UPPER DIVISION COURSES
This is not an official university document, and is only meant to serve as a guide to departmental offerings. All interested parties should check with the official UCSB course catalog to confirm the course offerings listed here.
100. Basic Archaeological Concepts
(4) Michael Jochim
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3.
A survey of important archaeological methods of excavation, analysis, and
interpretation. Focus will be on the problems and promise of various approaches
to the explanation of past human behavior.
101. African
Archaeology
(4) Brian Fagan
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3.
An analysis of the archaeology of Africa from 10,000 years ago to AD 1500,
with special reference to the emergence of food production, indigenous states,
and the development of long distance trade. Major emphasis on self-paced learning.
103. Human
Poplulation and the Environment
(4) David Cleveland
Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 1 or Anthropology
2; Environmental Studies
3 or Anthropology 5 or MCDB 5B-BL or EEMB 5B-BL. Same course as
Environmental Studies 103.
The growth and current status of human population around the world, emphasizing
sociocultural and biophysical environments. Topics include theories, ideologies,
and implementation strategies of population programs; nutrition and agriculture;
basic demographic tools; human and reproductive rights; policy options for
the future.
104. Workshop:
Reading, Writing, and Thinking
(4) Alexander Robertson
Prerequisite: Sophomore or junior standing. Consent of instructor.
This workshop for sophomores and juniors intending to major in Anthropology
develops an understanding of anthropological texts, and the skills necessary
to undertake such projects as the undergraduate honors dissertation.
104H. People,
Poverty, and Environment in Central America
(4) Susan Stonich
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2 or Environmental Studies 1 or 3. Same course
as Environmental Studies 104.
Analysis of the interrelated social, demographic, economic, political, and
environmental crises occurring in Central America from an anthropological
perspective. Emphasis is on the evolution of contemporary problems, current
conditions and future prospects for the region.
105. Human
Variation
(4) Phillip Walker
Prerequisite: Anthropology 5, MCDB 20 or EEMB 20 or equivalent.
An examination of traditional race concepts contrasted with an approach to
human variation through the analysis of biologically adaptive traits.
106. History
of Anthropological Theory
(4) Elvin Hatch
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2.
An account of the intellectual traditions of anthropology, the main figures
who shaped these traditions, and the issues that both divided and united anthropologists
at different periods of time.
107. Psychological
Anthropology
(4) John Tooby
Field from Freud and Mead to present; how human nature (universal psychological
mechanisms) and culture interact to form individual psychologies, identities,
genders, social attitudes, worldviews, and traditions; how cognitive development
shapes belief systems, reasoning and symbolism; emotions, preferences, thinking,
and pathologies in cross-cultural perspective.
109. Human
Universals
(4) Staff
A critical overview of those characteristics of human psyche, behavior, society,
and culture that are allegedly found among all peoples: the constants of human
nature.
110. Technology
and Culture
(4) Francesca Bray
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2 or consent of instructor.
Theories of technological evolution and innovation. Meanings of technology.
The social and cultural impact of technology on our everyday lives, including
automobile culture, industrial farming, the telephone, and technologies of
the body.
111. The
Anthropology of Food
(4) Francesca Bray
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Critical survey of different anthropological approaches of food production
and consumption: biological implications of diet; relations between agricultural
forms and political systems; the meanings of feasting; cooking, class and
gender; food and national identity.
112. Bioarchaeology
(4) Phillip Walker
Prerequisite: Anthropology 180A or consent of instructor.
A survey of research in the field of bioarchaeology including studies of paleodemography,
paleopathology and their relevance to testing about the biological and cultural
adaptations of earlier human populations and interpreting behavior from the
human skeleton.
112Z. Theoretical
Approaches in Contemporary Archaeology
(4) Mark Aldenderfer
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3 or 100.
Students will be introduced to the major theoretical approaches in contemporary
archaeology, including neo-evolutionist, Marxist, symbolic/structuralist,
critical, and neo-Darwinian thinking. The goal of the course is to show how
theory serves as a guide to research.
113BF.
Science and Society
(4) Francesca Bray
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Anthropological analysis of scientific institutions and the process by which
scientific knowledge is produced (e.g. lab culture); cultural dimensions of
scientific thought; science, nationalism, power and money; the consumption
of science.
114. Social
Organization
(4) Mattison Mines
Emphasis on various theories of social structure and social organization in
cross-cultural perspective; kinship, social stratification, and ethnicity.
