proposed plan of study and the tutorial adviser’s signature.
*Anthropology 98z. Junior Tutorial in Social Anthropology
Catalog Number: 4503
Richard W. Wrangham
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Junior tutorials in Social Anthropology explore critical theoretical issues related to a single ethnographic region (eg. South Asia, Africa, Latin America). The issues and areas change from year to year, but the purpose remains the same: to give students a chance to grapple with advanced readings and to experience the ways that ideas and theories can be applied and critically analyzed in ethnographic studies.
*Anthropology 99. Tutorial — Senior Year
Catalog Number: 5830
Richard W. Wrangham
Full course. Hours to be arranged.
Research and writing of the Senior Thesis. Limited to honors candidates. Signature of the faculty adviser required.
Anthropology 101. Introduction to Archaeology
Catalog Number: 8727
Eric Kansa
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., 10–11:30. EXAM GROUP: 12, 13
This course is concerned with the actual practice of archaeology: How do archaeologists know where to dig? Why do we did square holes? How do we analyze and understand what we find? These questions and others are discussed in a lecture/lab format that provides an overview of field, laboratory, and interpretive methodology. Among the topics covered are research design, site survey, mapping, sampling excavation strategy, stratigraphy, chronology, artifact classification and data processing. Archaeological method and theory are fully integrated in this course. Peabody Museum collections are used to provide hands-on experience with various methods of analysis.
Prerequisite: Anthropology 100 suggested but not required.
Anthropology 104. Language and Culture
Catalog Number: 5844
Steven C. Caton
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 11 with graduate and undergraduate sections to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 13
Examines the ways forms of speaking can constitute cultural life and vice versa. Though different approaches to this kind of study will be surveyed, an ethnographic one will be emphasized. A comprehensive overview of linguistic theories of structuralism and their criticism will form the basis on which to proceed to this ethnographic approach. Topics will include: the structuralisms of Ferdinand de Saussure, Roman Jakobson, and Edward Sapir; the Sapir-Whorf Relativity Hypothesis and its modern evocations; speech indexicality and pragmatics; performativity; Bakhtinian dialogicality; and poetry and poetics.
Note: No previous knowledge of linguistics or of anthropology is required. Graduate section optional.
Anthropology 105. Food and Culture
Catalog Number: 0206
James L. Watson
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 12
Food is examined for its social and cultural implications; nutritional or dietetic concerns are of secondary interest. Topics include food taboos and restrictions, gift giving and reciprocity, food panic, exchanges and social boundaries, food symbolism, religion and food systems, food panics, the social construction of food, and the world standardization of food preferences. Examples are drawn from China, India, Latin America, Africa, Europe, the Pacific, and the United States.
Anthropology 110. Introduction to Social Anthropology
Catalog Number: 8296
Theodore C. Bestor (fall term) and Lucia Volk (spring term)
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Fall: M., W., F., at 12; Spring: M., W., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: Fall: 5; Spring: 4
An introductory exploration of anthropological approaches to society, culture, language, and history. Lectures, readings, and recent ethnographic films give an in-depth look at social and cultural diversity. Students are given the opportunity to grapple with the intellectual and ethical challenges that confront all anthropologists in making sense of human difference, experience, and complexity. From year to year, this basic course may be taught by different instructors, all of whom bring insights from their own ethnographic fieldwork in other societies and share their theoretical expertise in examining a wide range of topics, including kinship, social and political hierarchy, exchange, subsistence patterns, gender, language, ideology, religion, and global political economic systems.
Note: Open to freshmen.
Anthropology 111. Behavioral and Reproductive Endocrinology
Catalog Number: 2265
Peter T. Ellison
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 11, plus a weekly discussion section to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 4
An introduction to the interaction between the endocrine system, behavior, and reproduction stressing primates and humans. General principles of endocrine physiology are presented first, including a survey of major hormonal, hormone production, receptor interactions and signal transduction, and feedback regulation. The second section of the course covers the relationship of the endocrine system to reproductive behavior, stress reactions, and cognition. The final section covers the role of the endocrine system in human reproductive ecology.
Note: This course is a prerequisite for Anthropology 118.
Prerequisite: Science B-29, Science B-17, Biology 1, Biology 2, or Anthropology 138.
Anthropology 114. Evolution of Human Sexuality: Research Seminar
Catalog Number: 8546 Enrollment: Limited to 10. Preference given to anthropology undergraduates.
Frank W. Marlowe
Half course (fall term). W., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
This course is an examination of human sexuality in evolutionary perspective. Topics may include sexual selection, mate preferences, mating systems, sex differences, and sexual orientation, among other things. Students collect original data and analyze them for their research projects, with feedback from the class.
Note: Fulfills the research seminar requirement for anthropology concentrators.
Prerequisite: Science B-29 or permission of instructor.
Anthropology 115. Primate Evolutionary Ecology
Catalog Number: 0571
Mark Leighton
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
A survey of interactions between primates and their environments in an evolutionary context. Lectures discuss the influence of competition, predation, and other ecological processes on primate morphological and behavioral adaptations, population distribution and abundance, and coevolutionary relationships with other species in the community. Interspecific comparisons are developed by empirical and theoretical treatment of food resources and feeding patterns, ranging and intergroup spacing, mating systems and sociality, and community structure and niche relationships. Laboratory and field exercises teach some methods of ecological investigation using local vertebrates.
Prerequisite: An introductory course in Biology, or Science B-29, or permission of instructor.
*Anthropology 118. Endocrinology and Behavior: Research Seminar
Catalog Number: 1437 Enrollment: Limited to 8. Preference given to anthropology graduate and undergraduate students.
