The Southern Anthropologist Volume II, no. 2 Newsletter of the Southern Anthropological Society Oct., 1972

A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

D e s p i t e t h e r e c e n t i n c r e a s e d o f u n i v e r s i t y and c o l l e g e and t h e consequent t i g h t e n i n g o f d e p a r t m e n t a l budgets (problems w h i c h appear t o be g e n e r a l t h r o u g h o u t t h e n a t i o n , i t appears t h a t we w i l l be a b l e t o have t h r e e i s s u e s t h i s academic y e a r , I have, t h e r e f o r e , d e c i d e d t o postpone Mr. Healan's paper " R e s i d e n t i a l A r c h i t e c t u r e a t T u l a " (The 1972 SAS Student P r i z e Paper) u n t i l t h e n e x t i s s u e . The p r e s e n t i s s u e c o n t a i n s two s h o r t e r r e p o r t s on de p a r t m e n t s . T h i s p e r m i t s t h e i n c l u s i o n o f a number o f news i t e m s w h i c h were s u b m i t t e d some t i m e ago w i t h o u t r e ­q u i r i n g u n r e a s o n a b l e r e d u c t i o n s i n t h e l e n g t h o f Mr. Healan's p r e s e n t a t i o n . I hope t o b r i n g o u t t h e n e x t i s s u e i n e a r l y January and t o adhere t o schedule o f May, October and December-January h e r e a f t e r i f p o s s i b l e .

M. C. Webb

* * ANTHROPOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY SOUTH FLORIDA

Roger T. Grange, and G i l b e r t

The U n i v e r s i t y o f South F l o r i d a was e s t a b l i s h e d i n 1956 on a 1,700 a c r e p l o t i n t h e n o r t h e a s t e r n s e c t i o n o f Tampa. A n t h r o p o l o g y has been a p a r t o f t h e academic program a t USF s i n c e t h e i n s t i t u t i o n a d m i t t e d i t s c l a s s i n Such an e a r l y be ­g i n n i n g a t a u n i v e r s i t y i s r a r e , and w i t h o u t i t t h e department would n o t be a t t h e stage i t i s t o d a y , and perhaps would n o t e x i s t a t a l l . The department i s a l s o u n u s u a l i n t h e independence o f i t s development. a n t h r o p o l o g y i s added t o e x i s t i n g programs, i t o f t e n e n t e r s as a course o r two, u s u a l l y i n a " s i s t e r s o c i a l s c i e n c e " such as s o c i o l o g y , and t h e n s u f f e r s t h e s l i n g s and arrows o f academic f o r t u n e . Years may en ­sue b e f o r e a n t h r o p o l o g y becomes i n d e p e n d e n t . A v a l u e o f a n t h r o p o l o g y i n a u n i v e r s i t y program u n i q u e p e r s p e c t i v e on t h e w o r l d o f man, and we can b e s t be

and i n an independent s e t t i n g . The depart m e n t , p r e s e n t l y an un d e r g r a d u a t e m a j o r , t h u s had a f o r t u n a t e b e g i n n i n g .

HISTORY

The a n t h r o p o l o g y course I n t r o d u c t i o n t o A n t h r o p o l o g y , a two-semester course

o f f e r e d by Dr. Simon L i k e o t h e r f a c u l t y a t t h a t Dr. was

• •-Professor o f A n t h r o p o l o g y , Department o f A n t h r o p o l o g y , U n i v e r s i t y o f South F l o r i d a .

P r o f e s s o r o f A n t h r o p o l o g y and Chairman, Department o f A n t h r o p o l o g y ,

U n i v e r s i t y o f South F l o r i d a .

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a p p o i n t e d t o b o t h t h e C o l l e g e o f L i b e r a l A r t s , S o c i a l Science D i v i s i o n , and t o t h e Human B e h a v i o r course i n t h e C o l l e g e o f B a s i c S t u d i e s and t a u g h t i n b o t h D u r i n g December, 1960, academic m a j o r s were e s t a b l i s h e d a t USF and a n t h r o p o l o g y was w e l l s e r v e d by Dr, Robert Fuson, a c u l t u r a l geographer t r a i n e d a t LSU, who proposed t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f a m a j o r i n a n t h r o p o l o g y . The program, i n i t i a t e d t h e f o l l o w i n g y e a r , i n c l u d e d a c o r e o f f i v e a n t h r o p o l o g y courses and made use o f r e l a t e d courses i n o t h e r programs, a common p a t t e r n a t t h e u n i v e r s i t y d u r i n g t h i s p e r i o d . I n 1961-62, w h i l e Dr. Messing was on d o i n g Dr. Fuson t a u g h t t h e a n t h r o p o l o g y courses i n t h e c u r r i c u l u m , e n a b l i n g th e program t o s u r v i v e . Dr. Messing r e t u r n e d t o t h e campus i n 1962-63, and Dr. John Adams, an a n t h r o p o l o g i s t , j o i n e d t h e f a c u l t y o f t h e C o l l e g e o f B a s i c S t u d i e s . S e v e r a l new a n t h r o p o l o g y courses and some anthropogeography courses were added t o t h e c u r r i c u l u m i n 1963-64. I n t h a t same Dr. Messing r e t u r n e d t o t h e Dr. Adams became chairman o f t h e program, and Dr. Fuson c o n t i n u e d t o p a r t i c i p a t e i n a n t h r o p o l o g y i n s t r u c t i o n . The academic t e r m was changed f r o m t h e semester t o a t r i m e s t e r system.

The 1964-65 c a t a l o g l i s t s Dr. Messing as chairman o f t h e a n t h r o p o l o g y program and Dr. Adams as a member o f t h e a n t h r o p o l o g y f a c u l t y . However, Messing had r e s i g n e d t o remain i n t h e f i e l d , and Dr. Fuson as chairman o f b o t h t h e geography and a n t h r o ­p o l o g y programs. Dr. Roger T. Grange, J r . j o i n e d t h e a n t h r o p o l o g y f a c u l t y i n t h a t y e a r , and, t o g e t h e r w i t h D r s . Adams, Fuson, and s e v e r a l p r o f e s s o r s f r o m o t h e r programs, t a u g h t t h e a n t h r o p o l o g y c o u r s e s .