115. Law and
Warfare in Nonwestern Societies
(4) Staff
The nature of law and warfare in nonwestern societies. Analysis of the strategy
and tactics of conflict resolution in relation to ecological, economic, and
political aspects of life in nonwestern societies.
115DS.
Borderlands: Exploring Relations Between Place and Identity
(4) Eve Darian-Smith
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Through case studies in Europe, Australia, the United States and Latin America,
exploration of concepts of citizenship immigration, nationalism, and ethnic
identity at the borders and regions of integration and conflict between states
and within states.
116. Myth,
Ritual, and Symbol
(4) Mary Hancock
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2
Uses ethnographic case studies, films and performance videos to explore myth,
ritual, and symbolism cross-culturally. Compares and contrasts the symbolic
dimensions of gender and ethnic identity, world view, social and political
organization in different societies.
116B.
Anthropological Approaches to Religion
(4) Mary Hancock
Prerequisites: Anthropology 116 and upper-division standing.
Exploration of anthropology’s distinctive approaches to religion using
theoretical works, historical and ethnographic case studies, film, and performance
video. Topics include sociopolitical dimensions of religion; ritual structure,
and experience; cognitive, aesthetic, and semiotic approaches to religion.
118TS.
Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
(4) Stuart Smith
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
This course combines archaeology and history to trace the development of the
cultures of the ancient Near East from the origins of civilization through
the rise of empires, ending with the conquest of Alexander the Great in c.
300 BCE.
120. Production
and Reproduction
(4) A. F. Robertson
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2.
Whether they live in the Kalahari desert or downtown Los Angeles, people have
to come to terms with the process of human reproduction: being born, growing
up, leaving home, aging and dying. This involves trying to secure a comfortable
living in an often hazardous and unpredictable environment, dealing with variable
harvests, unstable job markets or capricious bosses, and building political
relationships which ensure our survival. We shall explore the various strategies
for organizing production and reproduction, comparing on-parent families in
California with ten-parent families in Africa, households in Goleta with households
in Paradise, the family strategies of the Smiths and the Ptolemies, and what
you and your parents think family life is all about. Our purpose will be to
explain how families both shape and are shaped by their relations with society
at large, and to understand the conflicting distinctions of gender, generation
and social class.
121. Human
Evolution
(4) Phillip Walker
Prerequisite: Anthropology 5.
This course deals with the evidence for Human evolution, as well as the implications
of our evolution for understanding the adaptations of modern humans. In lectures
emphasis is placed on the discussion of recent discoveries in the field of
paleoanthropology that provide new insights into the history of our species.
The adaptive significance of important changes in the relationship between
members of our lineage and environment is also stressed.
121MS.
Historical World Systems
(4) Mattison Mines, Stuart Smith
Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Same course as Global Studies 121.
Eurasian systems of trade pre-1825: the major trade systems, modes of production,
cultures of banking, credit and trust, early expressions of identity, ethnicity
and knowledge of others, trade’s impact in the pre-industrial world:
distribution of wealth, knowledge, and power.
121T. Genetics,
Natural Selection, and Human Evolution
(4) John Tooby
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor
Beneath the familiar surface of human life lies the hidden world of genes
and their effects. We can learn a great deal about ourselves by studying the
4 billion year history of genetic change from the first appearance of life
an earth to the union of sperm and egg that created each of us. Anthropology
121T is an introductory survey of the nature and role of genes in evolution,
in natural selection, in sexual reproduction, in living cells, in human development,
in psychology, and in the creation of both a complex human universal design
and individual differences. The course will address, such questions as: Why
do some species reproduce sexually, fusing genes from two parents, while other
reproduce asexually? Why are there two sexes in humans, rather than three
or one? Why are there equal numbers of males and females? Why do humans grow
old and die? How do genes relate to behavior? How does genetic kinship shape
family relationships? Why is incest harmful? Why are people from around the
world all so physically and psychologically similar? This course will explain
how genetic forces are responsible for many features of human life and evolutions
that we take for granted.
122. Anthropology
of World Systems
(4) Staff
Focuses on the penetration and impact of global capitalist economy (national
and multinational) upon local level third world societies, communities, and
groups. A world system perspective is taken and anthropological case studies
are presented from Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
124. Archaeology of Trade and
Seafaring
(4) Brian Fagan
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3.
Survey of prehistoric trade and exchange with special reference to ancient
seafaring. Case studies focus on the Indian Ocean area, the Mediterranean
world, and the relationship between southeast Asia and the Pacific.
