Class Notes for Christopher Watts

Three elements of archaeological research: observed material culture, unobserved (past) human/non-human activity. Material evidence: physical, artifact

Jan27th,2011. : franzboaz(1858 1942), prejudice,westerncivilizationissuperior, acceptedthelabeledgavebyanthropology(kwakiutt), when

Franz boas 1858-1942: with kwakwaka"wakw (kwakiutl) family, vancouver island, 1894, each culture is a complex of language, culture, and physical type,

Theme: thinking is a social act : study of contemporary and recent human populations, comparative field interested in how societies vary and why, under

Darwin couldn"t figure out how traits moved from one to another. Didn"t understand what was going on on cellular level. Very short generation time (did

Rewrite! your lecture notes in full immediately after lecture. *lecture notes will be on the course website. Section goals: historical development of b

Application of modern evolution theory to studies of morphology, ecology, and behaviour of human and non human primates primatology scientific study of

Learning resources: book lavenda and schultz available in uoft bookstore, kalmar notes online. Office hours: tuesdays 12:30-1:30, check contacts web pa

, northern china in 1750 b. c. , in the new world 2kya and in tropical africa years later: ancient high civilizations, mesopotamia (3200 bc), nile vall