Anthropology
Anthropology is the study of human beings and everything about them from their earliest beginnings several million years ago to the many cultures which make up our world today. As a discipline, it focuses upon the problems which humans everywhere face, upon how humans define these problems and upon the various solutions which different peoples, at different times and places and restricted in different ways by their societies, cultures and environments, have offered to these problems.
Native Peoples of North America
(ANT-913)
381-913-MS (3-0-3) 2 credits
Prerequisite: ANT-900
Examines the cultures of the original people of our continent, from the Inuit of the arctic to the Aztec of Mexico. Students will consider: economy, government, family, religion and environment, and the ways in which these influence one another and work together. Their history will be traced: from small bands of hunter-gatherers, to their building of great cities, to their roles in modern nations.