125. Anthropology of Gender
(4) Mayfair Yang
Prerequisites: Anthropology 2. Upper-division standing. Same course as Sociology 155AG.
The cross-cultural study of gender from a feminist perspective. Topics may
include gender and nature, gender and the division of labor, gender and kinship,
gender and subjectivity, gender and sexuality, gender and the state, gender
and knowledge/discourse.
126. East Asia: A Feminist Perspective
(4) Francesca Bray
Culture and institutions of China, Korea, and Japan viewed from the perspective
of women’s experiences. Implications of East Asian constructions of gender
for the organization of family and state and for the challenges of modernization.
127. Hunters and Gatherers
(4) Michael Jochim
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2 or Anthropology
3.
What do Pygmies, Aborigines, and Eskimos have in common? What is the relationship
between nature and culture in these simple societies? These questions and
other will be examined through case studies and cross-cultural comparisons.
130. Archaeology of South America
(4) Katharina Schreiber
Prerequisites: Anthropology 3 and 100.
A survey of the Andean region, tracing the rise of civilization from early
hunter-gatherers to the impressive Inca Empire. Emphasis is placed on the
archaeological basis for interpretations of such major cultures as Chavin,
Nasca, Moche, Wari, and Tiwanaku.
130A. Third World Environments:
Problems and Prospects
(4) Susan Stonich
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2 or Environmental Studies 1 or 3. Same course as Environmental Studies
130A.
Examination of the human dimensions of globalization/global environmental
change from the Third World. Emphasis on the sociocultural context of environmental
destruction, environmental justice and interdisciplinary approaches.
130B. Third World Environments:
Conservation and Sustainable Development
(4) Susan Stonich
Prerequisite: Anthropology 130A or Environmental Studies 130A. Same course
as Environmental Studies 130B.
Focus on conservation and sustainable development. Includes examination of
contending views of sustainable development. Special emphasis on tourism,
agricultural, fisheries and aqua-cultural development in the Third World.
130C. Third World Environments:
Response and Resistance
(4) Susan Stonich
Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 130A and 130B or Anthropology 130A and 130B. Same course as Environmental
Studies 130C.
Concerned with response and resistance to economic globalization, impoverishment,
and environmental degradation: household economic strategies; migration, urbanization;
social conflict; environmental movements of the poor; the information revolution;
and alternative development strategies.
131. North American Indians
(4) Michael Glassow
The origins, development, and attainments of New World aboriginal cultures
north of Mexico. Some emphasis is given to California groups such as the Chumash.
132. Europe in a Global Context
(4) Eve Darian-Smith
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
This seminar approaches Europe as an idea. Through historical and contemporary
materials, we will explore perspectives that both affirm and challenge notions
of Europe as a cohesive geo-political and cultural entity, and relate these
to today’s European Union.
132TS. Ceramic Analysis in
Archaeology
(4) Stuart Smith
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3.
An overview of how ceramics are used in archaeology. Topics include pottery
manufacture, classification, stylistic and functional analysis, scientific
analysis, chronology, production and exchange, ceramic consumption and socio-political
organization.
133. Cultural Development in
Mesoamerica
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Anthropology 3 and 100.
The rise and fall of various ancient civilizations such as those of the Maya,
Aztecs, Toltecs, Teotihuacanos, and Olmec as well as their cultural antecedents.
This course uses self-paced audiovisual modules as well as traditional lecture
format. (Offered periodically.)
134. Modern Cultures of Latin
America
(4) Staff
Continuities and changes in the contemporary cultures of peasant and urban
societies in Mexico, Central, and South America. Examination of cultural institutions
and values, social stratification, village and urban life, elites, urbanization.
135. Modern Mexican Culture
(4) Staff
The impact of dependency, industrialization, urbanization, technology, and
modern communications on Mexican society in the twentieth century. Examination
of recent sociocultural contemporary urban and rural communities, class structure,
value orientations, ethnic minorities, and national integration.
136. Peoples and Cultures of
the Pacific
(4) Staff
The aboriginal and modern cultures of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia.
137. The Ancient Maya
(4) Mark Aldenderfer
The splendiferous Maya civilization as it waxed and waned during ancient times.
This course uses self-paced audiovisual modules as well as the traditional
lecture format.
138A. Elements of Traditional
Chinese Culture
(4) Mayfair Yang
Prerequisites: Anthropology 2. Upper-division standing. Same course as Sociology 130CC.
