Complete Archaeology Course List

Undergraduate Archaeology Course Descriptions

ANTH 21.  Ancient Cities of the Americas (3). An introduction to archaeology through the study of towns and cities built by the ancient peoples of the Americas. The focus is on historical processes by which these centers arose. Spring. Steponaitis. GC Social Science perspective.

ANTH 43.  Human Evolution and Adaptation (3). Ideas used in reconstructing human evolution and analyzing contemporary human variation. The course includes paleoanthropology and analogies from animal behavior, but emphasizes human biological and biocultural adaptation to diverse environments. Leslie. (no lab).

ANTH 45.  Introduction to World Prehistory (3). Introduction to world prehistory and archaeological methods. Examines the development of human society from the emergence of modern human beings 100,000 years ago through the formation of ancient civilizations. Fall. Billman, Scarry, Steponaitis. Social Science perspective.

ANTH 48.  Human Origins (3). Study of human evolution. Focus on the fossil record of humans and human-like ancestors. Topics include communication, aggression, dietary adaptations, locomotion, major anatomical changes and behavioral shifts in evolutionary framework. Hutchinson.(no lab).

ANTH 51.  Anthropological Perspectives on Food and Culture (3). Anthropological perspective on foodways. Examines the biological basis of dietary patterns as well as the cultural contexts of food production, preparation, presentation, and consumption. Scarry.

ANTH 52.  The Past in the Present (3). Who needs the past?  Introduction to archaeology and exploration of surprising extent to which the remote past has been used to shape definitions of nationality, race, gender, and class, and continues to figure in current affairs. Staff.

ANTH 100.  World Prehistory (3). A course designed to provide anthropology majors and other students of comparable social science or humanities background with an understanding of the global scale archaeology of the human species. Crumley.

ANTH 102.  Archaeological Geology (GEOL 102). (no catalog description)

ANTH 110.  Principles of Archaeology (3). An examination of archaeology as a set of techniques and a sub-field of anthropology, including history of archaeology, survey and excavation techniques, laboratories treatment of remains, archaeological analysis, historical and processual inference. Scarry.

ANTH 111.  Laboratory Methods in Archaeology (3).An examination of the laboratory techniques used by archaeologists to analyze artifacts and organic remains, including the analysis of stone tools, pottery, fauna, botanical remains, and human remains. Spring. Billman, Scarry. A&S Social Science perspective.

ANTH 111a.  Laboratory Methods in Archaeobotany (3). Prerequisite, any course in archaeology or permission of instructor. An examination of the laboratory techniques and intepretive frameworks used by archaeologists to analyze plant remains recovered from archaeological sites. Fall. Scarry.

ANTH 111b.  Zooarchaeology. (3). Prerequisite, archaeology course or permission of instructor. Introduction to laboratory methods, analytical approaches, and interpretive frameworks for the anthropological study of animal remains from archaeological sites.

ANTH 112.  Paleoanthropology  (3). Detailed survey of evolution of humankind, beginning with the earliest known hominids through modern Homo sapiens. Consideration of fossil record and archaeological evidence. Human origins and ongoing nature of evolution. Hutchinson.

ANTH 114.  Human Osteology (4). Lectures and laboratory sessions will be devoted to an extensive examination of the human skeleton. Emphasis will be on analysis of skeletal material in the field and in the laboratory. Hutchinson.

ANTH 116.  Bioarchaeology (3). Study of human remains from archaeological settings.  How human remains inform our understanding of life history, both at the individual and population levels.  Focus is placed on the relationship between biology, culture, and behavior. Staff.

ANTH 131.  Archaeology of South America (3). The development of native South American cultures according to archaeological and early ethnohistorical records. Billman.

ANTH 150.  Archaeology of North America (3). The history of American Indian cultures from 10,000 B.C. to the time of the European invasion as reconstructed by archaeological research. Special emphasis on the eastern woodlands and the Southwest. Steponaitis.

