ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Anthropological Sciences (DPA)
Director: Andreas Koenig, Anthropology, Ward Melville Social and Behavioral Sciences Building, S-517, (631) 632-1513
Graduate Secretary: Jean Moreau, Ward Melville Social and Behavioral Sciences Building, S-501, (631) 632-7606
Degree awarded: Ph.D. in Anthropology
Interdepartmental Doctoral Also in the Department of Anatomical of the IDPAS. All rules, regulations, and
Sciences is a biomechanics lab that requirements of the Graduate School,
Program in Anthropological includes equipment and facilities for Stony Brook University, must be satis-
Sciences force-plate analysis, high-speed cine- fied in addition to those described in this
The Interdepartmental Doctoral Program matography and cineradiography, and section. Interested students should
in Anthropological Sciences (IDPAS), in three-dimensional morphometrics, as request information and application
the College of Arts and Sciences, is an well as bone strain and telemetered forms as early as possible, especially if
interdisciplinary and interdepartmental electromyography. Scanning and trans- they plan to apply for financial aid.
program leading to the Ph.D. degree that mission electron microscope facilities In addition to the admission require-
draws upon faculty and resources from are available elsewhere on campus. ments of the Graduate School, the
the Departments of Anatomical Students have access to excellent IDPAS requires:
Sciences, Anthropology, Asian Studies, libraries and collections and to campus A. A bachelor’s degree from an
Geosciences, and History. The goal of computing services. accredited college and a minimum
the IDPAS is to train students for Fieldwork opportunities are available grade point average of 3.0 (B)
careers in research and teaching in in archaeology, paleontology, and prima- in all undergraduate coursework
archaeology, cultural anthropology, and tology. There are active sites for primate and 3.25 in the major field of
physical anthropology. Students in the behavior research in Central Africa, concentration;
Ph.D. program who have already been Madagascar, and Thailand. The new B. Results of the Graduate Record
advanced to candidacy may, upon peti- Turkana Basin Institute provides IDPAS
tion, receive a master’s degree without Examination (GRE) General Test;
students with access to field opportuni- C. Test of English as a Foreign
submitting a master’s thesis. ties for paleontology and archaeology in
Language for international
northern Kenya. Additionally, the archae-
Facilities and Research students–minimum score:
ology faculty have active field sites in
550 (paper exam) or 220
Opportunities Eritrea, Kenya, Long Island, Sudan, and
(computer-based exam);
Extensive laboratory space as well as Turkey. Paleontological field research is
D. Acceptance by the IDPAS
desk space is available for all graduate ongoing in Argentina, Ethiopia, India,
and the Graduate School.
students. The archaeology and physical Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, North
anthropology labs housed in the America, and South Africa. Ethnographic
work is ongoing in China, East Timor,
Faculty
Department of Anthropology provide
facilities for the analysis of artifact col- Indonesia, Madagascar, Mexico, Spain, Distinguished Professors
lections—especially stone tools and fau- and Venezuela. Students may be invited Distinguished Professor: Fleagle, John, Ph.D.,
nal remains, application of remote sensing to participate in these projects. 1976, Harvard University: Primate and human
and Geographic Information Systems The Institute for Long Island evolution; primate behavior; functional
Archaeology conducts cultural resource morphology; growth and development.
(GIS), analysis of primate or human
remains, and advanced electron management studies throughout the Distinguished Service Professor: Krause,
microscopy (EM). Housed in the New York metropolitan area and pro- David W., Ph.D., 1982, University of
Department are archaeological collec- vides support for graduate students Michigan: Evolution, form, and function of
interested in local archaeology. The mammalian dentition; evolutionary history
tions from Africa, Long Island, the Near
Institute has a research library with and paleobiology of early mammals, particu-
East, and South America. A fully
extensive holdings on local archaeology larly primates.
equipped preparation lab provides oppor-
tunities for state-of-the-art mineralized and history, and its large collections of Distinguished Teaching Professor: Stern,
prehistoric and historic materials are Jack T., Jr., Ph.D., 1969, University of
tissue research.
available for student research projects. Chicago: Functional morphology of primates;
Outside of the Department of
biomechanics of muscle.