Dr. Grange was a p p o i n t e d c h a i r m a n o f t h e a n t h r o p o l o g y program i n 1965-66. Dr. Adams, w i t h Dr. C h a r l e s Arnade o f t h e

o f B a s i c S t u d i e s , t a u g h t p a r t - t i m e . E v e l y n K e s s l e r j o i n e d t h e f a c u l t y as a p a r t - t i m e ad ­j u n c t i n s t r u c t o r . A n t h r o p o l o g y and geography, a l t h o u g h s e p a r a t e a c a d e m i c a l l y , c o n t i n u e d t o share o f f i c e f a c i l i t i e s and s e c r e t a r i a l s e r v i c e s .

K e s s l e r became a f u l l - t i m e f a c u l t y member i n 1967, t h e y e a r t h a t Dr. R i c h a r d A. Waterman j o i n e d t h e program. Plans were made t o s h i f t f r o m t h e t r i m e s t e r t o t h e q u a r t e r system.

When t h e 1967-68 academic y e a r opened, t h e program, l i k e t h e o t h e r s a t USF, was f o r m a l l y d e s i g n a t e d a d e p a r t m e n t . The c u r r i c u l u m had been r e v i s e d f o r t h e q u a r t e r system begun t h a t y e a r . Rachel Bonney j o i n e d t h e f a c u l t y as i n s t r u c t o r , b r i n g i n g t h e number o f f u l l - t i m e f a c u l t y t o f o u r , w h i l e Dr. Fuson c o n t i n u e d t o c o n t r i b u t e an o c c a s i o n a l c o u r s e . Dr. Angelo Orona j o i n e d t h e department i n 1968-69, when our p r e s e n t f a c i l i t i e s i n t h e new S o c i a l Science B u i l d i n g were o c c u p i e d .

Seven f u l l - t i m e members composed t h e f a c u l t y i n 1969-70. Dr. Orona l e f t , w h i l e Edgar G. F r a z i e r , Samuel D. S t o u t , and Ray W i l l i a m s were new a d d i t i o n s . K e s s l e r earned h e r Ph.D.

Bonney l e f t t o r e t u r n t o g r a d u a t e s t u d i e s and was r e p l a c e d by C a r o l Mudgett i n 1970-7 1 . Dr. G i l b e r t Kushner a l s o j o i n e d t h e f a c u l t y , making t h e department e i g h t f u l l - t i m e members. W i l l i a m s completed h i s Ph.D. Dr. Waterman suddenly and t r a g i c a l l y passed away i n November, 1971. H i s s c h o l a r l y and p e r s o n a l exuberance were w i d e l y f e l t t h r o u g h o u t t h e u n i v e r s i t y and h i s Loss a f f l i c t s o u r e n t i r e academic community.

I n 1971-72, a f t e r two t h r e e - y e a r terms as chairman, t h e s e n i o r a u t h o r o f t h i s paper

bamboozled t h e j u n i o r a u t h o r i n t o t h e c h a i r , a p o s i t i o n he c o n t i n u e s t o f i t f u l l y occupy.

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The 1972-73 academic y e a r w i l l see change i n t h e f a c u l t y . S t o u t and Mudgett r e t u r n t o gr a d u a t e s t u d i e s , and t h e r e w i l l be f i v e new a d d i t i o n s : Dr. V. P a u l Edson, Dr. J . Jerome Smith, P a t r i c i a Waterman, and C u r t i s W. Wienker.

As we b e g i n our t w e l f t h y e a r , t h e f a c u l t y numbers t e n , and f o r t h e t i m e i n our

h i s t o r y we have r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f each o f t h e o f our d i s c i p l i n e , w i t h one

p h y s i c a l a n t h r o p o l o g i s t , one l i n g u i s t , t h r e e a r c h a e o l o g i s t s , and f i v e c u l t u r a l / s o c i a l an ­

t h r o p o l o g i s t s . A much r e v i s e d c u r r i c u l u m w i l l be i n i t i a t e d , t h e r e s u l t o f months o f i n ­

t e n s i v e d i s c u s s i o n and a n a l y s i s by f a c u l t y and I n c o r p o r a t e d i n i t a r e t h e

i n g f e a t u r e s : more c h o i c e by a l a r g e r number o f hour and t o p i c

new. r e q u i r e d and a new course d e s i g n e d n o n - s o c i a l s c i e n c e en ­

t i t l e d The A n t h r o p o l o g i c a l P e r s p e c t i v e .

The department i s housed i n t h e S o c i a l Science B u i l d i n g , a s t r u c t u r e opened i n 1968. Four y e a r s l a t e r we our g r o w t h has o u t s t r i p p e d o ur f a c i l i t i e s , w h i c h i n a d d i ­t i o n t o f a c u l t y and l a b o r a t o r i e s and storerooms p h y s i c a l a n t h r o ­p o l o g y , a r c h a e o l o g y , and e t h n o m u s i c o l o g y / l i n g u i s t i c s , as as an e x h i b i t workshop

room. I n a d d i t i o n , t h e department o p e r a t e s a t e a c h i n g e x h i b i t as p a r t o f our t e a c h i n g and r e s e a r c h m i s s i o n , s e r v e s as a p o i n t o f i n t e r e s t v i s i t o r s as w e l l as

