Basis of material culture collection management. Comprehensive study of musculoskeletal anatomy and physiology, genetics and population variation of the human skeleton. Application to paleopathology, forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology are introduced. Cultural Continuity and Change in the Prairie-Plains. 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 Latin America. Peoples and Cultures of Africa. Peoples and Cultures of East and Southeast Asia.