Anthropology, interested students have
access to the research facilities for com- Admission to the Ph.D. Professors
parative primate morphology, human Program Arens, W., Ph.D., 1970, University of Virginia:
anatomy, and human and primate evolu- Application procedures and require- Social anthropology; conservation; Africa and
tion housed in the Department of ments determined by Stony Brook the Mediterranean.
Anatomical Sciences, which are at pres- University, as set forth in this bulletin, Chittick, William C., Ph.D., 1974, Tehran
ent unparalleled at any other institution. must be followed. Applications will be University, Iran: Comparative religious systems;
The collections include primate fossils; reviewed by the admissions committee Islam; Middle East.
primate osteological material from Africa, of the IDPAS, and successful applicants Demes, Brigitte, Ph.D., 1982, University of
Asia, and South America; and living will be considered for financial assis- Bochum, Federal Republic of Germany:
nonhuman primates, including New tance through the award of a teaching Biomechanics; functional morphology;
and Old World monkeys and lemurs. assistantship (TA) by the TA committee allometry; primates.
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Doran-Sheehy, Diane M., Ph.D., 1989, from socialism; East Asia, China, Overseas may be substituted for BEE 551 with
University at Stony Brook: Primate behavior Chinese, Japan. the permission of the faculty in the
and ecology, socioecology of African apes. Shea, John J., Ph.D., 1991, Harvard student’s track), (b) BEE 552 Biometry
Gilmore, David, Ph.D., 1975, University of University: Old World paleolithic archaeology; (an equivalent statistics course, e.g.,
Pennsylvania: Complex societies, stratification, lithic analysis; Near East; Europe; Africa. PSY 501 and PSY 502, may be substi-
and peasant culture; Europe; Mediterranean. tuted with permission of the physical
Research Associate Professor
Grine, Frederick E., Ph.D., 1984, University of Borries, Carola, Ph.D., 1989, Georg-August anthropology faculty), and (c) DPA 541
the Witwatersrand, South Africa: Hominid University, Goettingen, Germany: Primate ecology Human Evolutionary Anatomy.
evolution; functional morphology of the and behavior, sociobiology; Asia. Students on the Primate Behavior
masticatory apparatus; diet reconstruction; track must take (1) BEE 551 Principles
dental anthropology; mineralized tissues. Assistant Professors
of Evolution, (2) BEE 552 Biometry (an
Hildebrand, Elisabeth, Ph.D., 2003, University
Hicks, David*, Professor, D.Phil., 1972, equivalent statistics course, e.g., PSY
of Washington: Archaeology, early farming,
Oxford University, England: Religion; kinship; 501 and PSY 502, may be substituted
Africa, paleoethnobotany.
Southeast Asia. with permission of the physical anthro-
O’Leary, Maureen A., Ph.D., 1997, Johns
Jungers, William L., Ph.D., 1976, University of pology faculty), and (3) BEE 550
Hopkins University: Origin of primates and
Michigan: Primate and human evolution; Principles of Ecology or BEE 586
anthropoids; vertebrate paleontology; mam-
functional morphology; biomechanics. Evolutionary Ecology. Additional
malian systematics; functional morphology;
Krause, David W., Ph.D., 1982, University of pattern of evolution. elective courses may be completed
Michigan: Evolution, form, and function of
Rasbury, Troy, E., Ph.D., 1998, University at during the second and third years of
mammalian dentition; evolutionary history and study under the supervision of the
Stony Brook: Sedimentary geochemistry;
paleobiology of early mammals, particularly Guidance Committee.
chronostratigraphy; geochronology.
primates.