1971-72, t h e dep a r t m e n t , v e r y s m a l l i n number, was t o f u n c t i o n as a

on academic and a d m i n i s t r a t i v e t h e e a r l y p a r t o f 1971-72, a " F a c u l t y Committee" was

t h e e n t i r e u n i v e r s i t y . The committee i s a d v i s o r y t o t h e chair m a n on t e r s o f p r o m o t i o n , t e n u r e , and p o l i c y i n g e n e r a l . We a l l hope t h a t we can, i n t h e f a c e o f i n c r e a s i n g o v e r t m a i n t a i n our

STUDENTS

The s t u d e n t i n g r a d u a t e d i n 1963, and s i n c e t h a t

t h e r e has been a s t e a d y i n c r e a s e i n t h e number o f and g r a d u a t e s , r e a c h i n g 140

and 40 i n 1971-72. A s t u d y done i n September 1970 i n d i c a t e s t h a t o f o u r

were f r o m F l o r i d a , and o f were f r o m t h e P e t e r s b u r g - C l e a r w a t e r

r e g i o n , f r o m w h i c h a r e a t h e draws most o f s t u d e n t body. 607.

of o u r i n t o USF f r o m t h e s t a t e j u n i o r c o l l e g e s . Over were f u l l - t i m e

s t u d e n t s , and t h e y ranged i n age f r o m 20 t o 5 1 , a v e r a g i n g 24 y e a r s o f age. Women were

o f our p o p u l a t i o n .

By March 1972, a n t h r o p o l o g y had earned t h e i r BA degrees a t USF, and o f t h a t

number, we know o f a t l e a s t 20 have gone on t o f u r t h e r g r a d u a t e i n a n t h r o p o l o g y

i n u n i v e r s i t i e s t h r o u g h o u t t h e c o u n t r y . t h r e e have earned i n a n t h r o ­

p o l o g y and n i n e have gone on t o g r a d u a t e work i n o t h e r

D u r i n g 1964-65 t h e a t o t a l 281 s t u d e n t s . I n 1971-72 t h e d e p a r t ­

ment s e r v e d 2,638 s t u d e n t s . By f a r t h e o f ou r m a j o r s i n t o o u r i n t r o d u c t o r y

c o u r s e ( w h i c h i s n o t r e q u i r e d f o r non-majors) w i t h l i t t l e o r no knowledge o f a n t h r o p o l o g y

and w i t h o u t a committment t o t h e d i s c i p l i n e .

A r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f our s t u d e n t A n t h r o p o l o g y Club a t t e n d s and p a r t i c i p a t e s i n a l l de ­

p a r t m e n t

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PROGRAM PHILOSOPHY

A l t h o u g h 1972-73 w i l l be t h e f i r s t y e a r we have f a c u l t y s p e c i a l i s t s i n each o f t h e m a j o r branches o f a n t h r o p o l o g y , t h i s has been a g o a l t o w a r d w h i c h t h e t h e department has s t r i v e n s i n c e i t s b e g i n n i n g s . A t t h e p r e s e n t t i m e i t i s our i n t e n t i o n t o o f f e r courses i n as many v a r i e d a r e a s , b o t h t o p i c a l and g e o g r a p h i c a l , as p o s s i b l e , s i n c e we f e e l t h a t one o f our r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s i s t o r e p r e s e n t t h e scope o f t h e d i s c i p l i n e . I t i s t h e d e s i r e o f t h e p r e s e n t f a c u l t y t o p r e s e n t a w i d e l y comprehensive v i e w o f t h e d i s c i p l i n e r a t h e r t h a n a f o c u s on any one b r a n c h o f i t . T h i s v i e w i s m a n i f e s t i n our w h i c h r e q u i r e s t h e s t u d e n t t o t a k e course a t t h e i n t e r m e d i a t e l e v e l i n each o f t h e m a j o r branches and i n a t l e a s t two branches t h r o u g h e l e c t i v e s . I n a d d i t i o n , we r e q u i r e a course i n t h e h i s t o r y o f t h e o r y and a s e n i o r seminar. The l a t t e r p r e s e n t s t h e s t u d e n t w i t h an oppor ­t u n i t y t o f o c u s on i n t e g r a t i n g h i s s p e c i a l i z e d e x p e r i e n c e s i n p r e v i o u s c o u r s e s .

PROBLEMS

I t may be w o r t h w h i l e t o s k e t c h a few problems w h i c h we see o u r s e l v e s f a c i n g , some o f

w h i c h may n o t be u n t y p i c a l f o r a d e p a r t m e n t i n a s i m i l a r s t a g e o f development.

I t appears t o us t h a t i s sometimes not v e r y w e l l u n d e r s t o o d by some o f our T h i s may range f r o m t h e p i t h h e l m e t and k h a k i s s t e r e o t y p e t o a seeming l a c k o f e l e m e n t a r y knowledge c o n c e r n i n g t h e components o f t h e f i e l d and t h e i r r e l e v a n c e t o o t h e r d i s c i p l i n e s . Some o f t h e ways we have a t t e m p t e d t o enhance t h e l e v e l o f u n d e r s t a n d i n g

on u n i v e r s i t y - w i d e m a t t e r s , and t h r o u g h t h e i r p u b l i c l e c t u r e s ; h e r e D i c k Waterman d i d yeoman work. Our modest t e a c h i n g e x h i b i t g a l l e r y and our n a s c e n t l o c a l a r c h e o l o g i c a l f i e l d program a r e a n t i c i p a t e d t o f u n c t i o n , a t l e a s t i n p a r t , as symbols o f t h e department and i t s a c t i v i t i e s . S i m i l a r l y , a v a r i e t y o f ongoing and p r o j e c t e d r e s e a r c h a c t i v i t i e s may be e x p e c t e d t o c o n t r i b u t e t o t h e same end.

