Professor: Dr. Mark Williams
Room 151C, Baldwin Hall
542-1619 or 542-8737 jmw@arches.uga.edu
See me after class to set up appointments or just talk about Anthropology.
Text: Anthropology
William Haviland
10th Edition
Grading: Exam 1 25% Thursday, February 13
Exam 2 25% Thursday, March 13
Term Paper 25% Due Tuesday, April 29
Exam 3 25% Thursday, May 8, 7 PM
The exams will be derived much more from the lecture material than from the text. I do not teach in the same sequence that the text presents the material, and view it more as a supplement. Keep up with it on your own. The term paper will be discussed in class.
Sequence of Topics During the Semester
General Introduction to Anthropology and its Subfields
Important Concepts of Anthropology
Culture, Ethnocentrism, Cultural Relativism, Culture Change
Cultural Evolution
History of Anthropology
Vital Cultural Evolutionary Concepts
Human Origins
Mythology
Physical Evolution
History of People and Ideas
Modern Perspective
Modern Primates
Characteristics and Classification
Fossil History of Primates and Humans
Older and Current Views
Modern Human Physical Variation
The Meaning of Race
Human Language
Descriptive, Historical, Social
Archaeology Introduction
Goals and Methods
World Prehistory
Early European Prehistory
New World Prehistory
Origins of Agriculture
Ideas of Why it Happened
Economic Aspects of Human Survival
Ecosystems and Humans
Selected Aspects of Food Getting
Social Life
Marriage, Family, Kinship Systems
Social Status and Social Power
Religion
Origins and Functions
The Future of Mankind