Susan F. Lipson
Half course (spring term). M., W., at 11 with laboratory either M. or W. 2-5. EXAM GROUP: 4
An introduction to laboratory techniques and research design in behavioral endocrinology. Students develop and conduct pilot research projects.
Note: Fulfills research seminar requirement for anthropology concentrators.
Prerequisite: Anthropology 111.
[Anthropology 119. Evolutionary Ecology of Environmental Management]
Catalog Number: 1877
Mark Leighton
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Examination of evolutionary models of cooperation and collective action, applied to the global environmental problems requiring solutions during the 21st century. Topics include human warfare and competition for resources, conservation ecology, natural resource management, climate change and human population problems. Lectures will be supplemented by discussions and debates to foster critical analysis of arguments regarding human collective action and public policy.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Anthropology 120. Anthropology, Cultural Studies, and Film
Catalog Number: 1522
Steven C. Caton
Half course (fall term). Lecture: W., 10–1; Lab: Tu., 1–4. EXAM GROUP: 3, 4, 5
This course focuses on feature-length commercial film (rather than ethnographic or documentary film) and some of the culture industries (Hollywood and Iran) that produce them. What might an anthropology of film look like? Film theory and cultural studies will be examined for their contributions to the answer to that question. Topics to be explored are: the culture industry, critical theory, the ethnographic gaze, media studies, modernity, nationalism and transnationalism.
Note: Open to non-majors. Graduate students may enroll and make arrangements for specialized readings and assignments.
[Anthropology 122. Japanese Culture and Society]
Catalog Number: 6564
Theodore C. Bestor
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Course examines contemporary Japanese culture and society, drawing on the research findings of anthropologists, sociologists, and social historians. Topics covered in this year’s course may include: the recent history of Japanese family organization; household organization and inheritance patterns; the effects of industrialization on Japanese “tradition”; Japanese “modernity” and popular culture; inter-ethnic relations and social hierarchies; globalism and cultural transformations; schooling and workforce socialization; consumerism and Japanese corporate culture; gender relations and the changing role of women; local politics and the pursuit of “cultural authenticity”; and Japanese culture as an economic and political force in 21st-century East Asia.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03. Graduate students may enroll and make arrangements for specialized readings and assignments.
Anthropology 123. Environment and Environmentalism: Anthropological Perspectives: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 0889 Enrollment: Limited to 25.
Pauline E. Peters
Half course (fall term). Tu., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
An anthropological exploration of current debates on environment and environmentalism. Through readings on a range of countries and peoples, considers the following themes: the ways in which different groups in different times and places produce cultural constructions of nature, landscape, wilderness, and environment; contestations over the use, knowledge, and meanings of natural resources; movements between the culturalization of nature and the naturalization of culture; environmentalism as discourse; environmental social movements and cults; landscape as commodity.
[Anthropology 127. Social Approaches in Archaeology]
Catalog Number: 4191
Yun Kuen Lee
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
This course surveys the use of archaeological data for the reconstruction of past socio-cultural organizations. One of the most important questions in archaeology is how people of the past related to each other. All societies comprise multi-faceted social, economic, and political organizations regulated by kinship, gender, ethnicity, faction, etc. The complex interaction of these groups is the dynamic force of societies. We are going to monitor the operation of these past organizations in relation to their levels of complexity, as well as their specific ecological, economic and historical contexts.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03. Given in alternate years.
[Anthropology 135. The Archaeology of the American Southwest]
Catalog Number: 8755
Steven A. LeBlanc
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Considers the prehistory of the American Southwest from PaleoIndian times to European contact. Topics include the adoption of agriculture, the development and then collapse of social complexity, and how and why regional differences appeared. A basic familiarity with the artifacts— pottery, stone tools, etc.—will be developed, as well as a working knowledge of the major sites in the region, such as Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon, and Casas Grandes. We will read selected early ethnographic accounts of the people of the region so that we can consider the relationship of the prehistoric people to modern indigenous populations.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03. Given in alternate years. Open to Upper Division and Grad Students.
Anthropology 137. Human Behavioral Ecology
Catalog Number: 6675
Frank W. Marlowe
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., 1:30–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
The behavioral ecology of humans is examined across modes of subsistence and in relation to other species. Topics include life history, optimal foraging, parental care, mating systems, status, stratification, nepotism, cooperation, violence, ethnocentrism, morality, and cultural evolution.
Prerequisite: Science B-29 or permission of instructor.
Anthropology 138. The Behavioral Biology of Women
Catalog Number: 8721
Cheryl D. Knott
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., 10–11:30. EXAM GROUP: 12, 13
An exploration of female behavior from an evolutionary and biosocial pespective. Focuses on physiological, ecological, and social aspects of women’s development from puberty, through reproductive processes such as pregnancy, birth, lactation, to menopause and aging. Also explores female life history strategies in a variety of cultural settings. Topics include cognitive and behavioral differences between men and women; violence against and by women; and women’s reproductive health choices. Examples are drawn primarily from traditional and modern human societies; data from studies of nonhuman primates are also considered.
Anthropology 140. The Transition from Hunting-Gathering to Agriculture
Catalog Number: 1837
Ofer Bar-Yosef and Richard H. Meadow
Half course (fall term). F., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Introduces and critically evaluates data and ideas concerning strategy changes during the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture in different regions of the world. Each regional session includes a brief summary of prehistoric hunter-gatherers in the area, the transition to farming, horticultural, or pastoral communities, the domestication of plants and animals, and the major interpretations or explanations for the transition.
