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ARCHY 101 Exploring Archaeology (5) I&S Lape
Introduces perspectives from archaeology on the long term history of the diversity and the dynamics of human life. Examines how archaeologists gather and use data and how that information is relevant to contemporary society. Concepts and methods introduced through readings focus around a theme that varies such as environmental issues, warfare, and migration. Offered: AWSp.
Instructor Course Description:
Ben Marwick
Peter V Lape
ARCHY 105 The Human Past (5) I&S
Explores human cultural and biological evolution: how ancestors 2,500,000 years ago were like us but still different, Neanderthals and their extinction, social/economic revolutions from foraging to farming to “civilized” – progress, setbacks, failures, relationships with social and natural environments, and the role of technology. Examines the astonishing variety of adaptations humans have made.
Instructor Course Description:
Angela E. Close
Larkin N. Hood
ARCHY 205 Principles of Archaeology (5) I&S
Techniques, methods, and goals of archaeological research. Excavation and dating of archaeological materials. General problems encountered in explaining archaeological phenomena. Offered: AWSpS.
Instructor Course Description:
Mustafa Aksel Casson
J.Ben Fitzhugh
Kristine M Bovy
Larkin N. Hood
Scotty B. Moore
ARCHY 212 The Archaeology of Egypt (5) I&S Wenke
A survey of ancient Egyptian culture history between about 6000 BC and AD 400, based on a synthesis of archaeological and textual evidence. Focuses on the origins and evolution of the Egyptian state and the elements of pharaonic religion, society, economy, art, architecture, and science.
Instructor Course Description:
Sarah Sterling
ARCHY 270 Field Course in Archaeology (12) I&S
Introduction to field acquisition of archaeological data through survey and excavation. On-going field projects; recovery and recording techniques. Offered: S.
Instructor Course Description:
Peter V Lape
ARCHY 272 Short Field Course in Archaeology (5) Fitzhugh, Grayson, Lape, Stein
Learn how archaeologists detect human occupation on the landscape by surveying, excavating, and crating evidence of the past. Students learn from start to finish the process of archaeological field investigation. The location for this course may change from year to year. Recommended: ARCHY 205. Offered: A.
ARCHY 299 Archaeological Laboratory Techniques (1-3, max. 12) I&S
Laboratory procedures geared to one specific archaeological research project. Archaeological collection, its processing and curation, how archaeological materials are processed, and how significance is determined. No more than 5 credits may be used toward an anthropology major. Prerequisite: either ARCHY 105 or ARCHY 205.
ARCHY 303 Old World Prehistory (5) I&S
Old World prehistory from beginnings of human culture to rise of civilizations. First tools made by humans, spread of humans out of Africa, origins of agriculture, rise of state society. Africa, Near East, Egypt, China, India, Europe.
ARCHY 304 New World Prehistory (5) I&S
History of earliest Americans, beginning with crossing of land bridge between Asia and North America and eventual spread over the Americas. Highlights prehistory and best examples of western hemisphere’s civilizations. Mexico, Yucatan, Peru, southwestern and eastern United States, Washington.
Instructor Course Description:
J.Ben Fitzhugh
Thomas J. Minichillo
ARCHY 320 Prehistory of the Northwest Coast (5) I&S
Origins, development, and variation of Pacific Northwest cultures, focusing particularly on Washington. Adaptations to maritime and interior environments. Artifacts from a variety of archaeological sites. Technological, functional, and historical significance of Northwest artifacts. .
Instructor Course Description:
Julie K Stein
ARCHY 325 Archaeology of Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific (5) I&S
History of the human occupation of the South Pacific Islands, especially Indonesia, Philippines, Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia. Focus on current debates about human migrations, long distance maritime trade, political structures, culture contact, and colonialism. Emphasis on the analysis of the primary archaeological and documentary data. Prerequisite: ARCHY 205.
ARCHY 371 Analysis of Archaeological Data (5) I&S
Analyzing archaeological data by measuring and describing such artifacts as stone tools and ceramics. Analysis of such environmental data as bones, plant remains, and sediments. Prerequisite: ARCHY 205.
Instructor Course Description:
Marcos Llobera
ARCHY 401 Archaeology of Human Origins (5) I&S Close
Early part of the prehistoric archaeological record in Africa and Eurasia, from >2,000,000 years ago until the spread of modern human beings; development of stone and bone technologies; ways of making a living; cultural adaptations; intellectual and social development. Prerequisite: ARCHY 205. Offered: Sp.
ARCHY 402 Archaeology and Social Difference (5) I&S Close
Examines case studies in prehistoric archaeological record for intersections of socially constructed differences including age, gender, and class. Contrasts past perceptions of difference with projection of modern differences backward to validate the present. Prerequisite: ARCHY 205; either ARCHY 105, ARCHY 303, or ARCHY 401.
Instructor Course Description:
Angela E. Close
ARCHY 403 The Archaeology of Landscapes (5) I&S/NW Llobera
Study of landscapes in archaeology. Methods for landscape research: historic maps, diaries, aerial photographs, geophysical and satellite imagery, etc. Archaeological landscape surveys: principles and limitations. Review of various theoretical approaches. Examination o key case studies, Issues on landscape heritage and indigenous landscapes. Prerequisite: ARCH 205.
