Academic Calendar - 2020 ARCHIVE

Western University Academic Calendar. - 2020ARCHIVE
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Anthropology 3309F/G

HUNTING AND GATHERING SOCIETIES


An overview of issues concerning hunter-gatherers from both an archaeological and ethnographic perspective. Topics include: the usefulness of the "hunter-gatherer" category, debates about the original state of human nature, and the causes of subsistence and societal variability including the shift to agriculture and the development of non-egalitarian societies.

Prerequisite(s): Any Arts and Humanities or Social Science 0.5 or 1.0 Essay course.

Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.

Course Weight: 0.50
Breadth: CATEGORY A i  
Subject Code: ANTHRO

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