Anthropology 142. Human Skeletal Growth and Function
Catalog Number: 6233
Daniel E. Lieberman
Half course (spring term). M., W., 2–3:30. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
This course provides an integrative overview of human musculo-skeletal anatomy, with a focus on aspects of developmental biology and functional morphology that are especially relevant to problems in human evolution. No prior knowledge of anatomy is required. Topics covered include: muscle and skeletal development, anatomy and histology; the biomechanics of muscles and bones; craniofacial growth and development; the functional morphology of chewing, respiration, vocalization, locomotion, and other activities.
Prerequisite: Science B-27 recommended.
Anthropology 144. The Archaeology of Ancient China
Catalog Number: 4731
Yun Kuen Lee
Half course (spring term). M., W., 1–2:30. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Ancient China offers unique opportunities for the study of cultural and social evolution. It presents a long and uninterrupted continuum of development from the appearance of early humanity to the rise of a complex civilization. In addition, we have at our disposal an extensive body of archaeological data and textual material that are seldom available together in the other parts of the world. This course investigates the archaeology of ancient China from an anthropological perspective. Particular attention will be paid to how human groups adapted to natural and social environments.
Anthropology 146. Archaeological Laboratory Practicum
Catalog Number: 4063
Carole A. Mandryk
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Students learn the basics of processing, cataloguing and analyzing artifacts recovered from archaeological sites of the students’ choosing.
Anthropology 148. Gifts and Goods: Anthropological Approaches to Political Economy
Catalog Number: 0535 Enrollment: Open only to upperclass and graduate students.
Stanley J. Tambiah
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., 10–11:30. EXAM GROUP: 12, 13
Critically examines a variety of theoretical frameworks or understanding so-called “economic facts” and their placement within larger social, political, and cultural contexts, and for understanding how the production, distribution, and consumption of economic goods and services relate to networks of social relations, structures of exchange, relations of power, and institutions of family, class, caste, etc. The course concludes with an examination of gifts/commodities in late capitalism, the possibilities of alternative development strategies in the post-colonial world, and the nature and consequences of globalization.
Anthropology 149. Primate Nutrition and the Evolution of the Human Diet: Research Seminar
Catalog Number: 6239 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Cheryl D. Knott
Half course (fall term). M., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
An exploration of primate and human dietary adaptations, digestive physiology and feeding behavior. Using a nutritional, physiological and ecological framework, topics will include: nutritional requirements, optimal foraging in primates, maternal and infant nutrition, the nature of early hominid diets, the role of hunting and carnivory in human evolution, the impact of technology on dietary composition, the nutritional impact of agriculture, and modern human diets. Projects may include laboratory analyses of plant and animal foods.
Anthropology 150. Environmental Archaeology
Catalog Number: 3504
Jennifer R. Smith
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., 11:30–1. EXAM GROUP: 13, 14
This course will examine the history of the relationship
between humans and the landscapes and ecosystems which they inhabit.
Emphasis is placed on both the increasingly complex impact of humans on the environment, and the role that climate change has played in human biological and cultural evolution. Methods of environmental reconstruction will be discussed, as will critical innovations and events in human/environment interaction.
Anthropology 151. North American Prehistory
Catalog Number: 1421
Carole A. Mandryk
Half course (fall term). Tu., 1–4. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16, 17
An introduction to the archaeology and cultural developments of North America north of Mexico, from first settlement to the arrival of Europeans. Focuses on human adaptation and interaction with the environment, subsistence, settlement patterns, technology, gender and ideology. Reviews major theoretical transformations in North American archaeology; explores some of the major methodological and theoretical problems of selected areas and time periods; examines the archaeological record in specific regions; and examines general trends in cultural evolution on a continental scale.
[Anthropology 152. Mesopotamia — Egypt — The Indus Valley]
Catalog Number: 8398
C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
This course will examine the economic and political interaction that brought the Bronze Age Civilizations of the ancient Near East into contact. The Mesopotamian, the Gulf, Central Asian, Iranian Plateau, Levant, Egypt, and the Indus Valley will all be considered in relation to core-periphery concepts.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Anthropology 153. Nationalism and Bureaucracy
Catalog Number: 0291 Enrollment: Limited to 20.
Michael Herzfeld
Half course (spring term). Tu., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
This course explores the ideological and practical foundations and effects of nationalism. Particular attention is focused on how nationalism is reproduced by bureaucrats in daily practice, and how rituals of national identity are organized and invested with meaning. Cases include systems of taxation, historic conservation, health care, and immigration. The course, comparative in scope, covers several different countries and systems, and is designed to highlight the contribution of ethnography to the analysis of national bureaucracies.
*Anthropology 158. The Fossil Record and Primate Evolution: Research Seminar
Catalog Number: 3509 Enrollment: Limited to 8.
John C. Barry
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
An introduction to the analysis of fossils and interpretation of the fossil record, including that of primates. Reading and discussion topics include: reconstructing the behavior of extinct species; limitations of the fossil record; origin and extinction of species; and the role of climate in shaping species’ histories. Students will have individual or group research projects using, among other possibilities, vertebrate fossils from Pakistan.
Prerequisite: Science B-27 or permission of instructor.
Anthropology 159. Museums and Representations: Seminar
Catalog Number: 4185 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Rubie S. Watson
Half course (spring term). W., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
Treats the ethnographic museum as a focus for historical and cultural study. By analyzing one early Peabody Museum collection (containing some of the oldest examples of 18th- and 19th-century Native American, Pacific Island, and African artifacts and art), students will consider the different ways in which material culture is collected, housed, and exhibited. Readings and discussions will include issues of art/artifact distinctions, ownership and display, history of collecting and display in anthropology. Students will be asked to work with objects in the Peabody Museum’s collections and archival documentation.