ANTH 151.  Field School in Archaeology (6). Intensive training in archaeological field methods and techniques. Students participate in excavation, recovery, recording, and interpretation of archaeological remains; transit mapping, photography, flotation recovery and other research procedures. Summer. Steponaitis, Davis, Riggs, Scarry.

ANTH 152.  Prehistoric Foodways (3). Archaeological investigations of prehistoric and historic foodways. Surveys the questions asked, the data and methods used to answer those questions, and the contributions of subsistence studies to archaeological knowledge. Scarry.

ANTH 153.  Field School in South American Archaeology (6). Prerequisite, permission of instructor.  Intensive course taught in Peru.  Training in excavation, laboratory methods, research design and South American archaeology. Students participate in excavation, total station transit mapping, global positioning system data collection, analysis of artifacts, and archaeological sites tours. Summer. Billman.

ANTH 155.  Ethnohistory (Folklore 155) (3). Integration of data from ethnographic and archaeological research with pertinent historic information. Familiarization with a wide range of sources for ethnohistoric data and practice in obtaining and evaluating information. Pertinent theoretical concepts will be explored. Crumley.

ANTH 156.  Archaeology and Ethnography of Small-scale Societies (3). Archaeological and ethnographic approaches to small-scale hunter-gatherer and farming societies, including method and theory for investigating economy, ecology, social relations, ideology. Scarry, Staff.

ANTH 158.  Archaeology of Sex and Gender (3). Exploration of gender relations in past and gendered archaeological practice in the present, including relevance of gender to general social theory in archaeology, and development of research designs addressing gender meanings and practices, childhood, identity, sexuality. Scarry, Staff.

ANTH 159.  European Prehistory (3). A survey of cultures on the European continent from the emergence of first humans to the rise of civilization and the Roman conquest. Fall. Tomaskova. A&S Social Science Perspective.

ANTH 160.  Historical Ecology (3). Historical Ecology is the framework for integrating physical, biological, and social science data with insights from the humanities to understand the reciprocal relationship between human activity and the Earth system. Crumley.

ANTH 168.  State Formation (3). The course examines the state, from its initial appearance 5,000 years ago to newly established nation-states, exploring the concepts of ethnicity, class, race, and history in state formation and maintenance. Crumley.

CLAR 006.  First Year Seminars (3). The seminars are designed to enable first-year students to work closely with top professors in classes that enroll twenty students or fewer. See the directory of classes for specific offerings. Staff.

CLAR 20.  Ancient Cities (ART 20) (3). An introduction to Near Eastern and Classical archaeology through study of representative cities from Neolithic times to the period of the Roman Empire. Staff. May not be used to help satisfy the degree requirements for the major in Classical Archaeology. Staff.

CLAR 33.  Survey of Ancient Art (ART 33) (3). This course provides a survey of the art and architecture of Egypt, the Near East, and the Greek and Roman worlds, from the Neolithic period of ca. 6,000 B.C. to late Rome in the 4th century A.D. We will examine the development of cultural styles and forms in various media, as well as the uses and meaning of art within each culture. Much emphasis will be placed on visual analysis, but the works of art and architecture will also be placed in their historical and cultural contexts. Staff.

CLAR 36. (no catalog description)

CLAR 41.  Minoans and Mycenaeans, The Archaeology of Bronze Age Greece (3). The course is a survey of the material culture of Greece, the Cyclades, and the eastern Mediterranean from the paleolithic period (ca. 50,000 years ago) until the end of the Bronze Age (ca. 1,200 BC). The primary focus will be the urbanized palatial centers that emerged in mainland Greece (Mycenaean) and the island of Crete (Minoan) in the second millennium BC. Haggis.

CLAR 47.  Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (3). A survey of the cultures of the ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Anatolia (modern Turkey), and the Levant, from the first settled villages of the ninth millennium to the Persian conquest of Babylon in 539 BC. Haggis.

CLAR 48.  Archaeology of Egypt (3). A survey of the archaeological remains of ancient Egypt, from the earliest settlements of the Neolithic period until the second century BC. Haggis.

