UC Davis General Catalog, 2006-2008 - General Catalog - UC Davis

142 Anthropology
146. Peoples and Politics of Mexico and
Central America (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 2. Politics and culture in Mexico and Central
America from the time of Independence to the
present. Non-indigenous as well as indigenous people.
Regional focus will vary. GE credit: SocSci, Div,
Wrt.
147. Peoples of the Pacific (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 2 or consent of instructor. Ethnographic survey
of aboriginal cultures of Oceania. Comparison
of origins, prehistory, and traditional social organization
of peoples of Polynesia, Micronesia, and
Melanesia. Consideration of recent changes associated
with colonialism and national independence.
GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
148A. Culture and Political Economy in
Contemporary China (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 2 or consent of instructor. Examination of contemporary
Chinese culture and political economy
through reading ethnographic studies on recent
transformations in rural and urban Chinese society.
Special attention to state power, popular culture,
spatial mobility, city space, and gender. GE credit:
SocSci, Div, Wrt.—III. Zhang
148AS. Culture and Political Economy in
Contemporary China (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 2 or consent of instructor. Examination of contemporary
central aspects of Chinese culture and
political economy through reading ethnographic
studies on recent transformations in rural and urban
areas. Special attention to state power, privatization,
popular culture, migration, consumption, village
life, city space, class, and gender relations.
Taught in China. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
148B. Family, Gender, and Population in
Contemporary China (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 2. Analysis of family process, gender relations,
and population dynamics in relation to state
power in China since 1949. GE credit: SocSci, Div,
Wrt.
148C. Ethnic Diversity of China (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 2. Analysis of China's ethnic diversity
through time and space. Interethnic relations in
changing state systems examined among Han majority
subethnic groups (e.g., Cantonese, Hakka) and
borderlands minorities (e.g., Hmong, Tibetan).
Emphasizes intersections of gender and class with
race/ethnicity/nationality. GE credit: SocSci, Div,
Wrt.
149A. Traditional Japanese Society (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 2. Patterns of culture and social organization
from prehistoric to early twentieth-century Japan.
Origins, prehistory, and traditional religious and
political systems, marriage and kinship, language
and culture. Changes and continuities in traditional
and contemporary Japanese culture are addressed.
GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
149B. Contemporary Japanese Society (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Introduction to
contemporary Japanese social structure, social organization,
and patterns of culture. Analysis of ruralurban
cultural continuities and contrasts, class relations,
political and economic systems, kinship, sex/
gender systems, contemporary religious beliefs and
behavior, conflict, consensus, and cultural stereotypes.
GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—II. Shibamoto
Smith
151. Primate Evolution (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 1 or Biological Sciences 1B. Origin and relationships
of the prosimians, monkeys, and apes. GE
credit: SciEng, Wrt.—III. McHenry
152. Human Evolution (5)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour; term paper.
Prerequisite: course 1 or Biological Sciences 1B.
Nature and results of the evolutionary processes
involved in the formation and differentiation of
humankind. GE credit: SciEng, Wrt.—II. McHenry
153. Human Biological Variation (5)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour; term paper.
Prerequisite: course 1 or Biological Sciences 1B. Origin,
adaptive significance and methods of analysis
of genetic differences among human populations.
Special attention given to racial differences such as
those in blood groups, plasma proteins, red cell
enzymes, physiology, morphology, pigmentation
and dermatoglyphics. GE credit: SciEng, Wrt.—I.
D.G. Smith
154A. The Evolution of Primate Behavior
(5)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour; term paper.
Prerequisite: course 1. Examines ecological diversity
and evolution of social systems of prosimians, monkeys,
and apes, placing the social behavior of the
primates in the context of appropriate ecological
and evolutionary theory. GE credit: SciEng, Wrt.—II.
Harcourt
154B. Behavior and Ecology of Primates (3)
Lecture—2 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course
154A, Statistics 13 or the equivalent, or consent of
instructor. Continuation of course 154A. Scientific
methods of studying, describing, and analyzing the
behavior and ecology of primates. Quantitative
analysis of data. GE credit: Wrt.—III. Isbell
154BL. Laboratory in Primate Behavior and
Ecology (2)
Laboratory—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 154B
(may be taken concurrently), Statistics 13 or the
equivalent, or consent of instructor. Continuation of
course 154A and 154B. Direct observation and
study of captive primates in social groups at the California
Regional Primate Research Center. Not open
for credit to students who have completed course
154B prior to fall 2003. (P/NP grading only.)—III.