Anthropology 160. Historical Archeaology
Catalog Number: 7044
Steven R. Pendery
Half course (spring term). Th., 1–4. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16, 17
This course is a survey of historical archaeology with a focus on the archaeology of greater Boston. Topics to be covered include the history and theory of historical archaeology, the natural history and prehistory of the greater Boston area, the archaeology of early European settlements, Colonial and Revolutionary War sites, and the nineteenth century and the rise of industrialism. Students will gain hands-on experience by working with artifacts from the Longfellow National Historic Site.
Anthropology 162. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Anthropologists
Catalog Number: 9087
Jennifer R. Smith
Half course (spring term). Tu., 1–3 plus an hour of lab. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
This course introduces fundamental principles of geographic informations systems as they apply to anthropology and archaeology. Students will learn how to use GIS to manage and analyze spatial data, while solving anthropologically relevant problems such as determining locations of specific habitats, identifying site distribution patterns, and managing extensive archaeological data sets. Principles of cartography as well as additional useful computer software packages will be introduced.
[*Anthropology 163. Molecular Evolution of the Primates]
Catalog Number: 3359
Maryellen Ruvolo
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Introduction to the primates, emphasizing their molecular phylogenetic relationships and the forces that mold their genomes. Topics include the neutral theory of molecular evolution, molecular clock concept and its applications, evolution of multigene families, relationships between primate morphological and molecular evolution, molecular convergences, evidence for horizontal gene transfer in primate genomes, and evolution of simian and human immunodeficiency viruses.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Prerequisite: Anthropology 103 or Science B-59.
Anthropology 166. Archaeological Science
Catalog Number: 2013
Carole A. Mandryk
Half course (spring term). M., 7–10 p.m. EXAM GROUP: 18
Pressing issues in archaeology as an anthropological science. Stresses the natural science and engineering methods archaeologists use to tackle them. Reconstructing time, space, and human ecologies provides one focus; materials technologies that transform natural materials to material culture provide another. Topics include 14C dating, ice core and palynological analysis, stable isotope chemistry of palaeodietary foodwebs, soil micromorphology and site formation, Pb isotope sourcing of metal artifacts, and microstructural and mechanical analyses of cementitious materials used in ancient monumental buildings.
Note: Meets at MIT. Call 253-1375 for more information.
Prerequisite: One year of college-level chemistry or physics.
Anthropology 168. Anthropology at Home: Doing Fieldwork in Familiar Places
Catalog Number: 2145 Enrollment: Undergraduates only.
Mary M. Steedly
Half course (fall term). M., 1–3.
Picture yourself set down on a tropical island, with all your gear. So begins one of the classic accounts of ethnographic fieldwork, Malinowski’s Argonauts of the Western Pacific. Generations of anthropologists measured themselves against this standard, but today its relevance has come under scrutiny. What are the advantages and disadvantages of conducting fieldwork “at home” instead? Intended primarily for (but not limited to) juniors preparing to do thesis fieldwork, this course explores the problems of and prospects for doing fieldwork in familiar places. The final project will be a plan of research for a summer project or other similar undertaking.
Anthropology 184. Ethnicity in the Americas: The Indian Question
Catalog Number: 6872
David H. P. Maybury-Lewis
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
Discusses, from the point of view of political anthropology, the historical developments and regional circumstances that have influenced relations between indigenous peoples and others in the Americas. Considers indigenous efforts to resist assimilation and contemporary indigenous struggles for limited autonomy in Mexico, Peru, Brazil, and the United States. Concludes by showing how these issues are affected by the national agenda of American states and how the indigenous experience in the Americas relates to the problems and prospects of multiethnic societies worldwide.
[Anthropology 186. Ceramics and Exchange in Mesoamerica]
Catalog Number: 3047
William L. Fash
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Exchange systems in pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica were inextricably linked with the evolution of complex society on the local level, and the development of larger sociopolitical units for the cultural area as a whole. We will examine how Mesoamerican ceramics have been collected and analyzed to address issues of exchange, both within and between regions, from the Early Preclassic to the present day. The course will include analysis of some of the Peabody Museum collections from various parts of ancient Mesoamerica.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
[Anthropology 190. Quantitative Methods In Anthropology]
Catalog Number: 3491
Yun Kuen Lee
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Examines the application of quantitative methods in Anthropology. Emphasizes the understanding of statistical inferences from intuitive reasoning and getting meaningful answers to anthropological problems. Weekly exercises are designed to give students hands-on experience on the application of quantitative methods in Anthropology by using packaged statistical programs on the computer. Students will have the chance to experiment systematically with data in order to estimate probabilities and make statistical inferences, to extract data structures by using univariate and bivariate methods in anthropological research.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03. Open to both graduates and undergraduates.
Prerequisite: Undergradutes must have completed the quantitative reasoning requirement.
[*Anthropology 194r. Topics in Primate and Human Evolution]
Catalog Number: 2462
David Pilbeam
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
A lecture-seminar-laboratory course on current issues in the fields of paleoanthropology and evolutionary primatology.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03. Fulfills the research seminar requirement for anthropology concentrators.
Prerequisite: Anthropology 117 or equivalent.
Anthropology 198. Violence and the Media
Catalog Number: 7864 Enrollment: Limited to 20.
Kay B. Warren
Half course (fall term). W., 2–5. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8, 9
The way diverse media—testimonios, TV, truth commissions, the internet—portray violent conflict. At issue are the representation of pain and social suffering and the political uses of media to justify violence. The goals of this course are to gain insight into violent conflicts—Vietnam, Northern Ireland, Latin American counterinsurgency wars, racial clashes in the US—and to develop interpretive tools for media analysis.
