ANTHROPOLOGY 101 Fall 2007
Link to Archaeology Institute of America
South Carolina Chapter
Lecture Series
Description
Introduction
to Anthropology is designed as a survey course investigating the four
fields
of Anthropology: Biological Anthropology, Archaeology, Linguistics, and
Cultural Anthropology.
Instructor
Dr.
Maureen A. Hays
Office
- 19 St. Philip Street Room 201
Phone
- 953-6597
E-mail-
haysm@cofc.edu
Web
site- http://www.cofc.edu/~haysm/
Office
Hours: Monday and Wednesday 3-4 , and by appointment
Course
Text
E-Book - https://ebooks.primisonline.com/eBookstore/index.jsp
Click on “Custom E-Books” and Follow
the instructions.
Choose the “Online Viewing” or the
“E-Book Download”
Grading
Determined
by the cumulative total of scores from 5 Internet Assignments (10%),
and
3 Exams (90%).
Exams
Each
test will cover 1/3 of the course material including: Text Readings,
Internet
Readings, Lectures, and Videos.
Exams
= 90%
Exam I
(30%) Monday, September 17
Chapters: 1, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 18, 21
Exam II
(30%) Wednesday, October 17
Chapters: 14, 5, 4, 6
Exam III (30%) Monday, December 3
Chapters: 7, 8, 9, 10
This
is a link to a glossary of anthropological terms, click on RESOURCES
after
you click on Anthropological
Glossary
Here
is another Glossary
Internet
Assignments 5 @ 2 points = 10%
Internet
Assignments are due in class as listed on your syllabus. Do not
email me the assignments. You must
complete 5 to earn the 10 points. Answer the question or present a
summary
as requested. These should be about a half to a full page in
length.
Internet assignments are linked at my web site.
http://www.cofc.edu/~haysm/
They will not be accepted late!
Extra
Credit Additional Internet Assignments 4 @ 1 point = 4%
Choose
up to 4 additional internet assignments. See above for details.
Attendance
Policy
More
than 4 absences will result in lowering of the final grade by one
letter
grade.
Make-Up
Policy
Exam
make-up day is December 4, Reading Day at 10:00, in place TBA.
The
make-up
is an essay exam.
Grade
Scale
86-88 = B+ 76-78 = C+
66-68 = D+ 0-58 = F
92-100 = A 82-85 = B
72-75 = C 62-65 = D
89-91 = A- 79-81 = B-
69-71 = C- 59-61 = D-
Lectures and Readings
WEEK 1
Introduction
What is Anthropology Chapter 1
WEEK 2
Culture
Chapter 13
Internet
Reading: Piercing,
Tattooing and Painting
#
1 Internet Assignment: Discuss the
history
of piercing, tattooing or body painting. Why do you think it has
become popular today?
Language & Communication
Chapter 15
Internet
Reading: Koko the Gorilla
#
2 Internet Assignment: Explore this
site
and discuss the Koko project. Do you think this is language, why
or why not?
WEEK 3
Making a Living - Subsistance
Chapter 16
Making a Living - Economics
Chapter 16
Internet
Reading: Economic
and Settlement Patterns
#
3 Internet Assignment: Go to this site
and cross tabulate the variables "subsistence economy" and "settlement
patterns". Press the "Submit Query" button. The table that
appears shows the frequency with which groups of different subsistence
systems use certain mobility strategies. What types of
settlements
do hunting and gathering groups use? Is this what you would
expect?
Are there any that strike you as non typical? From what
geographic
area do they come?
WEEK 4
Political Systems
Chapter 17
Kinship
Chapter 18
Marriage
and the Family
Chapter 19
Religion
Chapter 21
Internet
Reading: Religious
Tolerance
#
4 Internet Assignment: What is
Religious
Tolerance? Explore a religion that is unfamiliar to you. Discus
what
it means to practice that religion.
WEEK 5 & 6
Race
Chapter 14
Internet
Reading: Race:
Power of an Illusion
There
are multiple links on the excellent web site. To answer the
questions
below you will need to make the appropriate link and do the exercise.
#5
Internet Assignment: Sorting
people:
What did you learn about your ability to sort people by appearances?
#6
Internet Assignment: Human Diversity:
Take the quiz. How much did you know about race?
Human Variation and Adaptation
Chapter 5
Internet
Reading:
Cold
Adaptations
#
7 Internet Assignment: How do the Kung
and Australian Aborigines respond to cold differently from the
Inuit?
Is there an adaptive reason these groups have different responses to
the
cold?
WEEK 7
Evolution and Genetics
Chapter 4
Natural
Selection
Internet
Reading:
Speciation
#
8 Internet Assignment: Tell me about
the
adaptive radiation of the Pollenpeepers. Choose one island and
tell
me how these birds have changed through time.
Internet
Reading:
Madagascar
# 9 Internet Assignment:
How do
prosimians
differ from other primates? click on "animal information"
Primate
Behavior
Internet
Reading: Chimps
and Bonobos
#
10 Internet Assignment: What are some
of the behavioral differences between chimps and bonobos?
WEEK 10
How
we Discover the
Past
Chapter 7
Dating
Techniques
#
11 Internet Assignment: What are the
differences
between Relative and Absolute dating techniques. Describe one of each
technique.
WEEK 12
The
First Hominines
Chapter 8
The
Emergence of Culture
Chapter 8
Internet
Reading: 1 Human
Evolution 2 Early
Tool Use?
#
12 Internet Assignment: Explore these
site about Human Evolution. Who was A. garhi? What is the
association
with stone tools?
Interesting
Site on Fossil Hominids
WEEK 3
The
Emergence of Homo sapiens
Chapter 9
Internet
Reading: Neandertals
and Modern Humans
#
13 Internet Assignment: What do we
know
about MtDNA and the relationship between Neandertals and Modern Humans?
WEEK 14 and 15
The
Upper Paleolithic World
Chapter 9
Internet Reading:
Chauvet
Cave
#
14 Internet Assignment: Why is the
discovery
of Chauvet cave so important to the understanding of Paleolithic Art?
The
Origins of Food Production and Settled
Life Chapter
10
Internet Reading:
Catal
Hoyuk
#
15 Internet Assignment: Explore this
current
excavation. Tell me about the site of Catal Hoyuk.
The
Origins of Cities and
States
Chapter 10
Internet
Reading: Harappa
#
16 Internet Assignment: What are some
of the characteristics of Indus cities? Are those characteristics of a
state?