Rossie, James, Ph.D., 2003, Yale University: 2. Archaeology Program: Required
Larson, Susan, Ph.D., 1982, University of Primate evolution, fossil catarrhines, East Africa.
Wisconsin, Madison: Functional morphology; courses that form the basis of the
primates; biomechanics. Seiffert, Eric, Ph.D., 2003, Duke University: The qualifying examination are:
evolution and reconstruction of early placental
Martin, Lawrence, Dean of the Graduate mammalian phylogeny and biogeography. (a) ANT/DPA 515 Archaeological
School, Ph.D., 1983, University of London, Theory, (b) a graduate-level Statistics
Twiss, Katheryn C., Ph.D., 2003, University of
England: Hominoid evolution; enamel thickness; course, and (c and d) two survey cours-
California, Berkeley: Old World archaeology;
enamel microstructure and development. es chosen from ANT/DPA 511
zooarchaeology; origins of agriculture; food;
Stone, Elizabeth C., Ph.D., 1979, University of Near East. Paleolithic Archaeology, ANT/DPA 513
Chicago: Old World archaeology; Origins of Agriculture, or ANT/DPA
state formation; ancient economy and society; Number of teaching assistants/graduate
assistants/research assistants, Fall 2005: 28
512 Comparative Civilizations.
Near East, remote sensing and GIS.
Additional requirements include (a)
Number of graduate fellows, Fall 2005: 4
Wright, Patricia C., Ph.D., 1985, City ANT/DPA 516 Research Design in
University of New York: Primate behavior and Archaeology, (b) one laboratory meth-
ecology; rainforest conservation; Madagascar. Degree Requirements ods course chosen from ANT/DPA 517
*Receipient of the State University Requirements for the Ph.D. Degree Primitive Technology, ANT/DPA 518
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research in Anthropology Lithic Technology, ANT/DPA 519
and Creative Endeavor Zooarchaeology, ANT/DPA 526 Remote
For a full description of IDPAS
Research Professor requirements and deadlines, please Sensing and GIS, or an additional labora-
Leakey, Meave G., PhD., 1968, University of request “IDPAS Rules, Regulations, tory course approved by committee,
North Wales: Human evolution, primate Requirements, and Procedures” from and (c) one area course chosen from
evolution, Africa. the graduate secretary. ANT/DPA 560 Ancient Mesopotamia,
ANT/DPA 562 Long Island
Associate Professors
A. Course Requirements Archaeology, ANT/DPA 564 African
Bernstein, David J., Ph.D., 1988, State
University of New York at Binghamton: Completion of a minimum of 48 grad- Stone Age, ANT/DPA 585 Prehistoric
New World archaeology; paleoecology; uate credits, maintaining a minimum Peoples of the Americas, or ANT/DPA
coastal societies; subsistence studies. 3.0 average in all graduate courses. 650, 651, 652, 653 (with committee
Koenig, Andreas, Ph.D., 1992, Georg-August Not more than four credits of SPD or approval). Students must also take one
University, Goettingen, Germany: Primate equivalent coursework may be applied elective course outside the archaeology
ecology and behavior; evolution of social toward the satisfaction of IDPAS subdiscipline (e.g., ANT/DPA 565
behavior; Asia. course requirements. Human Evolution, ANT/DPA 566
Kramer, Karen, Ph.D., 1998, University of New Hunters and Gatherers, ANT/DPA 582
1. Physical Anthropology: Required
Mexico: Life history theory, reproductive ecolo- Human Demography, ARH 541 Topics
courses are (a) DPA 564 Primate
gy, demography, household economics, evolu- in Ancient Art, GEO 521 Isotopes and
tion of human juvenility, cooperative breeding, Evolution, (b) DPA 565 Human
Trace Element Geology). Students must
Maya, Mesoamerica, Evolution, (c) DPA 567 Primate
have had one season of archeological
Madagascar agriculturalists. Behavior and Ecology. Other required
fieldwork (with committee approval)
Ruf, Gregory A., Ph.D., 1994, Columbia courses toward completion of study in
before advancing to candidacy.