A f u n d a m e n t a l p r o b l e m i n t h e i n i t i a l stages o f development o f a department i s p r o v i d i n g adequate coverage o f t h e branches w i t h a l i m i t e d s t a f f . The s o l u t i o n , i n our v i e w , i s t o work t o w a r d g a t h e r i n g a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e f a c u l t y ; m i n i m a l l y , one i n each m a j o r b r a n c h as soon as p o s s i b l e . The i n t e r i m s o l u t i o n i s t o o b t a i n b r o a d l y t r a i n e d p e o p l e who want o r a r e w i l l ­i n g t o t e a c h i n s e v e r a l a r e a s , a t least; f o r a t e m p o r a r y p e r i o d . D u r i n g t h e l a s t s e v e r a l y e a r s , f a c u l t y have been chosen on a s e l e c t i v e b a s i s aimed a t d e v e l o p i n g b o t h t o p i c a l and

coverage.

Because new f a c u l t y p o s i t i o n s a r e d i r e c t l y l i n k e d t o v a r y i n g t e a c h i n g p r o d u c t i v i t y f o r m u l a e , t h i s meant t h a t heavy t e a c h i n g l o a d s and l a r g e c l a s s e s were a r e q u i r e m e n t f o r t h e g r o w t h o f t h e d e p a r t m e n t . These f o r m u l a e , i n c l u d i n g a s t a t e c o n t a c t - h o u r r e q u i r e m e n t , r e ­duce t h e amount o f r e l e a s e - t i m e a v a i l a b l e f o r r e s e a r c h and c o n s t i t u t e a c o n t i n u i n g s e t o f l i m i t a t i o n s . P r e s e n t l y , t h e normal t e a c h i n g l o a d i s t h r e e s e c t i o n s ( t w e l v e h o u r s ) p e r q u a r t e r .

F unding i s a p r o b l e m u n d o u b t e d l y f a m i l i a r t o many o f our r e a d e r s . Our most s e r i o u s

needs a r e i n t h e areas o f s t u d e n t a s s i s t a n t s u p p o r t funds and g e n e r a l expense funds f o r

t r a v e l . These r e s o u r c e s have been more l i m i t e d t h a n we w o u l d l i k e . I n c o n t r a s t , over t h e

y e a r s , t h e u n i v e r s i t y has p r o v i d e d means f o r t h e g r a d u a l a c q u i s i t i o n o f maps, c a s t s , and

o t h e r equipment necessary f o r b a s i c t e a c h i n g purposes. An NSF g r a n t f o r t h e Improvement

o f Undergraduate I n s t r u c t i o n h e l p e d t h e l i b r a r y a c q u i r e back i s s u e s o f some j o u r n a l s as

w e l l as some a r c h e o l o g i c a l equipment. HEW funds i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f t h e

S o c i a l Science B u i l d i n g were a l s o h e l p f u l i n p u r c h a s i n g some l a b o r a t o r y equipment. An HEW

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T i t l e V I m a t c h i n g g r a n t r e c e n t l y p r o v i d e d us w i t h an e x c e l l e n t e t h n o g r a p h i c f i l m c o l l e c ­t i o n . A supplementary s t a t e a l l o c a t i o n t o t h e l i b r a r y e n a b l e d t h e purchase o f HRAF i n

Our Dean has r e c e n t l y f a c i l i t a t e d t h e purchase o f a v e h i c l e f o r use i n a r c h ­e o l o g i c a l f i e l d w o r k and i s s y m p a t h e t i c t o our needs. We can not l e g i t i m a t e l y c o m p l a i n ahout some a s p e c t s o f our f u n d i n g s i t u a t i o n .

The r e c e n t r e o r g a n i z a t i o n o f t h e u n i v e r s i t y , r e s u l t i n g i n t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f i n d e ­pendent c o l l e g e s o u t o f t h e f o r m e r d i v i s i o n s o f L i b e r a l A r t s , and t h e g r a d u a l d i s a p p e a r a n c e o f a C o l l e g e o f B a s i c S t u d i e s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r g e n e r a l e d u c a t i o n , has b r o u g h t i n i t s t r a i n a c l u s t e r o f problems as y e t u n r e s o l v e d . One o f t h e l a t t e r i s t h e r o l e o f departments i n an as y e t r e l a t i v e l y u n c h a r t e d g e n e r a l e d u c a t i o n program.

Our p r e s e n t l a c k o f a g r a d u a t e program, has, as m i g h t be e x p e c t e d , a v a r i e t y o f conse ­quences w i t h r e s p e c t t o f u n d i n g , t e a c h i n g l o a d , c o n t a c t h o u r s , r e s e a r c h a c t i v i t i e s , f a c u l t y p o s i t i o n s , e t c . I n th e s e t i m e s , d i f f e r e n t l y d e s c r i b e d and a n a l y z e d by such as A. M. C a r t t e r , D. W o l f l e and C. V. K i d d , and T. R. Vaughan and G. S j o b e r g , i n a r t i c l e s i n Science and e l s e ­where, we f i n d o u r s e l v e s t h e o n l y department i n our c o l l e g e w i t h o u t a g r a d u a t e program. W h i l e a l l o f us would l i k e t o have an e x c e l l e n t g r a d u a t e program and a p p r o p r i a t e s u p p o r t f a c u l i t i e s , t h e e x i g e n c i e s o f what seem t o be p r e s e n t c o n d i t i o n s suggest t h a t we s h o u l d con ­t i n u e t o m a i n t a i n our u n d e r g r a d u a t e o r i e n t a t i o n . There i s , however, a keen d e s i r e f o r g r a d ­u a t e s t u d i e s among our p r e s e n t and fo r m e r s t u d e n t s .