An exploration of cultural, historical, and political elements in ancient
and late imperial China which are relevant in understanding modern society
in socialist China and Taiwan today. Emphasis given to the cultural tradition
of the state.
138B. Socialist Chinese Society
(4) Mayfair Yang
Prerequisites: Anthropology 2. Upper-division standing. Same course as Sociology 130CS.
An analysis of social, cultural, economic, and political patterns in the People’s
Republic of China, emphasizing the diverse changes instituted after the Revolution,
as well as the new directions the society has taken since the economic reforms
of the 1980’s.
138TS. Archaeology of Egypt
(4) Stuart Smith
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3 or 3SS.
Selected topics on the archaeology of ancient Egypt, placing the monuments
of this great civilization in the context of its rise and development. Emphasis
on ancient Egyptian material culture as a source for understanding Egyptian
political, social, and economic dynamics.
140. Popular Culture in South
Asia
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Anthropology 142 or consent of instructor.
A seminar on contemporary social and cultural issues in South Asia. Readings
on popular religion, communalism, mass media, commercial culture, and the
middle class.
140RM. Research Methods in
Cultural Anthropology
(4) Susan Stonich
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2
Introduction to basic research methods in social and cultural anthropology.
Focus on the role of fieldwork, preparation for field research, data collection,
management, and analysis.
141. Agriculture and Society
in Mexico: Past and Present
(4) Juan-Vicente Palerm
The evolution of rural Mexico: from origins of Mesoamerican agriculture to
the rise of high civilization; from the establishment of the colonial system
to the demise of colonial agricultural institutions; from the revolution of
1910 to the enactment of land reform and development programs. Emphasis will
be made on the role of peasantry in the making of the modern state.
141DS. Maps-Museums-Malls:
Visualizing Culture Difference
(4) Eve Darian-Smith
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Exploration of the ways cultural differences are manifested visually. A look
at early maps and scientific discoveries, museums which classify representations
of exotic peoples, and contemporary shopping malls in order to analyze fashion,
architecture and advertising.
142. Peoples and Cultures of
India
(4) Mattison Mines
Rise of Indian civilization from prehistoric times to the present; regional
divisions of India; family, kin, caste groups, and village life; social organization
above village level; effects of urbanization, British rule, and independence.
142B. Contemporary Issues in
South Asia
(4) Mary Hancock
Prerequisite: Anthropology 142.
Uses film, novels, ethnographies and popular journalism to explore a variety
of issues in post-independence South Asia. Topics such as environmental feminist,
and human rights movements; communalism; mass media; South Asian diaspora,
youth culture; and development may be covered.
143. Introduction to Contemporary
Social Theory
(4) Eve Darian-Smith
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Introduction to the main themes and concerns that preoccupy contemporary social
theorists. The underlying purpose is to stress the importance of social theory
in providing insights and posing questions critical for informed and innovative
research in the social sciences.
143F. Ethics in Archaeology
(4) Brian Fagan
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3.
An analysis of ethics in contemporary archaeology. Topics include reburial
and repatriation, interpretation of the archaeological record in the context
of historically oppressed groups, ethnic minorities, and non-western societies.
The course also includes the ethics of collecting and managing cultural property.
144. Peoples and Cultures of
Southeast Asia
(4) Staff
Drawing materials from Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia,
Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, and the Philippines, this course is organized
around the concept of the corporation as a tool for the comparative analysis
of society. (Normally taught every other year.)
146. Development Anthropology
(4) Alexander Robertson
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
An introduction to the planning of economic development in the "Third
World" and its social consequences from the perspective of anthropology.
147. Understanding Cultural
Differences
(4) Elvin Hatch
The differences among human societies are enormous, and the question of how
to account for this diversity is a key problem for anthropology. This course
presents the main points of view for explaining how peoples differ in cultural
beliefs and behavior.
148A. Comparative Ethnicity
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2 or 5 or consent of instructor.
A cross-cultural examination of the part that ethnicity and race play in human
affairs.
148MH. Aesthetic Anthropology
(4) Mary Hancock
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2, 116, or consent of instructor.
Contrasts different forms of artistic production and criticism in a range
of societies. Considers how art and aesthetics are defined in cultural context;
investigates political, economic and socio-cultural dimensions of aesthetic
practice, including visual arts, music performance, body art.
