INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTH 104.01 - Spring 2003

V. K. Bentley-Condit (bentleyc@grinnell.edu) Goodnow 307

Office Hours: MW – 9a-noon; TTh – 1p-4p Phone: 4305

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is an introductory survey of the four fields of Anthropology: the study of human nature. We will cover: (1) Biological Anthropology -- the study of human evolution and biological adaptations; (2) Archaeology -- the study of prehistoric human societies in the context of cultural evolution; (3) Linguistics -- the study of the evolution and functions of human language systems, as the foundation of human culture; and (4) Cultural Anthropology -- the comparative study of human social and cultural adaptations.

REQUIRED TEXTS

1) Bailey, G.; Peoples, J. 2002. Essentials of Cultural Anthropology. Wadsworth.

2) Kamp, K. 1998. Life in the Pueblo: Understanding the Past through Archaeology. Waveland Press.

3) Lewin, R. 1999. Human Evolution: An Illustrated Introduction, 4th ed. Blackwell Scientific Publications.

4) Philips, S. 1993. The Invisible Culture: Communication in Classroom and Community on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Waveland Press.

5) Reed, R. 1997. Forest Dwellers, Forest Protectors. Allyn & Bacon.

6) Reserved Readings in Burling Library. (RR #1-6)

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

Exams (20% each): Three exams and a final will be given during the semester. If you are happy with your grades on the exams, you do not have to take the cumulative final! If you elect to take the final, your lowest exam score (of the 4) will be dropped. However, you MUST take all three regular exams. Exams will be primarily short essay questions. Make-up exams are given only in cases of extreme emergency, e.g, hospitalization. Dates: 21FEB, 04APR, 07MAY

Cumulative Final: Thursday, May 15, 2pm

Writing Assignments:

1) Skeletal/Fossil Cast Comparison & Write-up (10%): A 2-4 page comparison and discussion of similarities/differences between 2-3 specimens from the skeleton and fossil cast collection.

Due: 03MAR

2) Cross-Cultural Research (25%): A 5-7 page cross-cultural research paper using the e-HRAF database with a hypothesis, predictions, data collection, and write-up. Due: 30APR

Class Participation/Attendance (5%): You are expected to attend regularly and participate in class discussions. I TAKE ATTENDANCE.

I. INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL ANTHROPOLOGY
DATE:	TOPIC:	ASSIGNMENT:
M – 20JAN	Preliminaries	N/A
W – 22JAN	An-thro-po-lo-gy?	Bailey & Peoples 1
F – 24JAN	Anthropological Options VIDEO: Anthropologists at Work (40min)	N/A
M – 27JAN	Tools of the Trade	RR1: Ember & Ember, Explanation and Evidence
II. BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
W – 29JAN	Darwin & His Theory: What a Guy!	Lewin 1-6
F – 31JAN	Primate Models and Model Primates	Lewin 10-13
M – 03FEB	Monkey See, Monkey Do VIDEO: Monkey in the Mirror (52min)	N/A
W – 05FEB	How to Find a Fossil	Lewin 7-9
F – 07FEB	The Hominoid-Hominine Transition	Lewin 14-16
M – 10FEB	Bipedalism and Australopithecus: More than a standing ape?	Lewin 17-20
W – 12FEB	Homo habilis/rudolfensis & Homo erectus/ergaster: What’s in a name?	Lewin 21,22,24,26
F – 14FEB	Homo sapiens: Pretty darned smart and clever…	Lewin 27-29
M – 17FEB	Stone Tools	Lewin 23,25,30
W – 19FEB	Human Variation: If race isn’t real, what is it?	RR2:Gould, 27,29,31 RR3:Ember&Ember, Human Variation
F – 21FEB	EXAM 1
III. ARCHAEOLOGY AND LINGUISTICS
M – 24FEB	Neolithic Revolution: The worst mistake in human history?	Lewin 34-35
W – 26FEB	Archaeological Methods VIDEO: Other Peoples Garbage (38min)	Lewin 7,9 (review) Handouts
F – 28FEB	Archaeological Methods	RR4: Turnbaugh et al., Arch. Approaches to Later Prehistory
M – 03MAR	Archaeology Case Study SKELETAL/FOSSIL PAPER DUE (Lab materials distributed)	Kamp 1-5
W – 05MAR	Archaeology Case Study In-class Lab Bring Kamp and all handouts to class	Kamp 6-11
F – 07MAR	VIDEO: Koko (60 min)	Read about Koko at www.gorilla.org
M – 10MAR	Language	Lewin 31,32 Bailey & Peoples 3
W – 12MAR	Linguistics Case Study (Lab materials distributed)	Philips 1-5
F – 14MAR	Linguistics Case Study	Philips 6-8
15MAR-30MAR	SPRING BREAK!!!!
M – 31MAR	Linguistics	RR5: Maltz & Borker, A Cultural Approach to Male-Female Miscommunication RR6: Rickford, Suite for Ebony and Phonics
W – 02APR	Linguistics In-Class Lab	N/A
F – 04APR	EXAM 2
IV. CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
M – 07APR	Culture & Cultural Anthropology	Bailey & Peoples 2,4
W – 09APR	Modes of Production	Bailey & Peoples 5
F – 11APR	VIDEO : Bitter Melons (30min)	N/A
M – 14APR	Exchange/Economic Systems and Stratification	Bailey & Peoples 6,10
W – 16APR	Marriage & Kinship	Bailey & Peoples 7,8
F – 18APR	VIDEO: N!ai (60min)	N/A
M – 21APR	Gender	Bailey & Peoples 9
W – 23APR	Religion	Bailey & Peoples 11
F – 25APR	VIDEOS : The Spirit Possession of Alejandro Mumani (27min) The Hutterites (25min)	N/A
M – 28APR	Development and Globalization	Bailey & Peoples 13,14
W – 30APR	Development & Indigenous People RESEARCH PAPER DUE	Reed Forward - 3
F – 02MAY	Development & Indigenous People	Reed 4-5
M – 05MAY	VIDEO: At The Edge of Conquest (30m)	N/A
W – 07MAY	EXAM 3	N/A
F – 09MAY	Wrap-up	N/A
THURS – 15MAY, 2P	CUMULATIVE FINAL - OPTIONAL