A f i n a l t y p e o f problem w i t h w h i c h we must d e a l r e v o l v e s around t h e i s s u e o f " c r i t i c a l mass." I n over t e n y e a r s o f o p e r a t i o n , t h e r e has never f a c u l t y and c r o s s words a r e r a r e t o n o n - e x i s t e n t . One d i f f i c u l t y w h i c h may b e s e t us i n t h e f u t u r e c o u l d be t h e s o r t o f d i v i s i v e f a c t i o n a l i s m w h i c h may a f f l i c t l a r g e departments w i t h d i v e r s e f a c u l t y . Sheer g r o w t h i n s i z e can a l s o e f f e c t s t u d e n t l i f e , and we a l r e a d y w i t n e s s e d d e v e l o p i n g s o c i a l i n our s t u d e n t p o p u l a t i o n , l e a d i n g t o a sharp d i s t i n c t i o n between t h e s e r i o u s m a j o r s who spend much o f t h e i r t i m e around t h e o f f i c e , and l e s s committed s t u d e n t s , whom we see o n l y i n f o r m a l s i t u a t i o n s . Thus, as we know f r o m t h e e v o l u t i o n a r y r e c o r d , g r o w t h and may be e n n o b l i n g and e n a b l i n g , b u t i t may a l s o be d i s a s t r o u s .

THE FUTURE

The f i r s t e l e v e n y e a r s o f t h e development o f t h i s department have e s s e n t i a l l y been de ­v o t e d t o w a r d t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f a w e l l - r o u n d e d c u r r i c u l u m s u p p o r t e d by a p p r o p r i a t e f a c u l t y and f a c i l i t i e s . H aving made some p r o g r e s s i n t h a t d i r e c t i o n , we see t h e n e x t phase o f de ­v elopment as encompassing a w i d e r range o f r e s e a r c h a c t i v i t y i n a l l b r a n c h e s , u t i l i z i n g t h e r e s o u r c e s o f t h e l o c a l a r e a ( i n c l u d i n g t h e C a r i b b e a n r e g i o n ) , i n a d d i t i o n t o t h e p r e s e n t v a r i e t y o f ongo i n g p r o j e c t s w i t h i n and w i t h o u t t h e immediate l o c a l i t y .

A number o f h e a l t h - r e l a t e d i n s t i t u t i o n s i n t h e u n i v e r s i t y ' s immediate v i c i n i t y a r e

e i t h e r newly opened o r i n e a r l y stages o f development. These i n c l u d e a C o l l e g e o f M e d i c i n e ,

C o l l e g e o f N u r s i n g , V e t e r a n s A d m i n i s t r a t i o n H o s p i t a l , and S t a t e M e n t a l H e a l t h C e n t e r .

L i n k a g e s between them and v a r i o u s f a c e t s o f our a c t i v i t i e s w i l l , i t i s hope ­

f u l l y a n t i c i p a t e d , be d e f i n e d i n t h e coming y e a r s .

An e x i s t i n g b r a n c h o f USF i n S t . P e t e r s b u r g and a p o s s i b l e b r a n c h t o be developed i n

Sar a s o t a may, i n t h e f u t u r e , i n v o l v e members o f t h i s d e p a r t m e n t .

P r e s e n t l y we a r e a t t e m p t i n g t o de v e l o p a summer f i e l d s c h o o l i n a r c h e o l o g y . A t some

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f u t u r e d a t e when r e s o u r c e s p e r m i t , we would l i k e t o have n o t o n l y a f i e l d s c h o o l i n a r c h ­e o l o g y , b u t i n a l l branches o f t h e f i e l d . I n a d d i t i o n , an e d u c a t i o n a l program s e r v i n g l o c a l amateur a r c h e o l o g i s t s w o u l d be d e s i r a b l e .

C r u c i a l t o t h e s e and a l l o t h e r i s s u e s i s what, i f a n y t h i n g , may occur t o a l t e r our p r e s e n t s t a t u s as an u n d e r g r a d u a t e d e p a r t m e n t . F a c t o r s w h i c h have t o be t a k e n i n t o a ccount i n c l u d e t h e p r e s e n t s t a t e m o r a t o r i u m on t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f new Ph.D. programs, t h e n a t u r e o f t h e employment market n a t i o n a l l y and r e g i o n a l l y f o r MA's and dent and f a c u l t y i n t e r e s t and demand, and t h e a v a i l a b i l i t y o f a p p r o p r i a t e u n i v e r s i t y r e ­s o u r c e s . We a r e s e e k i n g b e t t e r knowledge o f t h e s e f a c t o r s and t h e i r i n t e r r e l a t i o n s t o a i d us i n r e a c h i n g d e c i s i o n s c o n c e r n i n g t h i s m a t t e r .

A l t h o u g h we can n o t p r e d i c t what f u t u r e developments w i l l b r i n g , f o r t h e p r e s e n t , we s h a l l c o n t i n u e t o make a v a i l a b l e t o our s t u d e n t s t h e b e s t u n d e r g r a d u a t e i n s t r u c t i o n we can p r o v i d e . L o o k i n g back a t t h e p a s t e l e v e n y e a r s o f a n t h r o p o l o g y a t USF, we f e e l some sense o f modest

THE HISTORY AND PRESENT STATUS OF THE ANTHROPOLOGY PROGRAMS AT TULANE

Munro

2 Some t i m e b e f o r e t h e t u r n o f t h e P r o f e s s o r George Eugene Beyer (1898-1916)

o f s u n i v e r s i t y museum. Pro ­f e s s o r Andrew A l l i s o n ( 1 9 0 1 - ?) was a l s o i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e s u b j e c t .