149. Agriculture, Environment
and Society
(4) David Cleveland
Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 1 or 3 or Anthropology 5. Same course as Environmental Studies 149.
The evolution of agriculture and current problems of agricultural development,
emphasizing sociocultural and biophysical environments. Topics include theories,
ideologies, and implementation strategies of agricultural development; households
and women; irrigation; crop genetics resources and biotechnology; integrating
indigenous and modern scientific knowledge.
150A. The Archaeology of the
Andean Preceramic
(4) Mark Aldenderfer
Prerequisite: Anthropology 100 or consent of instructor.
A survey of the early cultures of the Andean region, with a focus on the early
occupation of South America, the domestication of indigenous plant and animal
species, and the origins of social complexity of inequality.
150B. Archaeology of Andean
Civilizations
(4) Katharina Schreiber
Prerequisite: Anthropology 100 or consent of instructor.
A survey of the prehistory of Andean South America beginning with the complex
cultures of the Initial Period and ending with an overview of the Inca Empire.
Major cultures include Chavin, Nasca, Moche, Wari and Tiwanaku.
150C. The Inca Empire
(4) Katharina Schreiber
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3. Not open for credit to students who have completed Anthropology
150.
An in-depth study of the fabled Inca Empire of South America, including archaeological
and historic sources. Topics include Inca origins, political organization,
economy, and social structure.
151. Fossil Evidence for Human
Evolution
(4) Phillip Walker
Prerequisites: Anthropology 5, 121 recommended.
Presentation and discussion of the fossil evidence for human evolution. Various
interpretations will be discussed in light of the evolutionary theory and
intellectual climate prevalent at the time of formulation.
151T. Evolutionary Psychology
(4) John Tooby
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2, Anthropology 3, or Anthropology 5 or Psychology 1 or equivalent.
A critical survey of the emerging field of evolutionary psychology, covering
specific cognitive adaptations involved in mate choice, incest avoidance,
cooperation, love, revenge, jealousy, and individual and intergroup aggression,
and also analyzing how such evolved species-typical mechanisms generate human
culture.
152. Anthropology of Europe
(4) Eve Darian-Smith
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Examination of the changing nature of culture and politics in contemporary
Europe. Topics include the cultures of nationalism, regionalism, separatism,
ethnic conflict, immigration, historical memory in the construction of national
identities, and the cultural politics of European integration.
153. Seminar on Primate and
Human Sexual Behavior
(4) Donald Symons
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
A critical examination of the nature and determinants of human sexuality,
emphasizing evolutionary and cross-cultural approaches.
153S. The Evolution of Human
Sexuality
(4) Donald Symons
Prerequisite: Anthropology 5, 7, or equivalent recommended.
Exploration of the psychological mechanisms—adaptations—that underpin
human sexual feeling, thought, and action. Emphasis on male-female differences,
"engineering" analyses, and the comparative method as sources of
information about adaptive design. Includes the study of sexual arousal, attractiveness,
jealousy, and competition.
153T. Primate Behavior
(4) John Tooby
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
An introduction to primatology and the principles of behavioral ecology, using
langur, vervet, macaque, baboon, gorilla, and chimpanzee field studies to
illustrate theories of foraging, parenting, kinship, sexual selection, incest
avoidance, aggression, and dominance. Concludes with applications to human
evolution.
154. Special Topics in Social
Anthropology
(4) Staff
Designed for students who intend to do graduate work in social or behavioral
sciences. May be repeated once for credit.
A critical review of selected theoretical and methodological contributions
of social anthropology to the description, analysis, and comparison of human
societies. (Normally taught every other year.)
155. Prehistory of California
and the Great Basin
(4) Michael Glassow
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
A survey of the prehistory of California and the Great Basin, which includes
principally the states of Nevada and Utah. Consideration is also given to
how archaeologists construct regional cultural developments and attempt to
explain prehistoric cultural change.
156. Understanding Africa
(4) Alexander Robertson
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
A general introduction to the peoples of Africa: their histories, economies,
political systems, and cultures. How should we, as outsiders, understand the
diversity of this great continent, its human problems, and its significance
in the modern world?
157. Medicine in Chinese Culture
(4) Francesca Bray
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2 or consent of instructor.
Survey of concepts of the body and of healing techniques in China drawing
on theories from medical anthropology, cultural history, and gender studies.
The political economy of health in contemporary China. Medical representations
and choices in a pluralist system.
