Archaeology Course Description:
Archaeology is the study of past cultures and societies through investigation of their material remains. We will examine methods locating, mapping, collecting, cataloging, preserving, interpreting artifacts, and ultimately, using scientific method to learn from the past. We will study human cultural chronology from the time of the first human migrations into the Americas from Asia, European contact, Alaska Gold Rush, and into the present. This course will also relate study to important social, economic and even ideological issues such as effects of climate change throughout human history, gathering and trade in food and natural resources, and cross-cultural exchange and legal protection of archeological materials and sites. We will also examine exciting new technological discoveries in this field and how these affect our inquiries regarding the past.
Archaeology is the study of past cultures and societies through investigation of their material remains. We will examine methods locating, mapping, collecting, cataloging, preserving, interpreting artifacts, and ultimately, using scientific method to learn from the past. We will study human cultural chronology from the time of the first human migrations into the Americas from Asia, European contact, Alaska Gold Rush, and into the present. This course will also relate study to important social, economic and even ideological issues such as effects of climate change throughout human history, gathering and trade in food and natural resources, and cross-cultural exchange and legal protection of archeological materials and sites. We will also examine exciting new technological discoveries in this field and how these affect our inquiries regarding the past.
Sessions 1-3 Dates and Times:
