An Introduction to Anthropology:

Evolution, Archaeology and History

Summer Term Syllabus 2012

Apr 17        Early human kinship was matrilineal        Chris Knight

Apr 24        The evolution of monogamy in primates and humans        Kit Opie  

May 01        Divine Kingship in England and Africa        Chris Knight and Camilla Power

May 08        Jesus of Nazareth in Anthropological Perspective        Chris Knight

May 15        Blood sacrifice and the Hunter’s ‘Own Kill’ rule        Chris Knight

May 22        Noam Chomsky’s ‘Cognitive Revolution‘        Chris Knight

May 29        The origins of symbolic culture in Africa        Ian Watts

Jun 05        The Stonehenge Lying Machine        Lionel Sims

Jun 12        Avebury: From Pillar to Post        Lionel Sims

Jun 19        Anthropology and Activism        Ragnhild Frend Dale        

Jun 26        How the West was Lost: the role of feasting, monumentality and astronomy in the

                    Neolithic transition        Fabio Silva

Jul 03        The Decadence of the Shamans        Alan  Cohen       

Jul 10        Annual General Meeting