157L. Medical Anthropology:
Cultural Perspectives on Health and Therapeutics
(4) Staff
This course considers non-western medical systems as well as the cultural
practices of western biomedicine as cultural systems, each with their own
patterns of knowledge and power, understandings of efficacy and well-being,
ideological constructs, and therapeutic literal practices.
157R. Readings in Medical Anthropology
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Anthropology 157.
Undergraduate seminar focusing on book-length classic and contemporary texts
in medical anthropology.
158. Crop Genetic Resources:
Evolution, Use, and Conservation
(4) David Cleveland
Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 1 or 3 or Anthropology
2; EEMB 5B or 20 or Anthropology 5. Same course as Environmental Studies 158ES.
Domestication and varietal diversification of crops, their current use in
small-scale, traditionally-based, and modern industrial agriculture, and their
conservation in farmers’ fields and genebanks; including case studies
of crops and farming systems.
159. Urban Anthropology
(4) Staff
Cultural and psychic adaptation to urban agglomeration from the earliest cities,
with emphasis on Asian, African, European, and modern American cities, to
the present-day megalopolis.
160. Cultural Ecology
(4) Michael Jochim
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2 or Anthropology 3.
Ranging from moose hunters to rice farmers, cultures seem tremendously diverse,
yet cultural forms do show clear patterns. The relationship of these patterns
to the natural and social environment will be examined.
161. Anthropology of Mass Media
(4) Staff
Exploration of the role of mass media in cultural processes of modernity in
societies around the world. Topics include: transnational cultural processes,
cultural imperialism, media and consumer culture, media and the imagination,
ethnography of mass media.
162. Prehistoric Food Production
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3.
A history of the process of plant and animal domestication in the Americas,
the Near East, Asia, and Africa. Course focuses on the specific biological
changes in the major domesticates as well as associated social changes in
human life.
163. Archaeology of North America
(4) Mark Aldenderfer
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2 or Anthropology 3 or 5.
A survey of North American archaeology exclusive of Mesoamerica. Changes in
prehistoric lifeways from simple hunting and gathering to complex agriculturally
based chiefdoms will be explored through the study of the development of regional
traditions over long periods of time.
163N. Analysis of Archaeological
Materials
(4) Michael Glassow
Prerequisites: Anthropology 100 and 191.
An advanced applied course focused on the generation of analytically meaningful
data from archaeological collections obtained from prehistoric sites in the
Santa Barbara Channel region. Topics covered are research design, collections
processing, data recording, and simple statistical analysis and interpretation.
164. The Origins of Complex
Societies
(4) Katharina Schreiber
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3.
Why and how complex societies developed from simple, egalitarian societies
in some areas of the world. Course surveys major theories and evidence surrounding
the origins of states and urban societies in New and Old World.
165. History of Archaeology
(4) Brian Fagan
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3.
A survey of the history of archaeology from Medieval times to 1960, with special
reference to the changing intellectual contexts of the field. Emphasis on
emerging major theoretical approaches and the impact of important discoveries.
167. People of the Ice Age
(4) Brian Fagan, Michael Jochim
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3.
Human adaptations and population dispersals during the Ice Age (Pleistocene
epoch). Course focuses on the nature of Stone Age cultures and the evidence
for early human occupation of the Americas and the Old World between three
million and 10,000 years ago.
170. Anthropological Approaches
to Law
(4) Eve Darian-Smith
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Critical review of legal anthropology. Emphasis upon theoretical developments
from classical to contemporary perspectives and their relationship to ethnographic
analyses. Topics include non-western legal systems, (post)colonialism, nationalism,
and the implication of law in constructions of race, class, and gender.
171. Economics of Primitive
and Peasant Societies
(4) Mattison Mines
Economic life of pre-market societies and the social consequences of their
involvement in a money economy.
172. Colonialism and Culture
(4) Mary Hancock
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Historical and sociocultural processes of colonialism and postcolonialism
in selected societies. Topics include: relations between colonialism and capitalism;
rise of nationalism; race and sexuality; cultural dimensions of and resistance
to colonialism; modernization and development regimes; postcolonial critique.
172H. Advanced Studies in Lithic
Analysis
(4) Mark Aldenderfer
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3.
Students are introduced to the major analytical techniques for chipped stone
tool analysis. Experience in the design and execution of research into the
anthropological meaning of stone tools is emphasized. Special attention is
devoted to gaining experience in microwear techniques.
