This course is a general survey of archaeology and the history of archaeology. Emphasis will be placed on major discoveries, their impact and their importance and the relevance of archaeology as it realtes to history. Included will be a general survey of world prehistory revealing major cultural changes from the development of early foraging societies through the rise of agricultural and complex communities. A study of prehistoric cultures and their evolution in adaptive responses to changing natural and social environments from the early Paleolithic to the emergence of urban civilizations will also be studied. A review of field methods will be reviewed during the term.

This is a general survey course to provide the student with a broad background on the biological and cultural evolution of the human species, with emphasis on culture as an adaptive and learned behavior, necessary for survival. Various institutions in societies are also examined. The following will be covered: 1. the Four Fields, biology and evolution, primates, bipeds, genus Homo, Homo sapiens, research methods, history and persepctives on the nature of anthropological culture, culture diversity, and the value of multiculturalism; 2. how we grow up human - race, emergence of civilizations, survival needs and skills, agriculture, horticulture, contraception, economic systems, labor, industrial and non-industrial society; 3. languages, marrage and family across cultures, kinship and descent, sex and gender; 4. political organization, civilization, social control, social stratification, supernatural beliefs, art, globalization of culture, culture change.