University: History and anthropology; political the Evolutionary Morphology track
and economic anthropology; theory and include (a) BEE 551 Principles of 3. Cultural Anthropology: Required
methodology; rural industrialization; transitions Evolution, (BEE 561 Macroevolution courses that form the basis of the
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qualifying examination are (a) DPA 501 tion proposal will be defended orally at a tems and the environment. Readings include
Development of Anthropological Theory, seminar open to the academic community both classic studies as well as contemporary
research, with particular emphasis placed on
(b) DPA 540 Readings in Ethnography and to which all IDPAS faculty and the various dimensions and scales of social
and Ethnology, and (c) DPA 520 students are invited at least two weeks organization and activity, and on the role of
Principles of Social and Cultural in advance. Students should aim to cultural, religious, and political institutions in
Anthropology. Other courses required complete and defend their dissertation shaping ecological relationship as well as
for completion of the cultural anthro- economic behavior.
proposal during their third year in the
3 credits, ABCF grading
pology program include (a) DPA 620 program. Upon successful defense of the
Research Seminar in Topical Problems, proposal, the student may be advanced DPA 503 Social Organization
(b) DPA 640 Research Seminar in to candidacy. The M.A. may be awarded This course explores theoretical models and
Ethnography and Ethnology, and at this point. Dissertation research, empirical observations of human social organi-
zation in a comparative perspective, including
(c) three additional credits of DPA 540 writing, and examination are supervised
such topics as demography and behavioral
Readings in Ethnography and Ethnology. by the dissertation guidance committee. ecology, kinship and marriage, reciprocal
Other courses that may be taken at exchange, and political dimensions of resource
the discretion of the student’s guidance E. Teaching Requirement mobilization in small-scale as well as complex
committee include DPA 509 Seminar In accordance with Graduate School societies. Organized around different layers of
human sociality, the course examines social
in European Ethnography, DPA 561 regulations, every student must gain
dependence among humans and nonhuman
Peasant Societies and Cultures, and some teaching experience. This may primates, evolutionary explanations for human
a statistics course. involve the presentation of a number mating strategies, cooperation in child-rearing,
of lectures in a course offered by a paradigms of descent and affinity, and the
B. Qualifying Exam member of an IDPAS faculty. Upon dynamics of hierarchy and alliance in egalitar-
ian cultures as well as stratified states.
The qualifying examination must be advancement to candidacy, a student 3 credits, ABCF grading
taken after two or three semesters of may be assigned greater teaching
study (depending upon subfield) and responsibility in the form of an under- DPA 509 Seminar in European Ethnography
passed at an appropriate level. The graduate course to be prepared and Investigation and discussion of selected
qualifying examination is administered taught under the supervision of a topics and problems concerning European
societies and cultures. The perspectives of
to each student by the examination IDPAS faculty member. This arrange- culture history and current fieldwork are
committee of IDPAS. The examination ment will be made in consultation with employed. This course is offered as both ANT
varies by subfield. Students in Physical the student and with the approval of 509 and DPA 509.
Anthropology are required to develop a the TA committee and the student’s Fall, 3 credits, S/U grading
publishable research paper, students in advisor. No student will be required May be repeated for credit
archaeology take an oral exam, while to teach more than one course per year, DPA 511 Paleolithic Archaeology
students in cultural anthropology take a and credit for teaching assignments will A survey of the archaeological record of for-
written exam. The material covered in be given under the aegis of DPA 600. aging peoples in Africa, Europe, and Asia prior
the qualifying examination comprises to the emergence of agriculture. The course
that covered in the courses specified F. Written Dissertation and Defense emphasizes particular problems including the
relationship between behavioral and biological
above as well as that covered by the pre- The approval of a written thesis and its change, different adaptive strategies in
scribed reading list for the selected field. successful oral defense to the committee temperate and tropical zones, the origins of
and the University community at large modern humans, and the emergence of com-
C. Language Requirement are required. plex hunter-gatherer societies. This course is
offered as both ANT 511 and DPA 511.