Instructor Course Description:
Marcos Llobera
ARCHY 465 Public Archaeology (5) I&S
Examines archaeology as practiced, regulated, represented, and paid for in the world outside of academia. Reviews the development of cultural resource management laws in the context of other social changes, investigates archaeology job opportunities outside of academia, and discusses how the public learns about and funds archaeology. Prerequisite: ARCHY 205.
Instructor Course Description:
Peter V Lape
ARCHY 466 Archaeology Honors Thesis ([1-9]-, max. 18) I&S
Individual research under the direction of a thesis advisor, culminating in a senior honors thesis. Open only to upper-class students in departmental honors program.
ARCHY 468 Issues in Cultural Resource Management (1) I&S
Review of federal and state cultural resource management policies and the effects of these policies on the conduct of projects that may impact cultural resources on public lands. Survey of related issues in museum management. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: ARCHY 205; either one 200-level ANTH course or LING 203.
ARCHY 469 Special Studies in Archaeology (3-6, max. 18) I&S
Consideration in detail of specific archaeological topics, either methodological or substantive in content, of current interest. Offered occasionally by resident, new, or visiting faculty. For advanced undergraduates and graduate students. Prerequisite: ARCHY 205.
Instructor Course Description:
Amanda K. Taylor
Margaret Alison Wylie
ARCHY 470 The Archaeology of Extinction (5) I&S Grayson
Uses archaeological and paleoecological data to examine the argument that prehistoric peoples caused vertebrate extinction, from the late Ice Age extinction of ground sloths and saber-toothed cats in North America to the extinction of moas in New Zealand some 500 years ago. Offered: even years; A.
ARCHY 475 Maya Prehistory (3) I&S
Considers prehistoric cultural developments throughout the Central American region occupied by the prehistoric Maya. Temporal focus spans the late Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods, from 300 BC to 1530 AD. Contrasts traditional and contemporary models of ancient Maya civilization. Prerequisite: ARCHY 205; ARCHY 304.
ARCHY 476 New World States and Empires (5) I&S
Considers theoretical and methodological scholarship on complex societies in Meso-America and the Andes. Highlights current research on population dynamics, subsistence strategies, economic foundations, and political processes in the development of states and empires. Considers archaeological evidence and texts of native and European documents. Prerequisite: ARCHY 205; ARCHY 304.
ARCHY 477 Archaeology of the North (5) I&S Fitzhugh
Archaeological history of the circumpolar arctic and subarctic from Pleistocene to the 19th century. Variability in human adaptation and social evolution in some of the world's most extreme environments such as Eurasian tundra, North Pacific rim, Beringia, and North American high arctic. Prerequisite: ARCHY 205. Offered: Sp.
ARCHY 478 Prehistory of the Arid West (5) I&S
Archaeology of arid western North America, with particular emphasis on the earliest peoples of this region (and on the peopling of the New World in general), and on the prehistoric hunter-gathers of the Great Basin and Southwest. Prerequisite: ARCHY 205.
ARCHY 479 Prehistoric Cultures of North America: Eastern North America (5) I&S
Ecological and evolutionary account of prehistoric cultural developments in North America east of the Rocky Mountains. Cultural and environmental change from appearance of people in New World to collapse of indigenous cultural systems. Prerequisite: ARCHY 304.
ARCHY 480 Advanced Archaeological Analysis: Ceramics (6) I&S
Human technology in traditional societies. Ceramic tools as evidence for technological innovation, continuity, and change; and as evidence for ancient economic systems involving production, consumption, and distribution. Examines variety of approaches to the study of material culture -- especially ceramics -- including archaeological, ethnographic, experimental, and technical. Prerequisite: ARCHY 371.
ARCHY 481 Advanced Archaeological Analysis: Faunal Remains (6) I&S
Seminar on techniques and methods employed in analysis of faunal remains from a wide range of Pleistocene and Holocene settings, including archaeological sites, coupled with a laboratory focusing on identification of faunal remains from these settings. Prerequisite: ARCHY 205.
ARCHY 482 Advanced Archaeological Analysis: Geoarchaeology (6) I&S
Identification, analysis, and interpretation of sediments and soils associated with archaeological remains. Laboratories deal with sediment description and chemical analysis; field trips and student projects focus on archaeological applications of these subjects.
ARCHY 483 Analyses of Stone Artifacts (6) I&S Close
Current approaches to lithic analysis, including types of information obtainable (technological, functional, social, ideological) and constraints affecting the formation and analysis of lithic assemblages. Lectures interspersed with application of methods under discussion to individual artifacts and to assemblages. Prerequisite: ARCHY 371.
ARCHY 489 Archaeology Practicum (2-9, max. 15) I&S
Faculty-supervised internships either on or off campus in organizations utilizing archaeological skills in academic or non-academic settings. Includes cultural resource management companies, government agencies, private non-profit organizations, tribal governments, and museums.
