Evolution, Archaeology and History

Summer Term Syllabus 2012

All lectures held at the St Martins Community Centre
43 Carol St, London NW1 0HT (2 minutes from Camden Town tube)
Tuesday evenings, 6.15–9.00 pm.

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April 17 Early human kinship was matrilineal Chris Knight

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

May 1 Divine Kingship in England and Africa Chris Knight, Camilla Power

May 8 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

June 5 The Stonehenge Lying Machine Lionel Sims

June 12 Avebury: From Pillar to Post Lionel Sims

June 19 Anthropology and Activism Ragnhild Frend Dale

June 26 How the West was Lost: the role of feasting, monumentality and astronomy in the Neolithic transition Fabio Silva

July 3 The Decadence of the Shamans Alan Cohen