The student must select the suitable
G. Time Limit Prerequisite: Any other archaeology course
language(s) necessary for the chosen Fall, 4 credits, ABCF grading
field of specialization with the approval The candidate must satisfy all require-
of the guidance committee. Language ments for the Ph.D. degree within seven DPA 512 Comparative Civilizations
tests must be passed prior to advance- years after completing 24 credit hours A comparative study of the processes of socio-
cultural evolution from the beginnings of
ment to candidacy. Language tests are of graduate courses at the Stony Brook sedentary life to the achievement of early
administered by members of the IDPAS University department or program in civilization in the Near East, Egypt, the Indus
faculty, by special arrangements, which the candidate is to receive his or Valley, China, Mesoamerica, and the Andean
her degree. area. The seminar covers such topics as
or through standardized tests. Before
urbanization, demography, irrigation, craft
recommending that a student be specialization, militarism, and trade and
permitted to engage in fieldwork, Courses exchange. This course is offered as both ANT
the guidance committee may ask the 512 and DPA 512.
student to demonstrate ability to speak DPA 501 Development of Anthropological Prerequisite: Graduate standing or
the language required for fieldwork. Theory permission of instructor
Survey of the development of anthropological Spring, 4 credits, ABCF grading
theory from the 19th century to the present.
D. Preparation of Dissertation This course is offered as both ANT 501 and DPA 513 Origins of Agriculture
Research Proposal DPA 501. This course will trace the history of anthropo-
The dissertation proposal is prepared Spring, 4 credits, ABCF grading logical thought on the origins of agriculture
under the direction of the dissertation and will assess the evidence from the Old
DPA 502 Social Ecology and New Worlds for this economic revolu-
guidance committee, which is composed This course explores theoretical and method- tion. The course will not only explore areas
of at least three IDPAS faculty members ological issues in the study of human social where early agriculture is evidenced, but
and an external member. The disserta- activity and its relationship to ecological sys- will also contrast these areas with those
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where agriculture was a later development. DPA 520 Principles of Social and Cultural special emphasis on the musculoskeletal mor-
Emphasis will be on the environmental, Anthropology phology of humans and higher primates. This
technological, biological, social, and cultural Concepts and principles of social and cultural course is offered as both DPA 541 and HBA 541.
processes associated with the “Neolithic anthropology; historical background, structure Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Revolution.” This course is offered as both and function, social processes, transactions, Fall, 8 credits, ABCF grading
ANT 513 and DPA 513. culture, communication, continuity, and other
Fall, 4 credits, ABCF grading change; topics and problems of contemporary DPA 550 Theory and Methodology in
interest. Some ethnographic monographs are Primatology
DPA 515 Theory and Method in Archaeology discussed in terms of their relevance to the Comprehensive overview of the theory and
general concepts and principles treated in the methodology used in the study of primate
Theoretical and methodological approaches
seminar. This course is offered as both ANT behavioral ecology. Includes ecological field
employed in archaeology. The goals of the
520 and DPA 520. methods, behavioral observations, analytical
course are to provide an historical perspec-
Fall, 4 credits, ABCF grading techniques, nonparametric statistics as well as
tive on the growth of theory and method in
archaeology and to examine in detail some of planning, presenting, and reviewing research.
