This course will provide the student with an introduction to the substantive and theoretical nature of social and cultural anthropology. The course will examine preindustrial populations within a worldwide context, however both North and Middle American native cultures will be emphasized. An economic/ecological approach will be utilized in studying two radically different production modes: (1) hunting and foraging; and (2) the continuum spanning incipient cultivation to intensive hydraulic agriculture. The sociocultural consequences of these varied technologies will be a major concern of the course, namely social structure and the evolution of political and religious systems. Students completing this course should have an emerging appreciation for the notion of "humanity," and a respect for the diversity found in the preindustrial world and in preindustrial technology. This course does not require ANTH114 as a prerequisite. [Spring] Gen Ed Social Sciences, Liberal Arts/Sciences Elective, Applied Learning-Other