Introduction to archaeology and cultural change from the earliest times to the advent of state-level societies.
Erlandson,
Kennett,
McClure
161
World Cultures
SSC, IC
4
A first look into the work of cultural anthropology and an introduction to the cultural diversity of the world.
Baxter
165
Sexuality and Culture
SSC, IP
4
Examines sexuality through the historical, cultural, economic, and political factors that contribute to the construction of sexual identities, relationships, and institutions.
Karim
170
Introduction to Human Origins
SC
4
Homo sapiens as a living organism; biological evolution and genetics; fossil hominids.
Frost
171
Introduction to Monkeys and Apes
SC
4
Evolutionary biology of the primates: the fossil record and ecology in the age of mammals, primate anatomy, locomotor feeding adaptations, taxonomic relations, and primate ethology.
White
173
Evolution of Human Sexuality
SC
4
Includes basic genetics, physiology, and behavior. Evolution of sex, of the sexes, and of the role of sex in mammal, primate, and human behavior
Examines the biological aspects of the human species from comparative, ecological, and evolutionary perspectives. Explores theoretical and methodological issues in biological anthropology.
How anthropologists study and describe human cultures. Content varies; draws on fieldwork, famous ethnographies, specific ethnographic areas and their problems, and comparative study of selected cultures.
310
Culture, Power, and Environment
4
Biersack
310
Anthropology of Globalization
4
Karim
310
Indigenous Immigrants in Oregon
4
Stephen
310
The Early City
4
McClure
310
European Prehistory
4
McClure
314
Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
SSC, IP
4
Cross-cultural exploration of women’s power in relation to political, economic, social, and cultural roles. Case studies from Africa, America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Silverman
315
Gender, Folklore, Inequality
SSC, IP
4
Cross-cultural exploration of the expressive and artistic realm of women’s lives. Topics include life-cycle rituals, religion, healing, verbal arts, crafts, and music. Silverman.
Silverman
320
Native North Americans
SSC, IP
4
Interpretive approach to accomplishments, diversity, and survival of precontact, postcontact, and present-day American Indian peoples. Impact of Euro-American stereotypes on politics and identity. Prereq: ANTH 161 or 260.
Klopotek, O’Nell
322
Anthropology of the United States.
SSC, AC
4
Explores the culture and the political economy of the contemporary United States, with a particular focus on race, class, and gender relations. Pre/Coreq: ANTH 161. Offered alternate years.
Explores the legacy of processes that formed Caribbean culture—migration, slavery, and trade—in religious, popular, and scholarly contexts.
Scher
327
Anthropological Perspectives on Africa
SSC, IC
4
Thematic, comparative exploration of the contours of life in contemporary Africa. Promotes a critical historical perspective on the anthropology of the continent.
A look at the life ways of New Guinea people; focuses on personhood, gender, exchange, Christianity, and development.
Biersack
329
Immigration and Farmworkers Political Culture
SSC, IP
4
Mexican farmworkers in the United States, their history and living and working conditions explored within the political culture of immigration. Introductory social science course recommended.
Survey of contemporary hunter-gatherer societies. Foraging, decision-making, exchange, prestige, marriage, gender roles, parenting, history, and demography in an ecological and evolutionary perspective.
Sugiyama
331
Cultures of South Asia
SSC, IC
4
Survey of contemporary South Asia’s religious and cultural diversity, issues of ethnic identity, gender construction, social conflict, and politics of poverty.
Karim
340
Fundamentals of Archaeology
SC
4
Methods modern archaeology uses to reconstruct the past, including background research, field methods, laboratory analyses, and interpreting data. Prereq: ANTH 150 or 250.
Kennett, Ayres
343
Pacific Islands Archaeology
SSC, IC
4
Archaeology and prehistoric cultural development of Pacific island peoples from earliest settlement through early Western contact. Emphasizes Southeast Asian cultural foundations and ecological adaptations. Prereq: ANTH 150 or 250.
Native American cultural history of Oregon based on archaeological evidence. Environmental and ecological factors that condition human adaptations and contemporary cultural resource protection.
O'Neill
350
Olmec, Maya and Aztec Societies
SSC, IC
4
Rise and fall of various ancient Mesoamerican societies such as Olmecs, Maya, Toltecs, and Aztecs, and their cultural antecedents.
Kennett
352
The Ancient Maya
IC
4
Introduction to the Ancient Maya, one of the most intriguing and enduring societies in Mesoamerica. Focus is origins of social complexity and inequality.
Kennett
361
Human Evolution
SC
4
Fossil evidence of human evolution; Homo sapiens’ place among the primates; variability of populations of fossil hominids. Prereq: ANTH 170 or 270.
Frost
362
Human Biological Variation
SC, IP
4
Genetic and biological structure of human populations; population dynamics and causes of diversity; analysis of genetically differentiated human populations and their geographic distribution. Prereq: ANTH 170 or 270.
Snodgrass
365
Food and Culture
4
Anthropological approach to the role of nutrients in human development (individual and group); cultural determinants and differences among populations; world food policy; applied nutritional anthropology.
