ANTHROPOLOGY 101


Description
Introduction to Anthropology is designed as a survey course investigating the four fields of Anthropology: Biological Anthropology, Archaeology, Linguistics, and Cultural Anthropology.

Instructor
Dr. Maureen A. Hays
Office - 19 St. Philip Street Room 201
Phone - 953-6597                                                                            

This is a link to a glossary of anthropological terms, click on RESOURCES after you click on Anthropological Glossary
Here is another Glossary
 

# 1 Internet Assignment: Explore this site and discuss the Koko project.  Do you think this is language, why or why not?                     
Internet Reading: Koko the Gorilla
                                
# 2 Internet Assignment: Go to this site and cross tabulate the variables "subsistence economy" and "settlement patterns".  Press the "Submit Query" button.  The table that appears shows the frequency with which groups of different subsistence systems use certain mobility strategies.  What types of settlements do hunting and gathering groups use?  Is this what you would expect? Are there any that strike you as non typical?  From what geographic area do they come?
Internet Reading: Economic and Settlement Patterns
                                             
# 3 Internet Assignment: What is Religious Tolerance? Explore a religion that is unfamiliar to you.  Discus what it means to practice that religion.
Internet Reading:  Religious Tolerance

#4 Internet Assignment: Sorting people:  What did you learn about your ability to sort people by appearances?
                                           Human Diversity: Take the quiz.  How much did you know about race?                    
Internet Reading: Race: Power of an Illusion
There are multiple links on the excellent web site.  To answer the questions you will need to make the appropriate link and do the exercise.

# 5 Internet Assignment: How do the Kung and Australian Aborigines respond to cold differently from the Inuit?  Is there an adaptive reason these groups have different responses to the cold?
Internet Reading: Cold Adaptations

# 6 Internet Assignment: What is adaptive radiation and how is it illistrated with the Pollenpeepers.  Choose one island and expplain how these birds have changed through time.
Internet Reading:   Speciation

# 8 Internet Assignment: What are some of the behavioral differences between chimps and bonobos?
Internet Reading:  Chimps and Bonobos

# 9 Internet Assignment: What are the differences between Relative and Absolute dating techniques. Describe one of each technique.                                         
Internet Reading: Dating Techniques

# 10 Internet Assignment: Explore these site about Human Evolution.  Who was A. garhi? What is the association with stone tools?                                            
Internet Reading: 1 Human Evolution  2  Early Tool Use?
 Interesting Site on Fossil Hominids

# 11 Internet Assignment: What do we know about the relationship between Neandertals and Modern Humans?
Internet Reading:  Neandertals and Modern Humans

# 12 Internet Assignment: Why is the discovery of Chauvet cave so important to the understanding of Paleolithic Art?                       
Internet Reading: Chauvet Cave
 
# 13 Internet Assignment: Explore this current excavation.  Tell me about the site of Catal Hoyuk.                               
Internet Reading: Catal Hoyuk