BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY
Bloomsburg
Pennsylvania

Vol.

9,

ANTHROPOLOGY NEWSLETTER
No. 3
Jan-Feb. 1985

Scheduling for Fall 1985: The anthropology faculty will offer the following
courses for the fall 1985 semester:
*46. 101
*46.200
*46.210
*46.220
46.390
46.480

Introduction to Anthropology
Principles of Cultural Anthropology
World Prehistory
Principles of Physical Anthropology
Socialization of the Child
Religion and Magic

* - General Education Course.
Socialization of the Child: This popular course deals with child-rearing and
child development cross-culturally. In particular, American attitudes towards
child-rearing are contrasted with those in tribal and peasant societies and
with other modern industrialized societies such as the Soviet Union, Japan, and
the Peoples' Republic of China. Other topics covered include an analysis of the
cross-cultural utility of contemporary theories of child development, sex role
socialization, the anthropological study of the American school system, and
growing up in poverty in Third World cultures. The course also evaluates the
studies of Margaret Mead and others in the culture & personality school of
American anthropology. The course will be offered }i~F at 2 by Dave ~inderhout.
Guest Lecturer: Through the generosity of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council
Speakers Program, the anthropology faculty will present a lecture by Dr. Marshall
Becker on February 13 at 7:30 PM in the University Forum of the new McCormick
Building. Dr. Becker, a professor of Anthropology at West Chester University.
will be speaking on "The Ancient Mayan Civilization". Dr. Becker has a Ph.D from
the University of Pennsylvania. He is a specialist in the archaeology of MesoAmerica and colonial America as well as in bioanthropology. We are very much
looking forward to this interesting presentation.
New Requirements for the Major in Anthropology: The University recently approved
a proposal for new requirements for the major in anthropology. The older set,
which was instituted in 1977, as part of the old B.A. in Sociology/Anthropology,
required 31 credits in anthropology, sociology, and biology; the new set will
require 33 credits primarily in anthropology. There are several reasons for
the changes. First, the anthropology faculty felt that majors were not taking
enough anthropology courses under the old requirements to be fully prepared for
further work in the field. Second, with the institution of an active archaeology
program, there was a need to integrate new archaeology courses into the major
requirements. Third, there was also a need to present a more organized curriculum that the old requirements allowed. The new requirements read as follows:
Required:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

15 credit hours

46.200 Principles of Cultural Anthropology
46.210 World Prehistory
46.220 Principles of Physical Anthropology
46.470 History of Anthropological Thought & Theory
53,141, Math St~tistics; 45.260, Basic Social Statistics; or 48.160,
Basic Statistics.

2.
It is also recommended that students contemplating graduate school should
schedule 53.175, Introduction to Computer Science.
Electives:

18 Credit hours

Students will choose two courses from each of the three subfields of
anthropology:
Cultural Anthropology
46.320
46.330
46.390
46.410
46.440
46.450
46.480

Contemporary World Cultures
Peoples of SubSaharan Africa
Socialization of the Child
Primitive Arts
Language & Culture
Peoples & Cultures of South America
Religion & Magic

Physical Anthropology
46.350 Medical Anthropology
46.405 Primates
Archaeology
46.300
46.301
46. 310
46.340
46.380

Archaeological Method & Theory
Field Archaeology
Archaeology of Selected Areas
North Anerican Indians
Culture Change & Culture Contact

So as to not lose the interdisciplinary flavor of the old requirements, the
anthropology faculty also has a list of recommended courses that anthropology
majors may use towards filling their general education requirements.
Students who are currently enrolled as anthropology majors will not be affected
by this change. However, current majors may choose to follow the new requirements iC they wish to do so. -As of -the fall~ s~rneste_r_l985, all new majors
entering the program will be required to follow the new program.
New Course Proposal: The anthropology has recently proposed a new course to be
entitled Men & Women (46,260). This new course, if approved by the University,
will present a cross-cultural and evolutionary perspective on sex role behavior
in past and contemporary cultures. Using perspectives from all of the major
subdisciplines of anthropology - archaeology, linguistics, cultural & physical
anthropology - the course will evaluate theories of sex role behavior, examine
sex roles in human evolut:rn, and contrast sex role behaviors in tribal & peasant
societies with those in modern industrial societies such as the U.S. and the Soviet
Union. Sex roles in non-human primates will also be discussed. Since sex role
behavior i s a majo r component of almost all human activities, this course will
become a major part of the anthropology curriculum. Ideally the course will be
team-taught by all three anthropology faculty. The cause will be added to the
schedule as soon as possible after approval, which as always, may take some time;
the course has also been proposed for general education credit.
Internships in Anthropology: While there is no internship program within the
anthropology curriculum, anthropology internships are arrapged for interesed