Note: Open only to upperclass students. Preference given to Anthropology students.
Anthropology 201r. Topics in the Anthropology of Gender
Catalog Number: 8452
Mary M. Steedly
Half course (spring term). M., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Examines current issues in feminist theory and the anthropological study of gender. Topics change from year to year. In the past, topics have included gender and: citizenship, political economy, subjectivity, and narrative.
*Anthropology 203. Human Genetic Diversity: Seminar
Catalog Number: 0775 Enrollment: Strictly limited to biological anthropology graduate students.
Maryellen Ruvolo
Half course (fall term). Th., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
Restricted to biological anthropology graduate students preparing for general exams. To be taken concurrently with Science B-59 lectures, with additional weekly meeting to be arranged.
Note: In addition to weekly afternoon seminar meetings, students are expected to attend the regular fall term lectures of Anthropology 103 (Tu., Th., 10–11:30).
*Anthropology 205a. History and Theory of Social Anthropology: Proseminar
Catalog Number: 1752
Mary M. Steedly
Half course (fall term). W., 3–6. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
A critical review of the major theoretical approaches in social anthropology.
Note: Required of candidates for the Ph.D. in Social Anthropology. Limited to doctoral candidates. Not open to undergraduates.
Anthropology 205b. History and Theory of Social Anthropology: Proseminar
Catalog Number: 7971
Kay B. Warren
Half course (spring term). W., 3–6. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
Continuation of Anthropology 205a. Limited to doctoral candidates. Not open to undergraduates.
[Anthropology 206r. Topics in Paleolithic Archaeology and Human Evolution]
Catalog Number: 8630
Ofer Bar-Yosef and David Pilbeam
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Presentations and discussions of selected topics in Paleolithic archaeology and human evolution in the Old World. Among the main issues: the “out of Africa” by Homo erectus, the emergence and dispersals of modern humans, the colonization of Eurasia, the survival strategies of the Neanderthals and their demise, the use of radiometric techniques, the transition to Upper Paleolithic cultural manifestations, and the foraging strategies of past hunter-gatherers.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
*Anthropology 207 (formerly Anthropology 207a). Archaeological Method and Theory: Seminar
Catalog Number: 4634
Steven A. LeBlanc
Half course (spring term). Th., 1–4. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16, 17
Examines the historical development and philosophical basis of archaeological method and theory. Discussions focus on critical evaluation of interpretive models, including culture history, positivism, hermeneutics and critical theory. Special attention given to current debates and controversies, including the processualist-postprocessualist debate and the future of archaeology in a changing social and political climate.
Note: Required of first-year students in Archaeology; open to other graduate students in the department.
[Anthropology 210. Anthropology of Events]
Catalog Number: 3939
Steven C. Caton
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
This seminar investigates the significance of events in everyday life. What are events? Why are they important? How can anthropology represent or narrativize them? Readings are drawn from anthropology, history, philosophy, and film theory.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Anthropology 211r. Issues in Mesoamerican Archaeology: Seminar
Catalog Number: 7276
David S. Stuart
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
A consideration of the reconstruction of pre-Hispanic societies in Mexico, Guatemala, and lower Central America, with particular emphasis on the development of political organization and its maintenance through the manipulation of symbols in ritual and art and the control of economic processes.
Anthropology 212. Current Topics in Human Evolutionary Genetics
Catalog Number: 1175
Maryellen Ruvolo
Half course (spring term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Critical reading of current literature on the genetics of living humans and discussion of evolutionary implications.
Note: Open to undergraduates doing senior thesis research in this area.
Prerequisite: Anthropology 103.
[Anthropology 213. Theories of Discourse in Middle Eastern Ethnography]
Catalog Number: 8989
Steven C. Caton
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
The discursive construction of culture and its complex politics are examined in a wide range of ethnographies that have been writen recently on countries in the Middle East, including Lebanon, Jordan, Israel/Palestine, Egypt, Morocco, and Yemen. Among the theoretical topics to be considered are orientalism, colonialism and post-colonialism, nationalism, self, gender, and tribalism.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
[Anthropology 217. Human Evolution Seminar]
Catalog Number: 6884 Enrollment: Limited to graduate students in Biological Anthropology.
David Pilbeam
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Reading and discussion of current research in human evolution, taken with lectures, labs and tests of Science B-27.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03. Required of entering graduate students in Biological Anthropology.
[Anthropology 221. The Anthropology of Knowledge: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 7070
Michael Herzfeld
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
An exploration and comparative analysis of local epistemologies from craft apprentices and seasoned skilled manual workers to schoolchildren and laboratory scientists. Particular attention will be paid to the embodiment, inculcation, and transmission of practical knowledge, and to the relationship between cosmology, social context, and pragmatic understanding.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
*Anthropology 226t. Research Design
Catalog Number: 9193 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Theodore C. Bestor
Half course (spring term). F., 1–4. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7, 8
Seminar critiques weekly writing assignments leading to complete dissertation research proposals; defining theoretical and ethnographic contexts of research problem; reviewing literature; explaining site selection, methodology, timetable, human subjects protection; preparing budget; identifying grant sources.
Note: Open only to doctoral candidates, with preference given to advanced students in Anthropology.
Anthropology 228r (formerly Anthropology 228). Biology of Aggression
Catalog Number: 6107
Richard W. Wrangham
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Discussion will focus on primate inter-group aggression, with particular attention to humans and chimpanzees. The course will be based around a behavioral-ecological perspective but will include readings from various disciplines, including behavioral ecology, behavioral genetics, social psychology, developmental psychology, neurobiology, social anthropology, political science and international relations.
