Anth 1001

Human Evolution

Laden, Tappen, Tostevin, Monnier, and staff

This lecture and laboratory course provides students with the fundamentals of biological anthropology needed to understand the evolutionary history of our lineage, and the anatomy and behavior of our ancestors as well as ourselves.

Anth 3001

Introduction to Archaeology

Gibbon and staff

An overview of the methods archaeologists use to find, recover, study, and interpret the material culture left behind by past people.

Anth 3002

Sex, Evolution, and Behavior: Examining Human Evolutionary Biology

Laden

A detailed and critical examination of the methods and theories used to understand humans in an evolutionary framework.

Anth 3310

Human Ecology and Culture From a Biological Perspective

Laden

We will explore the application of biological/evolutionary theory to human behavior by examining the works of the primary contemporary theorists in the field.

Anth 3008

Introduction to Flintknapping

Tostevin

Practical training in the creation of stone tools and the replication of prehistoric lithic technology for novices

Anth 4007

Lab Techniques in Archaeology

Soderberg

This course provides hand-on experience with curation and analysis of archaeological artifacts on plant remains, material culture, faunal remains, and human osteology. Emphasis on lab experience.

Anth 4069

Environmental Archaeology

Tostevin

Through lecture and discussion, this course introduces students to the method and theory archaeologists use to understand how changing human life-ways as well as changing environments have shaped the course of human history.

Anth 4077

Neanderthals:  the Biology and Culture of Humanity’s Nearest Relative.

Tostevin

Through lecture, laboratory exercises, and discussion, this course uses fossil, archaeological, and genetic evidence to reconstruct the lives of Neanderthals in an effort to understand why they went extinct at the end of the Pleistocene, while modern humans did not.

Anth 5008

Advanced Flintknapping

Tostevin

Advanced practical training in the creation of stone tools and the replication of prehistoric lithic technology for more experienced flintknappers.

Anth 5221

The Anthropology of Material Culture

Tostevin

Through seminar discussions, this course examines material culture as a social creation, studied from multiple perspectives (social anthropology, archaeology, primatology), in order to illuminate how humans articulate with the material world they construct.

Anth 5244/ 8244

Skeletal Materials in Archaeology

Tappen

This course combines lecture/laboratory/ and seminar formats to introduce the practical skills of bone identification and distinguishing between major groups of mammals including humans, carnivores, and the hoofed animals that are typically found at archaeological sites.

Anth 5269

Analysis of Stone Tool Technology

Tostevin

This course offers practical lab experience in the analysis of stone tool collections used by archaeologists to learn about human technological behavior in past. Students learn how to make stone tools themselves and gain first hand experience as lithic analysts.

Anth 5990/ 8510

Interpreting Ancient Bone

Tappen

This class is a seminar designed to  provide discussion of the current literature on interpreting the fossil and archaeological records using human and animal bone.