DPA 526 The Use of Remote Sensing and Offered as both ANT 550 and DPA 550.
the pertinent research topics being studied GIS in Environmental Analysis
today. This course is offered as both ANT 515 Fall, even years, 3 credits, ABCF grading
An introduction to the use of aerial and
and DPA 515. satellite imagery in environmental analysis DPA 559 Archaeology of Food
Fall, 4 credits, ABCF grading and the manipulation of geographic data sets Explores the archaeological study of food
of all types using Geographic Information and foodways. The emphasis is on the social
DPA 516 Research Design in Archaeology Systems. This course is designed to teach stu- aspects of food, particularly its roles in past
An examination of the ways in which dents in archaeology, physical anthropology, power structures, social relationships, con-
archaeologists develop successful research and related disciplines how satellite imagery ceptions of identity, ritual practices, and
strategies for arriving at answers to key combined with various maps can be manipu- gender roles. Also covers the theoretical and
questions in the field. Students will analyze lated using GIS software to perform powerful methodological approaches archaeologists
grant proposals that received funding from geographic analysis. Although students are use to study food in the past.
the major sources of funding for archaeology eventually likely to use these tools in many Fall, alternate years, 3 credits,
before developing research proposals of their different parts of the world, this course focuses ABCF grading
own. The aim of the course is to provide the on Long Island as a research area, and each
class with the skills needed to plan their student designs and completes a research DPA 560 Ancient Mesopotamia
future research and compete successfully project on a particular section of the area, An examination of the cultural history of
for funding both for their thesis research and focusing on the habitats of local wildlife, the Mesopotamia based on the archaeological, tex-
in their future careers. locations of archaeological sites, coastal tual, and art historical record. Focusing on the
Fall, alternate years, 4 credits, regimes, etc. This course presumes computer fourth through second millennia, this course
literacy and familiarity with database manage- investigates both the long-term developmental
ABCF grading
ment. This course is offered as both ANT 526 process of this civilization, and ways to under-
and DPA 526 and coscheduled as HPH 658. stand its settlement systems, urban structure,
DPA 517 Primitive Technology
Spring, 3 credits, ABCF grading social and political organization, economic
An introduction to the technology of hunter-
structure, and the role played by religion.
gatherers. The course examines how
DPA 527 Field Methods and Techniques in Fall, even years, 4 credits, ABCF grading
archaeologists use both ethnography and
Archaeology
experimentation to shed light on prehistoric The course will be held during the summer DPA 561 Peasant Societies and Cultures
human technological adaptations. Techniques only. It consists of field and laboratory work The concept of peasantry is examined from
for making and using primitive tools are on an aspect of Long Island’s archaeological political, religious, and social class viewpoints
practiced in weekly laboratory sessions. heritage. Students’ time is divided between as well as from the more traditional economic
Fall, alternate years, 4 credits, surveying and excavation in the field and view. These agricultural peoples, who are
ABCF grading artifact analysis in the laboratory. Such essentially preliterate and preindustrial, are
May be repeated for credit techniques as map and air photo reading, described and analyzed especially in relation
survey, instruments, stratigraphy, conserva- to the national societies of which they form a
DPA 518 Lithic Technology tion, typology construction, etc., are taught. part. This course is offered as both ANT 561
A detailed overview of the methods archae- Students are exposed to the full range of and DPA 561.
ologists use to extract behavioral information excavation, survey, and laboratory methods Spring, 3 credits, ABCF grading
and techniques. This course is offered as
from prehistoric stone tools. The course
both ANT 527 and DPA 527. DPA 562 Long Island Archaeology
examines raw material economy, technological
strategies, tool use, and discard behavior. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or Life on Long Island and the surrounding
Analytical methods are practiced through the permission of instructor area from its first settlement by Native
Summer, even years, 3-9 credits, Americans 12,000 years ago until the end of
computer-assisted analysis of stone tools from
ABCF grading the 19th century. Trends and changes in
simulated archaeological sites.
human behavior are studied in the context of
Spring, alternate years, 4 credits, environmental and cultural processes affect-
DPA 540 Readings in Ethnography and
ABCF grading ing all of northeastern North America.
