The Family and Kinship in Cross-Cultural Perspective. Archaeology of North America. Comprehensive study of the skeletal anatomy, physiology, genetics, growth, development and population variation of the human skeleton. Applications to forensic anthropology, paleopathology and bioarchaeology are introduced. An introduction to archaeological sites from around the world including the Near East, Africa, Europe, Mesoamerica, and North and South America.
Emphasis is on the interpretation of material cultural remains in reconstructing past societies.
The American Indian. Origin, distribution, and traditional life of native peoples of North America. Peoples and Cultures of Africa. Peoples and Cultures of East and Southeast Asia. Origin and development of early civilizations on the western rim of the Pacific Ocean, including China, Japan and mainland and insular Southeast Asia.