Anthropology 229. Behavioral Biology Seminar
Catalog Number: 3777
Richard W. Wrangham and Frank W. Marlowe
Half course (spring term). M., 3:30–5:30. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
Reading and discussion of current research in behavioral biology of primates (including humans) in parallel with Science B-29.
Note: Required of entering graduate students in biological anthropology. Open to other graduate students with permission of instructor. Limited to graduate students. Given in alternate years.
Anthropology 235ar. Laboratory Methods in Primate and Human Nutrition I
Catalog Number: 2187
Richard W. Wrangham
Half course (fall term). Hours to be Arranged.
Independent laboratory study in the biochemical analysis of plant and animal foods, and of human and animal digestive physiology and feeding behavior.
Anthropology 235br. Laboratory Methods in Primate and Human Nutrition II
Catalog Number: 3292
Cheryl D. Knott
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Independent laboratory study in the biochemical analysis of plant and animal foods, and of human and animal digestive physiology and feeding behavior.
*Anthropology 237br. Advanced Laboratory Methods in Endocrinology II
Catalog Number: 5345
Susan F. Lipson
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Intended for students engaged in laboratory research.
Anthropology 239ar. Advanced Laboratory Methods in Primate Endocrinology I
Catalog Number: 9945
Cheryl D. Knott
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Intended for students engaged in laboratory research on non-human primate endocrinology.
Anthropology 239br. Advanced Laboratory Methods in Primate Endocrinology II
Catalog Number: 8585
Cheryl D. Knott
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Intended for students engaged in laboratory research on non-human primate endocrinology.
[Anthropology 245. Culture, Mental Illness and the Body]
Catalog Number: 6013
Byron J. Good (Medical School)
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Briefly reviews the figure of mental illness in Western thought and the social sciences, then focuses on themes in cross-cultural studies of psychopathology: culture and diagnosis; cultural influences on dissociation, depression, and schizophrenia; and madness in non-Euroamerican healing systems and transnational aspects of psychiatry. Particular emphasis will be placed on interviewing methods appropriate for research in cultural psychology.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Anthropology 246. Maincurrents in Anthropological Thought
Catalog Number: 9980
Nur Yalman
Half course (fall term). W., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
Developments in social theory in the British, French, German, and American traditions. Positivism, Marxism, Structuralism, Post-modernism reconsidered. Comparisons with Asian traditions of just societies.
Note: Limited to graduate students.
Anthropology 250. Local Biologies: Perspectives on the Interaction Between Culture and Biology
Catalog Number: 8267
Arthur Kleinman
Half course (fall term). W., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Reviews the variety of anthropological and other perspectives on the interactions between culture and biology. Topics include mind-brain-society interaction in pain; comparative cross-cultural studies of menopause; the sociosomatics of depression; the new genetics and eugenics; research on stress and trauma; indigenous non-western constructions on the body; history of psychosomatic research.
Note: Open to advanced undergraduates with permission of the instructor.
[Anthropology 253. Theory in Medical and Psychiatric Anthropology: Culture, Science, and the Body]
Catalog Number: 3440
Byron J. Good (Medical School)
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Reviews theoretical debates in medical and psychiatric anthropology, outlining a position at the interface of interpretive and critical perspectives. Special attention given to cultural studies of the biosciences and biomedicine and to recent critical and phenomenological accounts of the body.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Anthropology 257g. Anthropological Interviewing
Catalog Number: 5768 Enrollment: Limited to 15.
Byron J. Good (Medical School)
Half course (spring term). Th., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 17, 18
Will provide theoretical grounding and practical supervision inethnographic interviewing. Will address life history and interview design,developing and managing intimacy, recognizing transference andcountertransference, recording and transcribing data, and textual analysis.
[Anthropology 259. Culture, Politics, and the Media]
Catalog Number: 8797
Kay B. Warren
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
This seminar examines the shifting meanings of “the political” across the post-Cold War transition. Topics include (a) realist representation in mass media, film, museums, popular culture, testimonio, and ethnography and (b) political imaginaries of the violent vs. democratic state. Issues raised by repoliticized and depoliticized situations in Latin America and beyond.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03. Limited to graduate students. No auditors.
Anthropology 260. Ethnography of Latin America: Views Across The Pacific Rim
Catalog Number: 8928
Kay B. Warren
Half course (spring term). Th., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
A survey of ethnographic experiments to highlight representational dilemmas in research and writing on Latin America. Theoretical and methodological issues raised by post-Marxism, postmodernism, and cultural studies debates in the U.S. and Latin America; indigenous anthropology; transculturalism and borderlands; and the use and abuse of ethnographic classics.
Note: Open to junior and senior Anthropology concentrators with a background in Latin America. No auditors.
[Anthropology 262. Kinship Practice]
Catalog Number: 5896
James L. Watson
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Research seminar focusing on the practice of kinship in everyday life, with emphasis on methodology and fieldwork. Students write papers on topics relating to their future research. Seminar discussions include: single-parenthood, family-limitation campaigns, property transfer and heirship, marriage and diaspora formation, global culture and the practice of family life.
Note: Expected to be given in 2003–04. Limited to graduate students.
Anthropology 263. Transnationalism, Globalism, and Local Culture
Catalog Number: 5127
James L. Watson
Half course (spring term). Tu., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
Examines recent theories of transnationalism and globalism, with emphasis on popular culture (music, TV, style, entertainment, food systems, etc.). Special attention is devoted to debates regarding cultural imperialism and the effects of transnational corporations on “local” cultures. Students are expected to work on individual projects, participate in joint discussions, and help develop new methodologies for the analysis of transnational phenomena.
