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COURSE OUTLINE |
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TOPICS: |
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A. |
Anthropological point of view; What is Culture? Overview of course. |
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Sociopolitical organization. |
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The first Americans; Beringian passage. Clovis and Folsom. |
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D. |
Formative: Transition to settled life. |
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Civilization: |
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Classic and Postclassic |
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Mesoamerica |
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Civilizations of the Southwest; Mogollon, Hohokam, and Anasazi |
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F. |
Geography and culture. Adaptation and cultural ecology. |
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G. |
Culture area concept. |
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H. |
The Arctic and Subarctic, Koyukon, Athabaskan. |
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I. |
Northwest culture area. |
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Tlingit |
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Kwakiutl. |
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J. |
Great Plains, Cheyenne culture and Sioux Nation. |
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K. |
Southwest and Pueblo Indians, Navajo culture, and Apache Indians. |
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L. |
Great Basin and Ute Indians. |
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M. |
Northeast and Iroquois. |
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N. |
Indian religion; shamanism; use of stimulants. |