A basic objective is to acquaint students with both the methods and techniques that archeologists employ in the study and reconstruction of prehistoric societies. Examples will be drawn from a variety of archeological situations ranging from simple hunting and gathering societies to complex chiefdoms and states. Matters of contemporary debate in the area of archeology and the public will also be considered. Ms. Grimm Intermediate Courses 250. This is a first course in anthropological linguistics.
Concern is with the nature and structure of language and verbal behavior.
Mr. Casson 251. Next offered 1997-1998. Ms. Gorfain 255. An ethnographic examination of the varieties of indigenous African languages, political, economic, and kinship institutions, gender roles, belief systems and religions, verbal and plastic arts. A number of African cultures will be considered historically and in relationship to the momentous changes brought about by their incorporation into the nation-state.