CLAR 49.  Greek Archaeology (ART 49) (3). The historical development of the art and architecture of Greece from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period. Haggis, Sams.

CLAR 50.  Archaeology of Italy (ART 42) (3). The historical development of the Italian peninsula as seen in its physical remains, with emphasis upon Etruscan and Roman sites. Terrenato.

CLAR 75.  The Archaeology of Cult, The Material Culture of Greek Religion (3). This course examines the archaeological context of Greek religion, cults, and associated rituals from the Bronze Age until the Hellenistic period with emphasis on urban, rural, and panhellenic sanctuaries, and methods of approaching ancient religion and analyzing cult practices. Haggis.

CLAR 77.  Art of Classical Greece (3). (no catalog description). Sturgeon.

CLAR 78.  Roman Art (3). The arts of Rome, particularly architecture, sculpture, and painting, preceded by a survey of Etruscan and Hellenistic art and their influence on Rome. Koeppel, Terrenato.

CLAR 94A.  The Seven Liberal Arts (3). Permission of the instructor required. Intended to provide an opportunity for seniors majoring in any department to develop a personal conception of the liberal arts with a historical and philosophical structure. Open only to seniors. Haggis.

CLAR 95.  (no catalog description)

CLAR 111.  Archaeological Field Methods (3). Systematic introduction to archaeological field methods, especially survey and excavation techniques. Fall. Terrenato.

CLAR 149A.  Constantinople, The City and Its Art (ART 149A) (3). Prerequisite, any course in History, Art History, Classics, or permission of instructor. Interdisciplinary study of the city of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine empire from 325 to 1453, with emphasis on the artistic, social, and cultural context. Includes study of monuments and their decoration, objects, contemporary documents and sources, all within a chronological, historical framework. Connor.

CLAR 149B.  In Constantinople (ART 149B) (3). Taught primarily in Istanbul, once Constantinople, the course provides first-hand experience with monuments and an overview of the history, topography, and culture of the city. Summer. Connor.

CLAR 153.  Field School in Classical Archaeology (3)(no catalog description) .

CLAR 182.  Mosaics, The Art of Mosaic in Greece, Rome, and Byzantium (ART 182) (3). Prerequisite, any course in Classics, Art History, or Religious Studies. Traces the development of mosaic technique from Greek antiquity through the Byzantine Middle Ages as revealed by archaeological investigations and closely analyzes how this dynamic medium conveyed meaning. Connor.

CLAR 188.  Archaeology of the Near East in the Iron Age (3). A survey of the principal sites, monuments, and art of the Iron Age Near East from ca. 1200 to 500 BC. Sams.

CLAR 189.  Archaeology of Anatolia in the Bronze and Iron Ages (ART 189) (3). Prerequisite, CLAR 47 or permission. A survey of Anatolian archaeology from the third millennium through the sixth century BC. Sams.

CLAR 190.  Greek Architecture (ART 190) (3). The course is a survey of Greek architectural development from the Dark Age through the fourth century BC, with particular emphasis given to the Archaic and Classical periods. Among the special topics to be considered are the beginnings of monumental architecture in Greece, the evolution and development of the orders, the merging of the orders, and the varying interpretations of individual architects in terms of style, the definition of space and proportions. Requirements: midterm and final examination, term paper. Texts: W.B. Dinsmoor, The Architecture of Ancient Greece; J. Coulton, Greek Architects at Work.(no catalog description). Sams.

CLAR 191.  Architecture of Etruria and Rome (ART 191) (3).The development of architecture in Italy and in the Roman world from the 9th century BC through the 4th century AD. The course will focus upon the development of archaic and Roman urbanism and on the function, significance and evolution of the main building types, as well as their geographic distribution. In addition, particular attention will be paid to the political, social, economic and cultural implications of public monumental architecture as well as private residential one, for instances in terms of the social use of space, the significance of individual and imperial munificence or the development of new building technologies. Lectures and slides. Koeppel, Terrenato.

