ANTH 110 - Introduction to Archaeology

2019-2020 Catalog Year

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0
An examination of how archaeologists generate and interpret knowledge about the human past based on data recovered from the archaeological record. Topics include exploring the fundamental methods and theories of archaeology including the role of science in understanding the past, the formation of the archaeological record, the measurement of archaeological variability in time, space, and form, the reconstruction of past social organization, and the understanding of prehistoric ideology.

Offered: Every spring