ARCHY 490 Museum Curation Practicum: Archaeology (1-5, max. 15)
Application of museological training in curation of archeological collections including ethnographic, geological, or zoological collection materials in the Burke Museum. Supervised work ranges from fundamental collection documentation and research to preventive conservation, storage, and other special curation projects: Recommended: MUS 481. Offered: jointly with MUSEUM 490.
Instructor Course Description:
Laura S. Phillips
ARCHY 495 Quantitative Archaeological Analytic Techniques (5) I&S
Introduction to quantitative approaches to archaeological problems; data screening, numeric methods of classification and identification, graphical and computer-based seriation techniques, and the analysis of spatial patterning in artifact distributions.
ARCHY 497 Archaeological Method and Theory I: Formal Theory (5) I&S
Examination of theoretical constructs in the analysis of archaeological data. Terminology, typologies, and interregional comparisons. Prerequisite: ARCHY 205.
ARCHY 498 Archaeological Method and Theory II: Explanatory Theory (5) I&S
Conceptual frameworks employed by archaeologists in obtaining explanation in the three major areas of culture history, cultural reconstruction, and explanatory prehistory, considering the nature of explanation as conceived in these areas, the basic assumptions employed in achieving these aims, and an introduction to the methods employed. Prerequisite: ARCHY 205; ARCHY 497.
ARCHY 499 Undergraduate Research (*, max. 12)
ARCHY 501 Preceptorial Reading (6)
For beginning graduate students who have not had adequate training in the problems, principles, and methods involved in the reconstruction of prehistory. Not open to graduate students in the archaeology program.
ARCHY 520 Principles of Archaeological Theory (5)
Review of principles of archaeological theory. Student presentation of research on archaeological theory and seminar discussion or presentations. Open only to first-year graduate students in anthropology.
Instructor Course Description:
J.Ben Fitzhugh
ARCHY 525 Archaeology of Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific (5)
History of the human occupation of the South Pacific Islands, especially Indonesia, Philippines, Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia. Focus on current debates about human migrations, long distance maritime trade, political structure, culture contact, and colonialism. Emphasis on the analysis of the primary archaeological and documentary data. .
ARCHY 530 Prehistory of the Northwest Coast (5)
Origins, development, and variation of Pacific Northwest cultures, focusing particularly on Washington. Adaptations to maritime and interior environments. Artifacts from a variety of archaeological sites. Technological, functional, and historical significance of Northwest artifacts.
ARCHY 560 Seminar in Archaeological Methods (5, max. 20)
Basis, limitations, and applications of a particular archaeological analytical method, or closely related set of methods. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
Instructor Course Description:
James K Feathers
ARCHY 561 Dating Methods in Archaeology (6) Feathers
Theory and method of dating in archaeology. How archaeologists determine time, in both relative and absolute senses. Methodology of stratigraphy, seriation, radiocarbon dating, dendrochronology, obsidian hydration dating and other methods. Special emphasis on, and laboratory experience in, luminescence dating.
ARCHY 570 Seminar in Archaeological Theory (3-6, max. 18)
Detailed consideration of a particular archaeological theory or closely related set of theories, including their methodological and epistemological bases. Prerequisite: ARCHY 497, ARCHY 498.
Instructor Course Description:
Margaret Alison Wylie
ARCHY 571 Field Course in Archaeology (5)
Introduction to field acquisition of archaeological data through survey and excavation. Ongoing field projects; instructional emphasis on recovery and recording techniques and on management of field projects. Prerequisite: permission of department.
ARCHY 572 Seminar in North American Archaeology (3, max. 6)
Selected problems in the archaeology of America north of Mexico. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
ARCHY 574 Meta-archaeology: Philosophy and Archaeology (4) Wylie
Examines philosophical issues raised in and by archaeology, including theories of explanation and model building, analyses of evidential reasoning and hermeneutic interpretation, debates about ideals of objectivity and about science and values. Recommended: ARCHY 570 Text Offered: jointly with PHIL 574; Sp.
Instructor Course Description:
Margaret Alison Wylie
ARCHY 575 Archaeological Field Research Design (6)
Nature of the archaeological record, and methods and techniques of field research, to illustrate range of data sources and modern techniques of general applicability. Practical experience in mapping, map interpretation, sampling design, remote sensing, photogrammetry, and research proposal writing. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
ARCHY 576 Designing Grant Proposals (5)
Design and writing of grant proposals for archaeological research at both dissertation and senior investigator levels, with particular emphasis on National Science Foundation structure and requirements. Prerequisite: upper-level graduate standing and permission of instructor.
ARCHY 591 Advanced Field Course in Archaeology (6-9)
For students with previous field experience and graduate work in archaeology. Emphasis on decision making in field and project management. Prerequisite: ARCHY 497, ARCHY 498, ARCHY 571, and ARCHY 575 or permission of instructor.
ARCHY 600 Independent Study or Research (*)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
ARCHY 601 Internship (3-10, max. 10)
Credit/no credit only.