173. Nationalism and the Nation-State
(4) Eve Darian-Smith
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Critical introduction to theories about nationalism and state formation from
an anthropological perspective. Topics include nationalism and gender, nationalism
and racism, and nationalism and law. These are related to contemporary contradictions
of the nation-state posed by transnational processes.
174. Intra-Site Spatial Analysis
in Archaeology
(4) Mark Aldenderfer
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3 or 100.
This course is designed to introduce students to quantitative techniques useful
for the analysis of spatially-distributed archaeological data within the site.
A major focus of the course is the integration of theory, method, and data
to solve anthropological problems.
175. Southwestern Archaeology
(4) Katharina Schreiber
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3.
Understanding the sequence of cultural developments in the southwest United
States. Reconstructing prehistoric economy and society through study of material
remains, such as the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon’s great
pueblos, and the ball-courts, platform mounds, and irrigation systems of desert
Hohokam.
176TS. Ancient Egyptian Religion
(4) Stuart Smith
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor
Examination of ancient Egyptian religion from massive temples and pyramids
to modest offerings and simple burials. The interaction of sacred and secular
is considered through examination of the individual, society, and the state
in shaping religious beliefs.
177. China Through Film
(4) Mayfair Yang
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2.
Students will learn about the world’s largest society through readings
and Chinese feature films—Communist Revolution, rural collectivization,
status of women, economic reforms, anti-traditionalism of Cultural Revolution,
etc.
178. Internship in Archaeological
Record-Keeping and Collections
(1-4) Michael Glassow
Prerequisites: Anthropology 3 and upper-division standing. A student may enroll for one to four
units and may repeat the course up to a maximum of 4 units, but with no more
than 4 units in one of the facilities. Interns work three hours per week per
unit. No more than 4 units credit toward the major for Anthropology 178 and
183 combined.
Interns serve as assistants in the department’s Central Coast Information
Center or Repository for Archaeological Collection or both.
179. Seminar on the Anthropology
of Symbolism
(4) Mattison Mines
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
A cross-cultural inquiry into the nature and role of symbolism in human society.
Discussions on nonverbal communication, myth, ethos, world view, national
symbols, political ideology, and the ideology of social structure as symbolic
systems.
180A. Faunal Analysis
(4) Phillip Walker
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Class is designed to teach students in archaeology and physical anthropology
the basic skills necessary to identify and analyze the remains of animals
recovered from archaeological excavations. Emphasis is placed on laboratory
work with actual archaeological collections and testing hypotheses about prehistoric
human behavior.
180B. Faunal Analysis
(4) Phillip Walker
Prerequisites: Anthropology 180A and consent of instructor.
Continuation of Anthropology 180A with the development of a research project.
181. Methods and Techniques
of Field Archaeology
(6) Michael Glassow
Prerequisites: Anthropology 3and 100.
Introduction to archaeological research designs and field techniques of data
collection, including survey, excavation, and site data recording. Course
entails two lectures during the week and fieldwork all day Saturday.
182. Quantitative Data Analysis
in Archaeology.
(4) Mark Aldenderfer
Prerequisites: Anthropology 3 and 100.
This course is an introduction to the practical analysis of commonly-encountered
archaeological data using simple quantitative and statistical procedures such
as exploratory data analysis, sampling, regression, and spatial analysis.
The course is taught in a computer-assisted (multimedia) format.
182M. Introduction to Lithic
Analysis
(4) Mark Aldenderfer
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3 or 100.
This course gives students an introduction to the anthropology and archaeology
of making and using stone tools. Practical experience in making tools and
using them experimentally is emphasized.
183. Internship in Archaeological
Resource Management
(1-4) Michael Glassow
Prerequisites: Anthropology 3 and upper-division standing. Anthropology 181 or 191 recommended, depending on the nature
of the internship. No more than 4 units credit combined toward the major for
Anthropology 183 and 178.
Interns serve as assistants or trainees in the archaeological programs of
a governmental agency, a museum, or a private firm in the local area. In collaboration
with the instructor and an extramural archaeologist, the student conceives
a set of activities for the internship.
184. Settlement Pattern Analysis
in Archaeology
(4) Katharina Schreiber
Prerequisite: Anthropology 100.
How the arrangement of archaeological sites across the landscape indicates
aspects of human culture, including subsistence strategies and socio-political
complexity. Methods of obtaining and interpreting settlement data.
185. Environmental Justice
(4) Susan Stonich
Prerequisites: Anthropology 2 or Environmental Studies 1 or 3. Same course as Environmental Studies
185.