Moreno
366
Human Osteology Laboratory
4
Human and nonhuman primate osteology and osteometry; fundamentals of dissection and primate anatomy. Coreq: ANTH 170 or 270.
Frost
368
Scientific Racism: An Anthropological History
IP
4
Origin and evolution of the concept of race. Scientific perspectives on race from 1800 to the present from an anthropological viewpoint. Prereq: ANTH 170 or 270.
Lukacs
369
Human Growth and Development
SC
4
Examines key issues in human and nonhuman primate growth and development; addresses genetic, social, and ecological determinants of variation in growth.
How do primates interact with other species at evolutionary and ecological scales? What factors influence differences and similarities in primate communities? Prereq: ANTH 170 or 270.
Anthropologies of Development and Social Movements in Latin America
4
Stephen, Escobar
410/510
Pacific Island Studies
4
Ayres
410/510
Gender, Sexualities, and the State in Latino/a Latin America
4
Stephen
410/510
Latin American Society and Development
4
Stephen
410/510
Anthropology of Tourism
4
Scher
410/510
Roma (Gypsies) in Film
4
Silverman
410/510
Archaeobotany
4
Lee
410/510
Human Life History
4
Sugiyama
410/510
Anthropology of Citizenship
4
Erickson
410/510
Postcolonial Africa
4
Wooten
411/511
Politics, Ethnicity, Nationalism
4
Explores relationship between ethnicity, politics, and nationalism from historical and anthropological perspectives; addresses the way nationalism and ethnic identity construct and reproduce each other. Prereq: junior standing.
Scher
413/513
Culture and Psychology
4
Bridges anthropology and psychology to explore the relationship between the individual and culture; includes such topics as emotion, personality, mental illness, and sexuality.
Baxter, O’Nell
417
Field Methods in Cultural Anthropology
4
Techniques of participant observation, community definition and extension, nondirective interviewing, and establishing rapport. Provides theoretical perspectives and emphasizes investigator’s ethical responsibilities. Prereq: ANTH 161.
Stephen,
Sugiyama
419/519
Performance, Politics, and Folklore
4
Aesthetic, political, economic, and social dimensions of cultural performances examined in museums, heritage displays, folklore festivals, community celebrations, and tourist destinations. Pre- or coreq: ANTH 161, Junior Standing
Silverman
420/520
Culture, Illness, and Healing
IC
4
Cultural foundations of illness and healing. Attempts to analyze illness experiences, looks at therapies cross-culturally, and examines the nature of healing. Prereq: ANTH 161 or 260.
O’Nell
421
Anthropology of Gender
IP
4
Explores gender cross-culturally. Topics include sex and sexualities; queer communities; the politics of marriage; local and global feminisms; and relations among gender, race, colonialism, and global capital. Prereq: sophomore standing.
Stephen
424/524
Feminist Methods in Anthropology
IP
4
Feminist research design and methods in three subfields of anthropology: biological, sociocultural, archaeological. Examination of case studies illustrating research ethics, collaboration, and activism. Prereq: junior standing.
429/529
Jewish Folklore and Ethnology
IP
4
Traditional expressive culture of East European Jews; includes narrative, proverbs, jokes, folk beliefs, rituals, holidays, food, customs, music, gender, and immigrant folklore in the United States. Prereq: junior standing.
Silverman
434/534
Native South Americans
IC
4
Contact period and contemporary ethnography of native peoples; ecological adaptation, socioeconomic organization, and culture change. Prereq: 4 credits in cultural anthropology.
Stephen, Sugiyama
440/540
Old World Prehistory
4-12
Archaeology of prehistoric cultures in selected regions of the Middle East, Southeast Asia, or Africa, from first human cultures to historic periods. Prereq: ANTH 150
Ayres
440/540
Southeast Asian Archaeology
4
Ayres
441/541
Recent Cultural Theory
4
Survey of various cultural frameworks: Durkheimian, Marxian, feminist, transnationalism, Orientalism. Prereq: junior standing.
Biersack
442/542
Northwest Coast Archaeology
AC
4
Archaeological and prehistoric cultural development of peoples indigenous to the Northwest Coast of North America, from Alaska to northern California, from earliest settlement through Western contact. Prereq: ANTH 150
Moss
443/543
North American Archaeology
IP
4
Survey of interdisciplinary research applied to prehistoric cultures and environments in North America. Prereq: ANTH 150
Moss
445/545
Archaeology of Cultural Landscapes
4
Archaeological and landscape concepts represented in the past and the present. Site distributional, ecological, and socio-symbolic dimensions of landscapes are examined. Prereq: ANTH 150
Ayres
447/547
Traditional Technologies
4
Explores 2.5 million years of human technologies through analysis and replication of stone, bone, shell, and wood tools as well as basketry and ceramics.
Erlandson
448/548
Gender and Archaeology
IP
4
Examines case studies from around the world to investigate how archaeological remains can illuminate gender in pre-contact societies.
