ANTH 554I - Archaeologies of Landscape

Credits: Variable

Landscapes comprise the spatial milieu within which bodies and the social and material worlds interact and intersect, as identity and power are negotiated. Ancient landscapes provide insights into past meanings, worldviews, and social and political relationships, as monuments, buildings, and natural places are constructed, experienced, remembered, and obliterated. The goal of this graduate seminar is to provide students with a strong foundation in current landscape theory, epistemology, and interpretation. We will cover a range of topics intersecting with landscape, including social order, cosmography, political landscapes, ideologies, natural places, memory and the body. Occasional.