Ethnology
A survey of the more important and better Spring, 3 credits, ABCF grading
DPA 519 Archaeozoology documented cultures and societies of selected
An introduction to the study of animal bones world ethnographic areas and the implications DPA 563 Aspects of Animal Mechanics
from archaeological sites. Special emphasis of data from these for current approaches and An introduction to biomechanics. Covers
is on identification of fragmented bone, problems in ethnology. This course is offered freebody mechanics and kinetics as applied to
identification of bone surface modification, as both ANT 540 and DPA 540. vertebrate locomotion. Considers the struc-
calculation of indexes of abundance, and meas- Spring, 3 credits, ABCF grading ture and physiology of muscle as it relates to
urement and metrical analysis of mammal May be repeated for credit adaptations of the musculoskeletal system.
bone. Computer analysis is stressed, and the This course is offered as both HBA 563 and
class seeks to synthesize traditional archaeozo- DPA 541 Evolutionary Anatomy DPA 563.
ology and actualistic studies. This course is A lecture and laboratory with emphasis on Prerequisites: Introductory physics and
offered as both ANT 519 and DPA 519. dissection of the entire human body. Includes biology or permission of instructor
Fall, odd years, 4 credits, ABCF grading functional and comparative anatomy with Spring, odd years, 2 credits, ABCF grading
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DPA 564 Primate Evolution HBA 582 and DPA 582. DPA 640 Research Seminar in Ethnography
The taxonomic relationships and evolutionary Prerequisites: HBA 364 and previous course and Ethnology
history of primates as documented by their in human or vertebrate anatomy and This course is offered as both ANT 640 and
fossil record and structural and chemical permission of instructor DPA 640.
evidence. Emphasis on primates prior to the Spring, alternate years, 4 credits, Fall and spring, 1-3 credits, S/U grading
origin of the human lineage. This course is May be repeated for credit
ABCF grading
offered as ANT 564, DPA 564, and HBA 564.
Spring, even years, 4 credits, ABCF grading DPA 583 Human Demography DPA 650 Research Seminar in Archaeology
The study of human demography has had a 4 credits, S/U grading
DPA 565 Human Evolution long-standing focus in anthropology, archae-
A survey of the fossil record of hominid evo- ology, economics and sociology for the simple DPA 680 Special Seminar
lution through the Pliocene and Pleistocene reason that the distribution and density of peo- Selected topics in cultural and social anthro-
with emphasis on the morphological structure ple fundamentally shapes many other aspects pology. Topics reflect current interests of
and function of locomotor, masticatory, and of the human condition. Human Demography faculty and graduate students. This course is
neutral systems. Includes utilization of com- gives students an overview of population offered as both ANT 680 and DPA 680.
parative anatomical material and extensive dynamics both as they change through time Fall and spring, 1-3 credits, S/U grading
cast and slide collections. This course is offered and differ across cultures. The course starts
as ANT 565, DPA 565, and HBA 565. with outlining the history of population stud- DPA 699 Dissertation Research On Campus
Fall, even years, 4 credits, ABCF grading ies. Following this introduction, the three
Prerequisite: Must be advanced to candidacy
major components of population change—fer-
tility, mortality, and migration—are explored (G5); major portion of research must take
DPA 566 Studies in Functional Morphology
Introduction to the theory and methods of in depth. We then survey the seminal transi- place on SB campus, at Cold Spring Harbor,
functional morphology. Various methods of tions in human demographic history from or at Brookhaven National Lab
analysis and the application of experimental hunting and gathering to domestication and Fall, spring, and summer, 1-9 credits,
techniques such as electromyography or bone through modern postindustrial times. Drawing S/U grading
strain analysis are discussed as they pertain to from the ethnographic, human ecology, demo-
May be repeated for credit
the understanding of the interaction between graphic, and archaeological literature, students
read and discuss human demography from a
form and function. Special emphasis is placed DPA 700 Dissertation Research Off Campus–
variety of perspectives. The course includes
on the analysis of human and nonhuman pri-
some simple computations and a lab.
