Focuses on the Mediterranean, the Americas and the Far East. Field trips in the Boston area. Middle Eastern Archaeology Topics Vary. Belize Professor McAnany Studies in Mesoamerican Archaeology Topics vary. Analysis of major events and processes of the Mesoamerican area.
Coverage emphasizes research design rather than simply survey.
736560 Processes in the Formation of Archaeological Sites Considers in detail geological, biological and anthropogenic depositional and post-depositional processes that result in formation of archaeological sites. Field trips in area. Shallow and Deep Water excavations will be studied along with other archaeological, historical, and pictorial evidence, modern ethnographic parallels. The study will include the monuments of cult places. 736521 New World Prehistoric Archaeology Selected problems or topics in the prehistoric archaeology of the New World.