Anthropology 264 (formerly Social Analysis 48). Anthropology and the Uses of History
Catalog Number: 9103
Michael Herzfeld
Half course (fall term). M., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Examines how people’s ideas about history are created and used for various political and social ends, paying particular attention to the role of nationalism and to the kinds of history people create in opposition to state power. A central concern is to emphasize the existence of local points of view that ordinarily escape the attention of “official” historians. Gender, political affiliation, and social position are examined for their effect on people’s interpretations and use of the past.
Note: May count for graduate ethnography.
[Anthropology 266ar. Archaeological Science]
Catalog Number: 5945
C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Introduction to laboratory techniques and analytical processes used in the study of bone from archaeological sites. Includes macroscopic and microscopic approaches to the identification and characterization of non-human animal hard tissue.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03. CMRAE course topics change each year. Sessions held in CMRAE Graduate Lab, MIT 20B-012. Course continues spring term as Anthropology 266br.
[Anthropology 266br. Materials in Ancient Societies: Stone]
Catalog Number: 7163
C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
The scientific analysis of stone used for tools, luxury goods, and construction. Laboratory techniques for identifying rock types and determining rock properties, tool manufacturing sequences. Investigation of prehistoric technologies and economies based on stone.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Anthropology 267r. Current Issues in Reproductive Ecology
Catalog Number: 3717
Peter T. Ellison and Cheryl D. Knott
Half course (fall term). Th., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 17, 18
An exploration of current research in human and primate reproductive ecology, including endocrinology and its relationship to energy metabolism, development, male reproductive effort, seasonality, stress, cognition, and reproductive and parental behavior throughout the lifecourse.
[Anthropology 268. Ethnography and Personhood]
Catalog Number: 3560
Michael Herzfeld
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
An intensive, critical review of major ethnographic works, including some that engage biography and autobiography, intended to explore the relationship between society and personhood cross-culturally; to examine ethnographic writing and its relation to other genres; and to trace a history of anthropological theory through changes in descriptive and analytic practice.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Anthropology 269v. At the Crossroads of East and West: Earliest Prehistory of Central Eurasia
Catalog Number: 6679
Ofer Bar-Yosef
Half course (spring term). F., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Prehistory of Central Eurasia from the Lower Paleolithic to the Mesolithic. Covers material from the Russian Plain, Central Asia, and South Siberia; formation of East-West cultural opposition, fate of the Neanderthals, and other issues.
[Anthropology 274. Sovereignty, Ethnicity, and Pluralism]
Catalog Number: 0688
Nur Yalman
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Examines the political dimensions of cultural pluralism: the questions of legitimacy, nation building, autonomy, and revolution are considered. Western theory and Asian experience: the use of myth, history, and religion with special reference to South and West Asia (other Asian regions may be included).
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Anthropology 275. Gender Issues in Biological Anthropology
Catalog Number: 3764
Cheryl D. Knott
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
An examination of the role and influence of gender in studies of primatology, human behavioral ecology and human evolution. Topics include aggression, sexual coercion, the evolution of patriarchy, sex differences, and hormonal influences on behavior.
[Anthropology 277. Development Dilemmas]
Catalog Number: 8724
Pauline E. Peters
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Examines development and its dilemmas; discusses theories and practices of development and critical positions of under-development, dominating knowledge, and anti-development; explores approaches of sustainable, participatory, and green development, and examples of resistance and reappropriation of development. Throughout, the emphasis is on the cultural politics of development encounters.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Anthropology 278 (formerly Anthropology 183). The Charisma of Saints, and the Cults of Relics, Amulets, Images, and Shrines
Catalog Number: 3340
Stanley J. Tambiah
Half course (fall term). Th., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
Examination of some Christian, Buddhist, and Islamic traditions with regard to their conceptions of sainthood, and of the above-mentioned cults associated with saints, both living and dead. Comparison focuses on both convergences and differences.
Note: Offered jointly with the Divinity School as 3222.
Anthropology 287. Trade and Production in the Bronze Age
Catalog Number: 1577
C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky and Maurizio Tosi
Half course (spring term). W., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
The nature of trade and the production of commodities will be examined in specific core areas (Mesopotamia, The Indus Valley, Central Asia) as well as between these core regions and adjacent peripheries, i.e. The Gulf, Iranian Plateau).
*Anthropology 288r. Zooarchaeology: Seminar
Catalog Number: 5453
Richard H. Meadow
Half course (fall term). W., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
Topics relating to the analysis and interpretation of faunal remains from archaeological sites discussed. The domains of taphonomy, assemblage characterization, quantification, environmental and dietary reconstruction, and human/nonhuman animal interaction considered using case studies from archaeology and anthropology, paleontology, and zoology.
Note: Does not fulfill osteology requirement for Archaeology graduate students.
Anthropology 289. Culture and Violence
Catalog Number: 2538
Kay B. Warren
Half course (fall term). Tu., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
The anthropology of violence and the ethnographic representation of militant ethnic nationalism, communal violence, organized crime, state terrorism, death squads, and epistemic and structural violence. Comparative consideration of human rights, truth commissions, and peace processes.
[Anthropology 290. Other Others: New Ethnographic Orientations]
Catalog Number: 1747
Mary M. Steedly
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
In its early years, anthropology was defined as a discipline by its focus on isolated or primitive societies. Lately anthropologists have taken a turn toward other forms of “otherness.” This course examines the variety of new ethnographic orientations through which anthropologists are moving beyond the primitive.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
*Anthropology 295ar. Laboratory Methods in Evolutionary Genetics
Catalog Number: 7934 Enrollment: Limited to graduate students and undergraduates conducting senior thesis research.
