Anthropology 191ANTH1 - FYS - Written in Bone
Fall
2016
02
1.00
Gina Agostini
TU 8:30AM 9:20AM
UMass Amherst
73567
Not available at this time.
Open to first-year SBS students (include direct admits to all SBS majors and Exploratory Track SBS students) This course has two primary goals. The first is to familiarize new students to the many resources available to them on campus. Students will learn how to utilize library resources for research, how to access tutors and other forms of academic support, as well as general tips on how to make their time at UMASS as successful and productive as possible.
The second goal is to introduce students to anthropology, particularly the subfields of biological anthropology and archaeology. To do this, we will explore key concepts in anthropology as revealed by the skeleton. The skeleton is a remarkably dynamic organic system that changes throughout our lives, and therefore contains many clues about who we are. We will see how researchers use the clues "locked in bone" to learn things about behavior, health, migration, conflict, and cultural practices in past populations. From fossil hominins to Egyptian pharaohs to ourselves, we will investigate the many ways that anthropologists engage with skeletal remains to discover the richness of life, past and present.
The second goal is to introduce students to anthropology, particularly the subfields of biological anthropology and archaeology. To do this, we will explore key concepts in anthropology as revealed by the skeleton. The skeleton is a remarkably dynamic organic system that changes throughout our lives, and therefore contains many clues about who we are. We will see how researchers use the clues "locked in bone" to learn things about behavior, health, migration, conflict, and cultural practices in past populations. From fossil hominins to Egyptian pharaohs to ourselves, we will investigate the many ways that anthropologists engage with skeletal remains to discover the richness of life, past and present.