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 15-17	Fieldwork & Cultural Theory	B: ix-xxiv; C: 1-43; BC: xi-xx; 1-5	Chimpanzee Culture?
January 22-24	Cultural Evolution & Environment	C: 45-60; BC: 6-15
January 29-31	Ecology & Human Adaptation	C: 60-71;  BC: 16-22	Native American Conservationism?
February 5-7	Demography & Subsistence	B: 23-90, BC: 23-41	Garden of Eden?
February 12-14	Technology & Settlement Pattern Exam (14th)	B: 3-22; C: 71-97	Some Like it Hot
February 19-21	Family Life	B: 93-109 & 147-162; C: 121-137; BC 43-60	Marriage Market
February 26-28	Kinship	B: 111-131; C:137-158 BC: 72-84;	Honor Killings
March 4-6	Marriage	B: 133-144;	Marriage and Inbreeding
March 11-13	Inter-village relationships	B: 147-162; C 159-183
Spring Break 16-23
March 25-27	Exam (25th March) Review Session on March 24th in 106 Avery at 5:00-6:20	B: 163-193; C:185 207; BC 85-112	Evolution & Morality
April 1-3	Sex Differences & Sexual Behavior	B: 241-257; B: 197-238; C: 99-119 & 207-226; BC 61-71
April 8-10	Politics War & Conflict Management	C:227-260	Biopiracy: Whose Property is it Anyway?
April 15-17	Religion	BC 113-125
April 22-24	Acculturation & Change: current situations Book Report Preliminary Drafts Due, April 22nd	Review
April 29-May 1	Book Report due, April 29th	Dead Week Final Exam Review
Finals Week May 5-8	Final Exam May 7th: 1-3 PM

  

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

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