Domestic
mate morphology, and the application of this Prerequisite: Must be advanced to candidacy
analysis to interpretation of the fossil evidence Spring, 3-4 credits, ABCF grading
(G5); major portion of research will take
for human and nonhuman primate evolution. place off campus, but in the U.S. and/or
DPA 585 Prehistoric Peoples of the Americas
This course is offered as both HBA 566 and
Life on Long Island and the surrounding area U.S. provinces (Brookhaven National Lab
DPA 566.
from its first settlement by Native Americans and Cold Spring Harbor Lab are considered
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor 12,000 years ago until the end of the 19th on campus); all international students
Spring, even years, 2 credits, ABCF grading century. Trends and changes in human must enroll in one of the graduate student
behavior are studied in the context of envi-
DPA 567 Primate Behavior and Ecology insurance plans and should be advised
ronmental and cultural processes affecting
A comparative approach to the behavior and all of northeastern North America. by an International Advisor
ecology of living lemurs, monkeys, and apes. Summer, alternate years, 3 credits, Fall, spring, and summer, 1-9 credits,
Emphasis is placed on sociobiological theory; S/U grading
ABCF grading
life history strategies; morphological adapta- May be repeated for credit
tions; comparisons of primate communities in DPA 600 Practicum in Teaching
Asia, Africa, Madagascar, and South America; DPA 701 Dissertation Research Off Campus–
1-12 credits, S/U grading
and primate conservation. This course is International
offered as both ANT 567 and DPA 567. May be repeated once for credit
Prerequisite: Must be advanced to candidacy
Fall, odd years, 4 credits, ABCF grading DPA 602 Research Seminar in (G5); major portion of research will take
Anthropological Theory place outside of the U.S. and/or U.S.
DPA 568 Hunters and Gatherers This course is offered as both ANT 602 and
An examination of the relationship between provinces; domestic students have the option
DPA 602. of the health plan and may also enroll in
ecology and adaptation to explore the cross-
Fall and spring, 0-12 credits, S/U grading MEDEX; international students who are
cultural diversity of hunter/gatherers. The
first part of the course looks at a number of key May be repeated for credit in their home country are not covered by
theoretical issues and debates that surround mandatory health plan and must contact
the study of hunter/gatherers. Once this foun-
DPA 610 Individual Research
Research supervised by faculty. Students the Insurance Office for the insurance
dation is laid, students learn about modern and
must have permission of instructor and enroll charge to be removed; international students
historic hunter/gatherers from all the major
in appropriate section. This course is offered who are not in their home country are
geographic regions of the world. This overview
as both ANT 610 and DPA 610. charged for the mandatory health insurance
draws on studies from behavioral ecology, eth-
noarcheology, and cultural anthropology. The Fall and spring, 1-12 credits, S/U grading (if they are to be covered by another insur-
focus of the course is both to explore hunter/ May be repeated for credit ance plan they must file a waiver by the
gatherer variation in relationship to their envi- second week of classes; the charge will only be
ronment, and to give the students an apprecia- DPA 620 Research Seminar in Topical
removed if other plan is deemed comparable);
tion of the ways in which hunter/gatherers Problems
This course is offered as both ANT 620 and all international students must receive
have been historically documented. The course
DPA 620. clearance from an International Advisor
is designed to be applicable to archaeologists,
anthropologists, and those in other disciplines Fall and spring, 3 credits, S/U grading Fall, spring, and summer, 1-9 credits,
who make inferences about past ways of life. May be repeated for credit S/U grading
Spring, 3-4 credits, ABCF grading May be repeated for credit
DPA 630 Research Seminar in Physical
DPA 582 Comparative Anatomy of Primates Anthropology DPA 800 Summer Research
The comparative anatomy of living primates. This course is offered as both ANT 630 and This course is offered as both ANT 800
Laboratory dissection with emphasis on DPA 630. and DPA 800.
relating structural diversity to behavior and Fall and spring, 3 credits, S/U grading 0 credit; S/U grading
biomechanics. This course is offered as both May be repeated for credit May be repeated
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