Moss
449/549
Cultural Resource Management
4
Objectives, legal background, operational problems, ethical and scholarly considerations in the management of prehistoric and historic cultural resources. Prereq for 449: ANTH 443 and an additional upper-division course in archaeology or prehistory.
Moss
450
The Anthropology Museum
3
Operation of anthropology and natural history museums; organization, collection management, exhibit and public programs, funding. Prereq: ANTH 150
Krier
451/551
Ethnoarchaeology
4
Examines relationships between archaeology and ethnography and how archaeologists study material culture in a living context. Examples are from various world areas. Prereq: ANTH 150
Examines various topics at the intersection of history and anthropology as well as the array of frameworks informing historical anthropological and historical archaeological work Prereq: Junior Standing
Human nutrition and adaptation. Evolution of human diet; diet-related disease patterns in different populations; biological, social, economic, political, and historical factors in human nutrition. Prereq: ANTH 270.
Moreno
462/562
Primate Evolution
4
The fossil record and theoretical implications of the Cenozoic primates with special reference to their various adaptations: locomotion, special senses, dentition. Prereq: ANTH 270.
Frost
463/563
Primate Behavior
4
Ecology and ethology of free-ranging primates. Classification, distribution, and ecological relationships of living primates; social structure and organizations. Prereq: ANTH 171, 270.
White
465/565
Gender Issues in Nutritional Anthropology
IP
4
Gender differences in nutritional status, dietary requirements, and diet-related diseases. Topics addressed include food, politics, economics, and policies. Prereq: ANTH 365.
Moreno, Black
466/566
Primate Feeding and Nutrition
4
Evaluates primate feeding and foraging behavior, diet, and nutrition. Explores anatomical, physiological, and behavioral solutions to feeding challenges, both ecological and evolutionary. Prereq: ANTH 171 or 270.
Relationship between ecology and comparative morphology as a basis for theories of hominid phylogeny; analysis of methods of paleoecological inference; current theories of hominid origins. Prereq: ANTH 361.
Frost
468/568
Evolutionary Theory
4
Provides a theoretical framework in evolutionary biology with which to explore human evolutionary history and aspects of modern human biology. Offered alternate years.
The important methods in biometry (biological statistics) and their inherent assumptions, limitations, interpretations, and common uses (and misuses) as relevant to biological anthropology. Prereq: MATH 243 or 425 or equivalent. Offered alternate years.
White
471/571
Zooarchaeology
4
Analysis and interpretation of bone and shell animal remains from archaeological sites. Seminar, laboratory. Prereq: ANTH 150
Moss
472/572
Primate Conservation Biology
4
Evaluates the conservation status of the order Primates. Explores biological-ecological issues and social-cultural influences on primate biodiversity, distribution, and abundance. Prereq: ANTH 171 or 270.
Methods and techniques of paleopathology, the disease process, and how hard tissues are affected by them. Pivotal anthropological issues in which paleoanthropology plays a key role. Prereq: ANTH 270
481/581
Principles of Evolutionary Psychology
4
Investigates how understanding of our evolutionary history is used to further understanding of the human mind. Prereq: ANTH 170 or 270.
Sugiyama
482/582
Human Behavioral Ecology
IP
4
Addresses behavioral strategies humans use to respond contingently to environmental variability within and across cultures. Prereq: ANTH 170 or 270.
Sugiyama
487/587
Bioanthropology Methods
4
Laboratory-based introduction to research methods in biological anthropology, with an emphasis on research among living human populations. Prereq: ANTH 270. Offered alternate years.
Important early social theorists (Marx, Engels, Freud, Durkheim, Weber) and the historical conditions in which the study of society emerged in Western thought.
Offers insights into the conditions of the reproduction of social relations through the analysis of film, sport, television, advertising, folklore, fashion, and festivals. Prereq: junior standing.
Various techniques in ethnographic research. Examines the relationships between methods, theory, and ethics.
Stephen
615
Proseminar in Anthropology
2
Presents the department’s structure, program, and faculty; introduces research, writing, and funding resources.
Director of Graduate Studies
680
Basic Graduate Physical Anthropology
5
Introduction to major subfields of physical anthropology; geochronology, primate classification, paleoprimatology, paleoanthropology, human biology and diversity, processes of evolution, and primate ethology.
Lukacs,
Frost
681
Archaeology and Anthropology
5
Use by archaeologists of concepts drawn from anthropology; modifications and additions made necessary by the nature of archaeological data.
Moss
683
Anthropological Linguistics
5
Topics include linguistic relativity; language, cognition, and social practice; distinctiveness of human language; role of reference in linguistic structures; creation of social and cultural forms.
Scher
685
Professional Writing
2-4
Basics of professional writing for grant proposals, journal articles, and papers presented at professional meetings. Requires short proposal, longer proposal or article, and workshop participation.
Biersack
688, 689
Social Theory I,II
5
Survey organized around keywords: colonialism-postcolonialism, meaning, materiality-materialism, local-national-global, structure-agency-history, power, and difference.