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students under the 47.498 course number, Internship in the Social Sciences.
In the past, anthropology students have obtained internships with local
social welfare agencies as well as with the Geisinger Medical Center and the
William Penn Museum in Harrisburg. A variety of interesting programs are
available. For instance, the Harrisburg Internship Program (HIP) provides
opportunities to work in state government in Harrisburg. The Pennsylvania
Historical and Museum Commission offers a variety of internships as does the
Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. The new Cooperative Education
Program at BU offers an opportunity to serve internships in business, industry,
government and human services agencies -- and get paid for what you do.
Generally, internships are student-initiated; that is, students seek out
internship opportunities in a selected area and arrange to have a faculty
member work with them. For more information, contact either Dave Minderhout,
who is the department internship coordinator, or Chuck Laudermilch, who is
the University's Coordinator of Internships; Chuck is located in Room 2136
of the McCormick Building (4244). For more information about the Cooperative
Education Program, see Ruben Britt in Career Development & Placement in Ben
Franklin (4070).
TI1e Student Conservation Association: Speaking of internships, a related
program is available through the Student Conservation Association. This
association has 940 positions available nationwiide for the sunnner and fall 1985.
The positions are for park, forest, and resource management assistants who
serve as volunteers for public and private natural resourcement management
agencies throughout the U.S., including Hawaii and Alaska. While volunteers
are not paid, they do receive travel funds to and from the program site, free
housing, a subsistence allowance for food and laundry, and a uniform allowance
when required. Two anthropology majors applied for this program last year,
and both were accepted. One, Mark Ennes, decided to participate in the program
and so spent his summer doing an archaeological survey of a section of Utah;
he was very happy with the program. Some positions are identified as archaeology
or anthropology-oriented, but there are many others identified as geology,
history, biology, forestry, and so on. For more information, write to the
Student Conservation Association, P.O. Box 550C, Charlestown, NH 03603, or see
Elise Brenner or Dave Minderhout.
BU Anthropologist Goes to Washington: Dr. Brenner was invited to lecture to
the Anthropological Society of Washington, D.C. on January 19th. Dr. Mark
Leone, President of the Anthropological Society of Washington, D.C. has organized
a series of invited lectures around the topic, "The Recovery of Meaning in
Historical Archaeology." The lecture series centers around ways archaeologists
can look beyond the usual reconstructions of settlement and subsistence
patterns from the archaeological record. Archaeologists who contributed to
the series are designing research strategies whose goal is to understand the
ways material culture reflects and expresses such aspects of cultural systems
as social organization, political organization, and ideology. Dr. Brenner
reported on her archaeological and ethnohistorical analysis of a native
American mission town and cemetery of the seventeenth century. In her lecutre,
Dr. Brenner presents an argument that the archaeological and ethnohistorical
evidence indicate that the native American community of the mission town were
actively employing strategies to resist colonial policies directed at political
domination and cultural suppression of native peoples. The entire lecture series
will be published in an edited volume at the end of this year.

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The Anthropologist's Cookbook: The f ollowing recipe is from Greece. These
cheese-cake tarts are called Melitera or Melitinya; they are served bn special
occasions, such as Easter.
For the pastry:
8 oz (220 grams) flour
2 or 3 tbsp cold water

4 to 6 oz (110-170 grams) butter

Rub butter into flour and add cold water. Knead gently until flour and butter
are incorporated, taking care not to handle the pastry too much. Roll out on
a floured board to a thickness of about 1c, cm. Cut out tart cases with a heavy
glass tumbler.
For the filling:
8 oz (220 grams~ ~ottage cheese or
curd cheese
8 oz (220 grams) sugar

e.ggs
2 or 3 oz (50-85 grams) plain flour
;i tsp vanilla
2

Blend the cheese and sugar. Add two well-beaten eggs and flour, blending as
well. Finally add vanilla. Place a spoonful of cheese mixture on each pastry
case, which either must be pinched around the sides to prevent cheese from
spilling out, or placed in jam tart tins. Sprinkle tarts with a liEEle sugar and
cinnamon. Bake for 30-40 minutes at 350. Makes about 20 tarts.
1985 Southwest Tour: Applications are now being accepted for the 1985 summer
Southwest Tour. The planned itinerary calls for leaving Bloomsburg on May 13
(the day after spring connnencement) and returning June 5. Both private and university vehicles will be used; participants will camp out in public parks or KOA'S.
The itinerary calls for seeing Carlsbad Caverns; White Sands, New Mexico; Tombstone: Nogales, Mexico; the Desert Museum in Tucson; the Pima Indian reservation;
the Museum of Art & Anthropology in Phoenix; The Museum of Northern Arizona in
Flagstaff; Sunset Crater; the Grand Canyon; the Navajo Reservation & Mopi Mesas;
Canyon de Chelly; Chaco Canyon; Santa Fe; and the Rocky Mt. zoo in Colorado
Springs. Course credit is through 46.320, Contemporary World Cultures. Fees
include $175 for travel & camping fees, $200 for meals, and $198 for tuition.
Please see Bob Reeder for applications and more details.
Minor in Anthropology: The minor in anthropology has now been officially
approved. The minor looks like the following:
I.

REQUIRED COURSES: A core program of 3 courses for 9 credits is required of
each student who chooses a minor in anthropology. These 3 courses are:
46.200--Principles of Cultural Anthropology
46.210--World Prehistory
46.220--Principles of Physical Anthropology

II.

ELECTIVE COURSES: 3 elective courses must be chosen to complete a minor in
anthropology, Elec tives are to be chosen within one of three areas of anthropolo gy : Physical Anthropology, Archaeology, and Cultural Anthropology. The
courS(!S which fa ll within each of these areas are listed below. Students
may cho ose other anthropology courses to fulfill the requirments for a minor
with the approval of the anthropology faculty.
A.

Physical Anthropology (Choose 3 courses)
1. Required (2 courses)
46.300 Archaeological Method and Theory or 46.301--Field Archaeology
46.405 Primates

-5.
2. Elective (1 course)
46.350 Medical Anthropology
50.102 General Biology II or 50.454--Ethnology
10.133 Human Genetics
50.102 Historical Geology
B.

Archaeology (Choose 3 courses)
46.350 Archaeological Method and Theory
46.301 Field Archaeology
46.310 Archaeology of Selected Areas
46.340 North America Indians
46.380 Culture Change and Culture Contact

C.

Cultural Anthropology (Choose 3 courses)
46.300 Archaeological Method and Theory
46.350 Medical Anthropology
46.390 Socialization of the Child
46.410 Primitive Arts
46.440 Language and Culture
46.480 Religion and Magic

Please see any of the anthropology faculty if you have any questions.

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