Summer 2015
From the Center for Cognitive Archaeology
The
new courses offered by
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Cognitive Evolution (ANTH 4310/5310-3)
with Profs. Thomas Wynn and Frederick L.
Coolidge, University of Colorado, USA
***NEW COURSE***
Wild Cognition (ANTH 4205/5205)
Instr. Klint Janulis, a PhD student
in archaeology at University of Oxford
with
This is a 6 credit hour course and is an experimental/ experiential
journey in cognitive archaeology. The core of the course will consist of a
two week-field component in which students will learn the
fundamental technologies crucial to the subsistence of prehistoric
hunter-gatherers. This will follow one week of on campus instruction.
The Evolution of Ritual and
Religion (ANTH 4115/5115-3) with Prof.
Matthew Rossano, Southeastern Louisiana
University
The purpose of this class is to understand the
evolution of two uniquely human qualities: ritual
and religion. We will take a highly inter-disciplinary approach using
archeology, anthropology, primatology, and cognitive science to define
what ritual and religion are and to explore the role they have played in
making us human.
Sign up through the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Extended Studies, which extends the
resources of the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs in non-traditional ways by providing
high quality educational, training, and professional development opportunities to the community,
state, nation, and internationally. Want to enroll now or have questions?
Contact: bglach@uccs.edu or twynn@uccs.edu
Web: www.uccs.edu/~lases or www.uccs.edu/~cca/