Texts:

Yanomamö: The Fierce People. N. Chagnon, (5th ed.)

The Netsilik Eskimo. A. Balikci

The Isthmus Zapotecs: A Matrifocal Culture of Mexico,  B. Chiñas (2nd ed.)

COURSE SCHEDULE

Week	Topic	Readings	Web Readings
January 10-12	Fieldwork & Cultural Theory	B: ix-xxiv; C: 1-43; BC: xi-xx; 1-5	Chimpanzee Culture?
January 17-19	Cultural Evolution & Environment	C: 45-60; BC: 6-15
January 24-26	Ecology & Human Adaptation	C: 60-71;  BC: 16-22	Native American Conservationism?
Jan 31 -February 2	Demography & Subsistence	B: 23-90, 147-162; BC: 23-41	Some Like it Hot
February 7-9	Technology & Settlement Pattern Exam (9th)	B: 3-22; C: 71-97
February 14-16	Family Life	B: 93-109; C: 121-137; BC 43-60	Children, Co-habitation, and Marriage
February 21-23	Kinship	B: 111-131; C:137-158 BC: 72-84;	Honor Killings
February 28 -March 2	Marriage	B: 133-144;	Marriage and Inbreeding
March 7-9	Economics	B: 147-162; C 159-183
Spring Break 14-16
March 21-23	Exam (23rd March)	B: 163-193; C:185 207; BC 85-112	Biased Focus?
March 28-30	Sex Differences & Sexual Behavior	B: 241-257; B: 197-238; C: 99-119 & 207-226; BC 61-71
April 4-6	Politics War & Conflict Management	C:227-260	Biopiracy: Whose Property is it Anyway?
April 11-13	Religion	BC 113-125
April 18-20	Acculturation & Change: current situations Book Report Preliminary Drafts Due, April 21st	Review
April 25-27	Final Exam, April 25th	Dead Week
Finals Week May 5-7	Book Report Due May 5th

  

Key for readings: B=Balikci, C=Chagnon, BC=Chiñas

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