The f i r s t r e a l impetus t o a n t h r o p o l o g y a t T u l a n e , however, was t h e f o u n d i n g o f t h e

Department o f M i d d l e American Research and i t s a s s o c i a t e d r e s e a r c h l i b r a r y (now t h e L a t i n

American L i b r a r y ) , w i t h W i l l i a m Gates (1924-5) as i t s f i r s t d i r e c t o r , and A l a n W a t t e r s

Payne ( 1 9 2 4 - 5 ) , Frans F e r d i n a n d (1924-41), Ralph L. Roys (1924-31) and O l i v e r LaFarge

(1924-9) on t h e s t a f f . When Gates and Payne l e f t , Blom became d i r e c t o r and f i r s t Douglas

Byers (1926-7) and t h e n Hermann Beyer were added. A f t e r LaFarge and Roys had

a l s o l e f t , D o r i s Zemurray Stone (1932-4; 1942- ) and E r n e s t Noyes (1932-4) were a p p o i n t e d ,

and o t h e r b r i e f a p p o i n t m e n t s f o l l o w e d : E l i s a b e t h T e l l i n g ( 1 9 3 3 - 6 ) , Gerhard Theodore Kramer

( 1 9 3 4 - 6 ) , F e l i x Webster McBryde (1935-6) and L o u i s B r i s t o w ( 1 9 3 6 ) . The department was r e ­

o r g a n i z e d as t h e M i d d l e American Research I n s t i t u t e under t h e d i r e c t o r s h i p o f Robert

Wauchope (1942- ) , and K a l i s h e r Lowe se r v e d on t h e s t a f f ( 1 9 4 2 - 6 ) .

The f i r s t t e a c h i n g a p p o i n t m e n t i n a n t h r o p o l o g y a t Tulane was g i v e n t o H a r r y H o l b e r t T u r ney-High ( 1 9 3 8 - 9 ) , b u t t h e c o n t i n u o u s c u r r i c u l a r h i s t o r y o f t h e b e g i n s a t t h e end o f t h e Second W o r l d War w i t h George Devereux ( 1 9 4 5 ) , Robert Wauchope (who r e t u r n e d f r o m war l e a v e i n 1946) and Arden Ross K i n g (1947- ) , a p p o i n t m e n t s b e i n g made t o t h e Depart ­ment o f S o c i o l o g y and A n t h r o p o l o g y . I n 1950 t h e I n s t i t u t e added A l f r e d o B a r r e r a Vasquez (1950-1) and Edward W y l l y s Andrews I V ( 1 9 5 0 - 7 1 ) , and i n 1951 t h e Urban L i f e Re­s e a r c h I n s t i t u t e (1950-7) a p p o i n t e d Robert A r t h u r L y s t a d (1951-60) and Munro S t e r l i n g

( 1 9 5 1 - ) , t h e l a t t e r two a l s o a p p o i n t e d i n t h e Department o f S o c i o l o g y and

a o f f o u r , and backed by t h e M i d d l e American Research I n s t i t u t e , t h e Urban

L i f e Research I n s t i t u t e , and t h e L a t i n American S t u d i e s Committee (founded i n 1946, l a t e r

t h e Center f o r L a t i n American S t u d i e s ) , i t d e c i d e d t o t h e t h e

P r o f e s s o r o f Tulane U n i v e r s i t y

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f i r s t such degree was awarded i n 1955. T h i s was a g r o w t h p e r i o d a t T u l a n e , and a n t h r o ­p o l o g y expanded w i t h i t . The f i r s t t h r e e s t u d e n t s were a d m i t t e d t o t h e d o c t o r a l program i n 1958, and a number o f new s t a f f a p p o i n t m e n t s were made: M a r v i n E. ( 1 9 5 3 ) , R i c h a r d W. P a t c h ( 1 9 5 5 - 7 ) , Henry O r e n s t e i n ( 1 9 5 8 - 6 7 ) , John F i s c h e r (1958- ) , Ann F i s c h e r ( 1 9 5 9 - 7 1 ) , (1960-5) and R o b e r t F r e d Gray ( 1 9 6 1 - 7 2 ) . W h i l e r e t a i n i n g a f o c u s on M i d d l e American r e s e a r c h , t h e program t h u s expanded t o i n c l u d e A s i a and A f r i c a and t o g a i n s t r e n g t h i n l i n g u i s t i c s and p h y s i c a l a n t h r o p o l o g y .

The f u r t h e r g r o w t h o f a n t h r o p o l o g y i n t h e was i m p o r t a n t l y dependent on i t s

c l o s e l i n k s t o o t h e r programs i n t h e u n i v e r s i t y , p a r t i c u l a r l y ( i n a d d i t i o n t o t h o s e men­

t i o n e d ) t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l C enter f o r M e d i c a l Research and T r a i n i n g (1960- ) and t h e D e l t a

R e g i o n a l P r i m a t e Center (1964- ) . W i t h t h e development o f a s t a b l e body o f g r a d u a t e s t u ­

d e n t s i n s o c i o l o g y and a n t h r o p o l o g y , came t h e f o u n d i n g o f a g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t

Human Mosaic ( 1 9 6 6 ) . I n 1967 t h e Department o f A n t h r o p o l o g y was a m i c a b l y s e p a r a t e d from.

S o c i o l o g y , w i t h John L. F i s c h e r as i t s f i r s t c h a i r m an, and t h e Department sponsored t h e

o r g a n i z a t i o n o f t h e T u l a n e L i n g u i s t i c C i r c l e (1967- ) and t h e S t u d i e s p r o ­

gram (1968- ) . D u r i n g t h i s decade t h e r e were a number o f a d d i t i o n a l s t a f f a p p o i n t m e n t s :

Ruth Landes ( 1 9 6 3 - 4 ) , Norma McLeod (1964- ) , L e s l i e Gordon Freeman (19 6 4 - 6 5 ) , T e i g o

Yoshida ( 1 9 6 5 - 6 ) , James B e r n a r d S t o l t m a n ( 1 9 6 5 - 6 ) , M a r s h a l l D u r b i n ( 1 9 6 5 - 8 ) , Thomas

S t a n l e y S c h o r r ( 1 9 6 5 - 7 ) , E a r l W. Count ( 1 9 6 6 ) , M r i d u l a Adenwala D u r b i n ( 1 9 6 7 - 8 ) , Stephen

A l b e r t T y l e r ( 1 9 6 7 - 7 0 ) , E l i z a b e t h S m i t h g a l l W a t t s (1968- Moises Romero C a s t i l l o ( 1 9 6 8 ) ,

R u d o l f C l a y (1968- ) , Haydee S e i j a s ( 1 9 6 9 - 7 0 ) , V i c t o r i a R e i f l e r B r i c k e r (1969- ) and

Harvey M. B r i c k e r (1969- ) .

