An introduction to modern archaeological methods. Topics include: chronometric dating, archaeological survey and excavation techniques, artifact analysis, environmental archaeology (archaeobotany, geoarchaeology and zooarchaeology), ethnoarchaeology, social archaeology, cognitive archaeology, and the archaeology of ethnicity.
Credit Weight:
0.5
Prerequisite(s):
Anthropology 1032 or permission of the Chair of the Department of Anthropology
Offering:
3-0; 0-0
Course Classifications:
- Type B: Social Sciences
- Type C: Engineering, Mathematical and Natural Sciences