ANTH 2030 SS - Principles of Archaeology

Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]
Spring [Full Sem]

Archaeology attempts to reconstruct prehistoric and early historic human life ways as well as long term cultural and biological evolutionary processes through the scientific study of material remains. This course focuses upon the history of archaeology, the ways in which archaeologists recover and analyze data, and the major theoretical perspectives used to interpret the past.