ANTH 348

Peopling of New Territories

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-0

Current reconstructions show humans initially evolved in Africa, and subsequently expanded their range to the extent that, by the time of European voyages of world exploration, people were already almost everywhere. Focuses on the processes by which humans discovered and adapted to previously unsettled lands. Emphasis will be on archeological data and interpretation via selected case studies, particularly the first people of Australia, the Pacific, and the Americas.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one of 348, 390, 392 (if taken in the same topic).

Prerequisites: 240.

Undergraduate course in Anthropology offered by the Department of Anthropology in the Faculty of Social Sciences.