SOUTH PUGET SOUND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Cultural Resource Certificate Program

Course Descriptions

Cultural Resources Specialist Certificate Program

Program Description

 ANTH& 100  Survey of Anthropology

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      Surveys anthropology's five sub-fields: Physical, Archaelogy, Cultural, Linguistic and  applied.  Takes a evolutionary perspective in order to provide a scientifically valid perspective on human history, human nature, and human social practices.
ANTH& 205  Biological Anthropology
     Explores biocultural process of human evolution, including the principles of inheritance, biological basis of human diversity, our mammalian/primate evolution, and our hominid roots and the outcome - our kind.
 
ANTH& 206 Cultural Anthropology

         Cultural Anthropology is concerned with variations in human social forms. We will explore the concept of culture, examine relevant theory and discuss ethnographic materials, understand and utilize field methods, gather ethnographic data, and experience social world as anthropologists in an interactive mode.

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ANTH& 204  Archaeology
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        How to Apply    Explore the history, field practices, and objectives of archaeology, with an effort to understand how archaeologist do what they do, and why they do what they do.  Learn about techniques of excavation, site, survey, laboratory analysis, reconstruction of past societies and the controversies and political issues within the field of archaeology.
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South Puget Sound Community College ANTH& 207 Linguistic Anthropology
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         The Library    Discover the evolution and history of languages and dialects;  the structure of language; myth and expressive forms cross-culturally; and endangered languages.  Learn how to assist in the preservation and recovery of these languages.. 

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ANTH 111 Field Archaeological Survey Procedures
Become familiar with the basic field procedures used to locate, evaluate, record, report and protect heritage resources.  Provides the basic nuts and bolts of field survey, mapping, testing and recording heritage resources in any given area (with particular attention to the common village and camp sites, with additional discussions concerning cemeteries.  

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ANTH 112 Cultural Resource Management and the Law
Explore the historic context of federal historic preservation legislation and regulations (especially, the umbrella laws under The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA), Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA ), and the Executive Orders,) the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Native American concerns and Traditional Cultural Properties (TCP). Provides an understanding of Cultural Resources laws and regulations in Archaeology, Museum Studies, Language and Culture, and Forensic Anthropology.

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ANTH 113  Archaeology Laboratory Techniques
Introduces the basic archaeological laboratory procedures and techniques used in the analysis of artifacts. Become familiar with archaeological collections, their processing and curation, and how archaeological materials are analyzed, processed and preserved.  

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ANTH& 237  Human Osteology
Presents an overview of the human skeletal system and the techniques for the identification of human skeletal remains.  Learn the process of identifying and interpreting human remains. P

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ANTH& 236 Forensic Anthropology
Explore the history, theory and application of anthropological techniques in the identification of human skeletal remains in a forensic context.  As Tribal communities take over the management of discovered human skeletal remains, this training assists this internal, community-based, process.

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ANTH& 210  Indians of North America
Provides a general view of the variations in the lifeways of the Native Americans up to current times. Visit and discuss major North American cultural areas. Examine current indigenous and scientific thoughts about the origins, development and variation of North American Native culture areas.  Become familiar with what has been written about past and present peoples to improve and correct upon these perspectives.

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ANTH& 216  Northwest Coast  Indians
Explore current and various thoughts about the origins, development and variation of Pacific Northwest cultures from the earliest peoples to contemporary times.  Consider at least 12,000 years of cultural evolution in our region, leading to the culturally most complex hunter-fisher-gatherer societies to have existed.  Consider how it is believed these cultures developed and how they continue to shape modern life throughout our region today.

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ANTH 245  Ethnographic Fieldwork
Concentrates on the direct observation, description, analysis, and interpretation of human sociocultural forms. Explore the theories and methodologies of anthropological fieldwork; read and discuss ethnographic materials; understand and use field research methods; explore and employ ethical standards in anthropology; and gather ethnographic data resulting in an ethnographic report on a specific culture. Pr
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ANTH 265 Introduction to Museum Studies
Explores the role of museums in community and society, providing the student specific applicable principles for the identification, collection, and basic preservation methods as used in museums. Examines cultural exhibition techniques and educational programs.  Discuss museum fund-raising, setting up museums, and different approaches taken by Native American communities across the country. Pr

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ANTH 291  Archaeological Field School

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