CLAR 192.  Rome and the West (3). Survey of the material remains of the Western provinces of the Roman Empire, with attention to their historical context and significance. Terrentato.

CLAR 193.  Greek Painting (ART 193) (3). A survey of the development from geometric to Hellenistic painting through a study of Greek vases, mosaics, and mural paintings. Sturgeon.

CLAR 194.  Archaic Greek Sculpture (ART 194) (3). (no catalog description). Sturgeon.

CLAR 195.  Classical Greek Sculpture (ART 195) (3). (no catalog description). Sturgeon.

CLAR 196.  Hellenistic Greek Sculpture (ART 196) (3). (no catalog description). Sturgeon.

CLAR 198.  Aegean Civilization and Near Eastern Backgrounds (3). Prerequisite, CLAR 49 or permission. The art of Minoan Crete and Mycenaean Greece from about 3000 - 1200 BC. Staff.

HNRS 36.  The Architecture of Ancient Empires (3). (no catalog description)
 

RELI 28.  Archaeology of Palestine in the New Testament Period (3).(no catalog description) .

Graduate Archaeology Course Descriptions

ANTH 203.  Evolution and Ecology (3). Prerequisite, permission of instructor. Development of a critical understanding of anthropological approaches to evolution and ecology in paleontological, archaeological, and present-day cross-cultural contexts through the historical and comparative study of theory, method, and content. Staff.

ANTH 204.  Evolution and Theory (3). Prerequisite, Anthropology 203 or permission of instructor. Staff.

ANTH 220.  Seminar in Archaeological Theory (3). The seminar reviews the recent history of archaeology and samples contemporary approaches to archaeological interpretation. Crumley.

ANTH 222.  Research Methods in Archaeology (3). A study of the basic principles underlying archaeological study of prehistoric sites. Field trips and laboratory work. Staff.

ANTH 226.  Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (3). Introduction to quantitative and computer methods in archaeology. The course stresses exploratory data analysis and graphical pattern recognition techniques. Steponaitis.

ANTH 266.  Seminar in Ethnobotany (3). Prerequisite, permission of instructor. The focus is on economic plants and primitive technology, ecological relationships between man and plants, and analysis and interpretation of archaeological plant remains. Some laboratory work is expected. Scarry.

ANTH 271.  Archaeological Theory (3). Prerequisite, permission of instructor. Examination of historic and contemporary trends in archaeology informs the practice of anthropology and explores the interface between the social and natural sciences. Integration with general anthropological theory is assumed. Crumley, Steponaitis.

ANTH 327.2.  Practicum in Pottery Analysis (3). (no catalog description). Steponaitis.

ANTH 327.40.  Practicum in Archaeological Visualization (3). (no catalog description). Davis.

CLAR 290.  Field Practicum in Archaeology (3).  Seminar in archaeological excavation techniques to be conducted in the field.  Previous excavation experience is expected.  Haggis, Sams, Terrenato.

CLAR 294.  Greek Topography (ART 294) (3).  Study of chief archaeological sites of Greece and of existing buildings and monuments. Attention to the problems of excavation and the role of the sites in Greek history. Sams.

CLAR 296.  Roman Sculpture (ART 296) (3).  A history of Roman sculpture from the Republic to the time of Constantine with discussion of the influence of Classical and Hellenistic Greece and the Etruscans.  Koepel.

CLAR 297.  Roman Painting (ART 297) (3).  (no catalog description).  Koeppel.

CLAR 298.  Roman Topography (ART 298) (3).  (no catalog description).  Terrenato.

CLAR 299.  Etruscan Art (ART 299) (3).  (no catalog description).  Staff.

CLAR 310.  Seminar in Archaeology (ART 310) (3).  (no catalog description).  Staff.

CLAR 341.  Special Reading in Archaeology (3).  (no catalog description).  Staff.

CLAR 358.  Seminar in Ancient Art (ART 358) (3).  (no catalog description).  Sturgeon.