Examines the nexus of race, ethnicity, gender, environmental issues and the
interconnections between social and environmental justice in the U.S. and
other industrialized countries.
185DS. Capitalism and Racism
(4) Eve Darian-Smith
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Not open for
credit to students who have completed Interdisciplinary 185DM.
Exploration of historical and contemporary perspectives on constructions of
racial difference through philosophy, theory and ethnography. Emphasis on
the political uses made of racial categories that accompanied the emergence
of modern capitalism, new divisions of labor, and specific economic incentives.
186. Postcolonial Australia
(4) Eve Darian-Smith
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Contemporary Australian society in the light of its colonial history and its
ongoing relations with England and its local indigenous populations. Topics
considered include aboriginal land rights, multiculturalism, republicanism,
and Australia’s future role in the Pacific Rim.
187. The Clash of Cultures
(4) Brian Fagan
Largely self-paced learning. A historical and anthropological survey of contact
between western civilization and nonwestern societies from medieval times
up to the early twentieth century. Peoples covered include Khoi, Aztecs, Tahitians,
Fuegians, Maori, and Northwest Indians.
188. The Seacoast in Prehistory
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3.
An examination of maritime adaptations in world prehistory, emphasizing the
integration of marine resources into economies of varying degrees of complexity.
Course will cover New and Old World culture areas and the Santa Barbara region.
189. Problems in European Prehistory
(4) Michael Jochim
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Seminar in selected problems in the archaeology of Europe.
191. Laboratory Techniques in
Archaeology
(6) Michael Glassow
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3.
Introduction to the observation and measurement of artifact attributes and
procedures for preparation and analysis of archaeological collections. Technology
of prehistoric artifact manufacture and use is also considered.
194. Field Training in Archaeology
(1-8) Staff
Prerequisites: Anthropology 3, 100, and 133; consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit to a maximum
of 16 units, but only 8 units may be applied toward the major.
Introduction to design of research projects and techniques of data collection
in archaeology. The number of units taken in one course will depend on the
amount of training and experience received.
194P. Practicum in Field and
Laboratory Analysis
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisites: Anthropology 100 and consent of instructor.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units, but only 6 units may be
applied toward the major.
An applied course emphasizing acquisition of practical skills in archaeological
field work and laboratory analysis. Projects will vary depending on the type
of archaeological research in progress, but may include artifact processing,
cataloging, field excavation, and preparation of research results.
195A-B. Senior Honors Program
(4-4) Staff
Prerequisite: admission to senior honors program. This is a two-quarter, in-progress
course with letter grade assigned for both quarters upon completion of Anthropology
195B.
Independent research under the supervision of an anthropology faculty member
which will result in senior thesis.
A: Will concentrate on reading and gathering of materials for thesis.
B: Writing of thesis will be completed.
196. Archaeology of Religion
(4) Brian Fagan
Prerequisite: Anthropology 3
An analysis and survey of the ways in which archaeologists have approached
religious beliefs and other intangibles in ancient societies. Emphasis on
multidisciplinary perspectives, ethnographic analogy, and the impact of science
on the study of ancient religion.
197. Special Courses
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: qualified upper-division students or consent of instructor.
May be repeated to a maximum of 12 units provided content is different.
Intensive studies or projects focused on special problems related to anthropology
which are not covered by other courses.
198. Independent Readings in
Anthropology
(1-5) Staff
Prerequisites: students must 1) have attained upper-division standing; 2)
have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average for preceding 3 quarters or consent
of instructor; 3) have completed at least 2 upper-division courses in anthropology.
Students limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199RA
courses combined. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 units in anthropology.
Intended for students who know their own reading needs. Normally requires
regular meetings with the instructor.
199 Independent Studies in Anthropology
(1-5) Staff
Prerequisites: students must 1) have attained upper-division standing; 2)
have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average for preceding 3 quarters or consent
of instructor; 3) have completed at least 2 upper-division courses in anthropology.
Students limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199RA
courses combined. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 units in anthropology.
Students must execute a limited research project on their own initiative.
199RA. Undergraduate Research
Assistance Training in Anthropology
(1-5) Staff
Prerequisites: students must 1) have attained upper-division standing; 2)
have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average for last three quarters or consent
of instructor; 3) have completed at least two upper-division courses in anthropology.
May be repeated to maximum of 12 units.
Student gains research experience through assisting faculty member in research
project.
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