Maryellen Ruvolo
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
*Anthropology 295br. Laboratory Methods in Evolutionary Genetics
Catalog Number: 6468 Enrollment: Limited to graduate students and undergraduates conducting senior thesis research.
Maryellen Ruvolo
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Anthropology 296r. Chinese Social Anthropology: Seminar
Catalog Number: 4633 Enrollment: Limited to graduate students.
James L. Watson
Half course (fall term). Tu., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
Examines current developments in the social anthropology of Chinese society, with emphasis on popular culture and historical ethnography. Each year a general topic is chosen as the subject of joint research. 2001 is “Recent Ethnographies and New Approaches to Chinese Culture.”
*Anthropology 298 (formerly Anthropology 172). Sociocultural Space and Time: Seminar
Catalog Number: 6527
Engseng Ho
Half course (spring term). M., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Social theory since Durkheim and Mauss has explicitly engaged the dimensions of space and time in confronting the diversity of sociocultural forms. We will begin with the classical sociological impetus which animated interest in the subject, then move on to discrete topical concerns such as landscape, place, travel, built form, memory, genealogy, industrialization, sacrality. The course will end with a consideration of recent works on the cultural politics of space and time. Presentation and research paper required.
Note: Open to graduate students only.
*Anthropology 301. Reading for General Examination
Catalog Number: 5689
Members of the Department
Individual reading in preparation for the General Examination for the Ph.D. degree.
Note: Restricted to candidates for the Ph.D. degree and ordinarily to those who have completed at least one year in residence.
*Anthropology 302. Current Issues in Biological Anthropology
Catalog Number: 9373
Daniel Lieberman, David Pilbeam 7224 (on leave 2001-02), Daniel E. Lieberman 3980, Richard W. Wrangham 2349, and members of the Department
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Tu., 12–1:30.
Weekly seminars in biological anthropology.
*Anthropology 303. Readings on Southeast Asia
Catalog Number: 7935
Stanley J. Tambiah 4692
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
*Anthropology 311. Methods and Theory in Archaeology
Catalog Number: 5440
William L. Fash 1512, Ofer Bar-Yosef 1887 (on leave spring term), C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky 2387, Carole A. Mandryk 1037, and Richard H. Meadow 1572
*Anthropology 320. Advanced Physical Anthropology: Laboratory and Theses
Catalog Number: 2092
John C. Barry 1892, Irven DeVore 1041 (on leave spring term), Peter T. Ellison 7413, Cheryl D. Knott 3717 (on leave fall term), Daniel Lieberman 3980, Frank W. Marlowe 757, David Pilbeam 7224, Maryellen Ruvolo 2512, and Richard W. Wrangham 2349
*Anthropology 323. Old World Archaeology (Europe, Asia, and Africa)
Catalog Number: 3463
Ofer Bar-Yosef 1887 (on leave spring term), C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky 2387, and Richard H. Meadow 1572
*Anthropology 324. Asiatic Archaeology and Ethnography
Catalog Number: 5398
C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky 2387, Lawrence E. Stager 1468, Stanley J. Tambiah 4692, and Nur Yalman 3780
*Anthropology 327. Scientific Archaeology
Catalog Number: 0284
Richard H. Meadow 1572
*Anthropology 329. Archaeology and Ethnography of the Near and Middle East
Catalog Number: 3787
Ofer Bar-Yosef 1887 (on leave spring term), C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky 2387, and Nur Yalman 3780
*Anthropology 330. Supervised Field Work in Anthropology
Catalog Number: 5683
Members of the Department
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Lectures, conferences, field and laboratory work. Daily, at the pleasure of the instructor.
General instruction in field methods and practice in the various divisions of anthropology, including archaeology, ethnography, and physical anthropology. Instructional personnel and location of course vary with the research program of the staff.
Note: May be taken by graduate students for academic credit, but since it is tuition-free, does not count for residence credit leading to reduced tuition. Open to students with adequate previous training in the subject.
*Anthropology 340. Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 6699
David L. Carrasco 4213, Steven C. Caton 2307, Peter T. Ellison 7413, Byron J. Good (Medical School) 7648, Michael Herzfeld 3122 (on leave spring term), Engseng Ho 3094, Arthur Kleinman 7473, Cheryl D. Knott 3717, C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky 2387, Daniel E. Lieberman 3980, Frank W. Marlowe 757, J. Lorand Matory 3098 (on leave spring term), David H. P. Maybury-Lewis 2391 (on leave fall term), Richard H. Meadow 1572, Sally F. Moore 7225, Pauline E. Peters 2911, David Pilbeam 7224 (on leave 2001-02), Maryellen Ruvolo 2512, Mary M. Steedly 2783, David S. Stuart 3559, Stanley J. Tambiah 4692, Kay B. Warren 2388 (on leave 2002-2003), James L. Watson 2172, Rubie S. Watson 3326, Richard W. Wrangham 2349, and Nur Yalman 3780
*Anthropology 351. Direction of Doctoral Dissertations
Catalog Number: 1864
Members of the Department
Note: Consult the appropriate member of the Department.
*Anthropology 352. Dissertation Writing in Archaeology: Seminar
Catalog Number: 8373
Richard H. Meadow 1572, Carole A. Mandryk 1037 and members of the Department
For Archaeology graduate students writing their dissertations. Students may present and discuss sections of their work in a group setting guided by a member of the faculty.