1971 t h e Department had a d m i t t e d a t o t a l s t u d e n t s

t h i s t o t a l 70 have l e f t t h e program, 35 w i t h degrees (MA 8, Ph.D. 27) and 35 by w i t h d r a w a l

(27) o r t r a n s f e r t o o t h e r s c h o o l s Of t h e 50 s t u d e n t s s t i l l a c t i v e , 18 have completed

e v e r y t h i n g e x c e p t t h e i r t h e s e s o r d i s s e r t a t i o n s , e i g h t a r e on f i e l d work, f o u r have been

a d m i t t e d t o c a n d i d a c y b u t have n o t y e t done f i e l d work, e i g h t a r e on l e a v e , two a r e

s p e c i a l s t u d e n t s and a r e i n r e s i d e n c e .

As m i g h t be e x p e c t e d , t h e preponderance o f upon M i d d l e America, c h a r a c t e r ­

i s t i c o f t h e e n t i r e h i s t o r y o f Tulane a n t h r o p o l o g y , has c o n t i n u e d t h r o u g h o u t t h e l a s t two

decades. Needless t o say, however, n o t a l l Tulane r e s e a r c h i s M i d d l e American by any

D u r i n g t h e same two decades, Tulane s t u d e n t s and p r o f e s s o r s have a l s o done r e ­

s e a r c h i n Canada, Fran c e , E n g l a n d , Germany, Spain, M a l t a , T u r k e y , I s r a e l , Ghana, Tanzania,

I n d i a , I n d o n e s i a , Japan, t h e Comoro I s l a n d s , t h e C a r o l i n e I s l a n d s and E a s t e r I s l a n d .

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The A p p a l a c h i a n J o u r n a l w i l l p u b l i s h m a t e r i a l s d e a l i n g w i t h t h e whole o f t h e Appa ­

l a c h i a n r e g i o n . M a j o r i n t e r e s t s w i l l i n c l u d e a n t h r o p o l o g y , f o l k l o r e , h i s t o r y , geography,

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t r i b u t i o n s d e a l i n g w i t h t h e A p p a l a c h i a n r e g i o n , a r t i c l e s f r o m amateur and n o n - s c h o l a r l y sources w i l l be c o n s i d e r e d i f t h e m a t e r i a l i s f r e s h and F i r s t i s s u e i s p r o ­j e c t e d f o r Autumn, 1972.

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spaced; f o o t n o t e s and c h a r t s s h o u l d be k e p t t o a When used, f o o t n o t e s s h o u l d be

numbered c o n s e c u t i v e l y and p l a c e d on a s e p a r a t e s h e e t ; e i t h e r t h e M,L,A. S t y l e s h e e t o r t h e

Chicago Manual o f S t y l e i s a c c e p t a b l e . w i l l c o n s i s t o f s i x c o p i e s o f t h e J o u r n a l .

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ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOUTHERN ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY March 8-11, 1973

Key Symposium: " S o c i a l and C u l t u r a l I d e n t i t y : Problems o f P e r s i s t e n c e and Change."

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Greensboro, w i l l c h a i r and e d i t t h e symposium f o r p u b l i c a t i o n i n t h e

V o l u n t e e r e d Anyone w i s h i n g t o o r g a n i z e a symposium on a s p e c i a l t o p i c i n a n t h r o ­

p o l o g y , p l e a s e c o n t a c t t h e program chairman b e f o r e t h e 1 s t o f Ja n u a r y , 1973: Tom

F i t z g e r a l d , Department o f A n t h r o p o l o g y , UNC-G, Greensboro, N. C. 27412.

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Student Paper C o m p e t i t i o n : A b s t r a c t s ( o f l e s s t h a n 200 words) and completed papers must be sent t o W i l l i a m L. Coleman, Department o f A n t h r o p o l o g y , UNC-G, b e f o r e January 1

M e e t i n g P l a c e : The Blockade Runner M o t e l , on " s c e n i c " W r i g h t s v i l l e Beach, N o r t h C a r o l i n a , ( A i r c o n n e c t i o n s v i a A t l a n t a o r C h a r l o t t e on Piedmont t o W i l m i n g t o n , We s h a l l meet j o i n t l y w i t h The American E t h n o l o g i c a l S o c i e t y .

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Of G e n e r a l I n t e r e s t . Plans a r e now underway f o r an i n f o r m a l d i s c u s s i o n s e s s i o n c e n t e r i n g

on c u r r e n t a n t h r o p o l o g i c a l r e s e a r c h i n t h e s o u t h f o r t h e SAS m e e t i n g i n W r i g h t s v i l l e Beach,

N o r t h C a r o l i n a . We wo u l d l i k e t h i s t o be a " f l o a t i n g s e s s i o n " perhaps e v e r y two y e a r s and

i n v i t e any comments on t h e f e a s i b i l i t y o f such a s e s s i o n . Anyone i n t e r e s t e d i n p a r t i c i p a t ­

i n g i n March, c o n t a c t C a r o l e E. H i l l , Department o f S o c i o l o g y and A n t h r o p o l o g y , West

Georgia C o l l e g e , C a r r o l l t o n , G e o r g i a 30117. ( S u b m i t t e d by H e l e n and C a r o l e E. H i l l )

From Tennessee. The S t a t e Board o f E d u c a t i o n o f s t a t e o f Tennessee has approved t h e new Department o f A n t h r o p o l o g y a t Memphis S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y . The department has seven f a c u l t y and i n c l u d e s t h e A n t h r o p o l o g i c a l Research Center and t h e C h u c a l i s s a Dr. Augustus S o r d i n a s has been a p p o i n t e d A c t i n g Chairman. A t p r e s e n t t h e department an u n d e r g r a d u a t e program w i t h emphasis on Urban A n t h r o p o l o g y . Other r e s e a r c h p r o j e c t s i n ­c l u d e L i t h i c Technology ( D r . C h a r l e s M c N u t t ) ; Tennessee ( D o c t o r s G e r a l d and D f e x e l Urban A n t h r o p o l o g y Tom C o l l i n s and P r o f e s s o r Monte and M a t e r i a l C u l t u r e o f European peasants (Dr. Augustus S o r d i n a s ) . Dr. D r e x e l P e t e r s o n i s a l s o engaged i n t h e s t u d y o f s i c k l e - c e l l anemia i n Memphis.

