• ANTH 5020: Biological Anthro

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Offers a graduate level overview of biological anthropology. Beginning with the history of relevant areas of human biology, provides extensive discussion of such areas as paleoanthropology, primatology, and human variation. Also includes detailed theoretical examinations of topics within hominid evolution, the concept of race and sociobiology. Prerequisite: first year anthropology graduate student standing.
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• ANTH 5030: Linguistic Anth

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Demonstrates interrelationships between language, human biology, and culture. In particular, the relevance of the study of language to biological anthropology, archaeology, and cultural anthropology is emphasized. Examines classic approaches in anthropological linguistics and recent controversies such as the origin of language in human evolution.
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• ANTH 5110: Zooarchaeology I

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  An introductory level seminar in the archaeological analysis of faunal materials. Emphasis is on the identification and curation of bones from archaeological and Late Pleistocene paleontological contexts, including their use in the interpretation of prehistoric and historic human behavior, the investigation of paleoenvironmental conditions and paleoecological relationships and problem-oriented taphonomic research. Dual listed with ANTH 4110. Prerequisite: ANTH 1300.
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• ANTH 5115: Lithic Analysis

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  An overview of the analysis of stone tools and waste flakes from archaeological sites. Emphasizes appropriate use of typology and methods of debitage analysis. Dual listed with ANTH 4115. Prerequisite: ANTH 1300 and 9 additional hours in anthropology.
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• ANTH 5120: North Amer Arch

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Studies North American prehistory from the earliest evidence to historical times. Dual listed with ANTH 4120. Prerequisite: ANTH 1300 or consent of instructor.
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• ANTH 5125: NW Plains Prehist

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Northwestern Plains archaeology from Paleoindian period to historic contact. A review of important sites and artifact types, ongoing UW research projects, regional chronologies, current theoretical topics, prehistoric migrations, ethnobotany, cultural ecology, rock art and other expressions of ideology, Native American ethnohistory and contemporary perspectives, and historic preservation issues. Dual listed with ANTH 4125. Prerequisites: ANTH 1300.
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• ANTH 5130: Old World Arch

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Survey of the major archaeological sequences of the Old World. Dual listed with ANTH 4130. Prerequisite: ANTH 1300.
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• ANTH 5135: Quant Methods Anth

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  A consideration of the use of quantitative methods in anthropological research, including descriptive and inferential statistics, pattern search, mathematical modeling and computer simulation. Dual listed with ANTH 4135. Prerequisites: STAT 2070 or comparable course.
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• ANTH 5145: Origins of the State

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  This course takes a comparative approach to the study of the origins of the archaic states. Focus is given to themes in complexity such as emergence of social economic inequality, private property, power, ideology, and urbanism. Comparative civilizations/regions include early China, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Central Mexico, and Peru. Prerequisite: ANTH 1300
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• ANTH 5150: Seminar in Prehist

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Covers the prehistory of a specified region or time period within that region. emphasizes learning prehistoric sequences, material culture, and research questions associated with the topic. Topics include, but are not limited to, Paleoindian, Arachaic, Siberian, Northern Plains, Great Basin, Rocky Mountain, or Southwestern Archaeology. Dual listed with ANTH 4150. Prerequisite: ANTH 1300.
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