Isbell
155. Comparative Primate Anatomy (4)
Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—4 hours. Prerequisite:
Biological Sciences 1B. The functional anatomy of
monkeys, apes, and man. Emphasis on the anatomical
evidence for human evolution. GE credit: SciEng,
Wrt.
156. Human Osteology (4)
Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—4 hours. Prerequisite:
course 1 or the equivalent. Introductory study of the
human skeleton, including bone growth, pathology,
radiology, evolution, dentition, and variations in
race, sex, and age. GE credit: SciEng.—III. Weaver
157. Anthropological Genetics (3)
Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 1 or Biological
Sciences 1A, and Genetics 100, 103, 105, or
106. Processes of micro-evolution responsible for
biological differences among human populations.
Special attention will be given to the adaptive significance
of genetic variation in blood group antigens,
serum proteins and red cell enzymes. GE credit:
SciEng.
157L. Laboratory in Anthropological
Genetics (2)
Lecture—1 hour; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite:
course 1 or Biological Sciences 1A, and either
Genetics 100 or enrollment in course 157 (concurrently
or following). Methods for identifying genetic
variation in human blood group antigens, serum proteins
and red cell enzymes (hemaglutination), general
electrophoresis on starch, cellulose acetate and
polyacrylamide, immunodiffusion and immunoelectrophoresis
on agarase. (P/NP grading only.) GE
credit with concurrent enrollment in course 157:
Wrt.
158. The Evolution of Females and Males:
Biological Perspective (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 1. Current theoretical frameworks for explaining
the evolution of sex differences and for understanding
the interrelationship between biological
processes and cultural construction of gender roles.
GE credit: SciEng, Div, Wrt.—II.
159. Molecular Anthropology of Native
America (4)
Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course
1 or Biological Sciences 1B or consent of instructor.
Use of DNA and other genetic polymorphisms to test
hypotheses regarding genetic relationships among
different Native American tribal groups and about
prehistoric population replacements and migrations
to and within the Americas. Integration with craniometric,
archaeological, paleoenvironmental, linguistic
and ethnohistorical evidence.
170. Archeological Theory and Method (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
courses 1 and 3. Introduction to history and development
of archeological theory and method, with particular
emphasis on the basic dependence of the
latter on the former. Stress is on historical development
of archaeology in the New World. GE credit:
SocSci, Div, Wrt.—II. Bettinger
171. Geoarcheology (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 3. Theories, methods, and techniques for
studying the geomorphic context of archeological
sites. Particular attention to sediment and soil
attributes and analyses for understanding important
local landform features and developmental histories
of archeological sites. GE credit: SocSci, Wrt.
172. New World Prehistory: The First
Arrivals (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 3 or consent of instructor. Survey of data
relating to the peopling of the New World. Cultural
adaptation and development of early inhabitants of
North and South America. GE credit: SocSci, Div,
Wrt.
173. New World Prehistory: Archaic
Adaptations (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 3 or consent of instructor; course 170 recommended.
Introduction to and survey of prehistoric
hunting and gathering adaptations across North
America with particular emphasis on the East, Southeast,
Midwest, Plains, Southwest, and Northwest.
GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
175. Andean Prehistory: Archaeology of
the Incas and their Ancestors (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 3. Prehistory of the Andean region, especially
Peru, from the earliest hunting and gathering
societies through the Inca. Focus on the use of
archaeological data to reconstruct ancient human
adaptations to the varied Andean environments.—I.
Eerkens
176. Prehistory of California and the Great
Basin (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 3 or consent of instructor. Description and
analysis of the prehistoric peoples of California and
the Great Basin from earliest times to European contact.
GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.
178. Hunter-Gatherers (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 2. Study and interpretation of the ancient and
modern lifeway in which peoples support themselves
with primitive technologies and without benefit of
domesticated plants and animals. GE credit: SocSci,
Div, Wrt.—III. Bettinger
179. Ethnoarchaeology (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 3. Relationships between behavior and its
archeological consequences. Ethnography by archeologists
examines residence patterning, site-formation
processes, hunting/foraging behavior and other
artifact creating activities and how these contribute
to modern archeological thinking. GE credit: SocSci,
Div, Wrt.
180. Zooarcheology (4)
Lecture—2 hours; discussion/laboratory—3 hours.
Prerequisite: course 1 and 3 or consent of instructor.
Theories and methods for studying animal skeletal
Quarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2007-2008 offering in parentheses
General Education (GE) credit: ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Social-Cultural Diversity; Wrt=Writing Experience