ANTH 169 - Historical Archaeology

Credits: 4

Introduces the growing field of historical archaeology, including the relationship of historical archaeology to prehistoric archaeology and to history. Surveys the methods and theories of historical archaeology; case studies emphasize the use of documents and the material record. Involves participation in ongoing historical archaeology research in local area. Throughout the course emphasis is given to how archaeology is anthropological and to the relevance of archaeology to contemporary societies. Archaeology foundations course. Offered in Summer sessions.