ANTH 1562 - LIVING WITH HERDS: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF NOMADIC PASTORALISM

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines the wide range of pastoralist lifeways that have existed in the past up to the present through a comparative anthropological archaeology approach. It is designed as an upper-level writing-intensive seminar (W-course) that is especially appropriate for Anthropology majors. The appearance of pastoralism coincided with early transitions to the use of domesticated plants and animals and represented dynamic new human-animal relationships and trajectories of interdependency. According to the UN, pastoralism can be found in 75% of the countries around the world today and is a lifeway practiced by 500 million people including agro-pastoralists, transhumant herders, nomadic communities, ranchers and others. This course introduces students to the important role that anthropology and anthropological archaeology have had in the study of early forms of pastoralism and how this contributes to the broader study and understanding of contemporary pastoralism as a lifeway.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

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