Dr. K a t h r y n N e l s o n , a s s i s t a n t p r o f e s s o r o f s o c i o l o g y , o f f e r i n g t h e a n t h r o p o l o g y c o u r s e a t M a r y v i l l e C o l l e g e , M a r y v i l l e , Tennessee, i s on l e a v e o f absence f o r 1972-73 t o be on assignment w i t h h e r Dr. Henry N e l s o n , a m e d i c a l m i s s i o n a r y i n A f r i c a .

From L o u i s i a n a . On March 3 r d , a number o f a n t h r o p o l o g i s t s f r o m u n i v e r s i t i e s t h r o u g h o u t t h e s t a t e met a t t h e B a t o n Rouge campus o f LSU t o exchange i n f o r m a t i o n on c u r r e n t r e s e a r c h w i t h i n t h e s t a t e and t o c o n s u l t about common problems. The group was l a r g e l y a r c h a e o l o g ­i c a l i n o r i e n t a t i o n , b u t a number o f s o c i a l a n t h r o p o l o g i s t s were a l s o p r e s e n t . The h i g h p o i n t o f t h e m e e t i n g was an e v e n i n g s e s s i o n , c h a i r e d by Dr. C l a r e n c e Webb, devoted r e c e n t work a t P o v e r t y P o i n t . The group a l s o o r g a n i z e d i t s e l f as t h e C o u n c i l f o r L o u i s i a n a E t h n o l o g i c a l and A r c h a e o l o g i c a l Research (CLEAR) i n o r d e r t o f a c i l i t a t e c o o p e r a t i o n among a n t h r o p o l o g i s t s w o r k i n g w i t h i n t h e s t a t e and t o more e f f e c t i v e l y communicate w i t h b o t h t h e g e n e r a l p u b l i c and government o f f i c i a l s . Sherwood G a g l i a n o ( B a t o n Rouge) was e l e c t e d p r e s i d e n t . One e a r l y e f f e c t o f CLEAR was a j o i n t r e s e a r c h p r o j e c t t h i s summer a t B i g Oak I s l a n d ( O r l e a n s P a r i s h ) i n v o l v i n g a r c h a e o l o g i s t s and s t u d e n t s f r o m LSU-BR, LSU-New Orleans and t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Sout h w e s t e r n L o u i s i a n a .

P u b l i c a t i o n A v a i l a b l e . The Museum o f t h e American I n d i a n , Heye F o u n d a t i o n , i s p l e a s e d t o

announce t h e p u b l i c a t i o n o f a c o m p l e t e l y r e v i s e d and e n l a r g e d e d i t i o n o f BOOKS ABOUT

INDIANS, T h i s c a t a l o g l i s t s s e l e c t e d books f r o m a l l p u b l i s h e r s , on t h e I n d i a n s o f N o r t h ,

C e n t r a l and South America, t h e Eskimo and t h e p r e h i s t o r i c peoples o f t h e West I n d i e s . A l l

asp e c t s o f I n d i a n l i f e , h i s t o r y , c u l t u r e , and a r t s and c r a f t s a r e i n c l u d e d , b o t h p r e ­

h i s t o r i c and cont e m p o r a r y .

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Address: Museum o f t h e American I n d i a n , 3753 Broadway, New Yo r k C i t y 10032.

by F r e d e r i c k J . D i r e c t o r ) .

A New C o m p e t i t i o n . Mooney Award o f $1000. B e g i n n i n g i n 1973, t h e SAS w i l l o f f e r an a n n u a l award f o r t h e b o o k - l e n g t h m a n u s c r i p t t h a t b e s t d e s c r i b e s and i n t e r p r e t s t h e p e o ple o r c u l t u r e o f a d i s t i n c t i v e New World p o p u l a t i o n . The s u b j e c t may be p r e ­h i s t o r i c , h i s t o r i c o r contemporary. Submissions can be about p e o p l e b e l o n g i n g t o m a j o r s o c i a l , r a c i a l , o r e t h n i c groups, or about people b e l o n g i n g t o obscure o r h e r e t o f o r e un ­known g r o u p s . Any i n t e r e s t e d s t u d e n t o f t h e c u l t u r e s and s o c i e t i e s o f t h e New W o r l d i s e l i g i b l e t o submit a m a n u s c r i p t i n t h e c o m p e t i t i o n . The judges w i l l welcome works i n eth n o g r a p h y , l i n g u i s t i c s , a r c h a e o l o g y , p h y s i c a l a n t h r o p o l o g y , h i s t o r y , f o l k l o r e , s o c i o l o g y , and o t h e r d i s c i p l i n e s . P u b l i c a t i o n w i l l be by The U n i v e r s i t y o f Tennessee P r e s s . December 3 1 , 1972 i s t h e f i n a l d a t e upon w h i c h m a n u s c r i p t s may be s u b m i t t e d f o r t h e award t o be c o n f e r r e d i n March 1973 a t t h e Annual M e e t i n g o f t h e So u t h e r n A n t h r o p o l o g i c a l S o c i e t y . A d d i t i o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n s h o u l d be o b t a i n e d from: C h a r l e s Hudson, Chairman, SAS Awards Committee, Department o f A n t h r o p o l o g y , U n i v e r s i t y o f G e o r g i a , Athens, G e o r g i a 30601.

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