The techniques of environmental reconstruction through pollen analysis are presented. Aspects of medical and forensic palynology are also summarized. The laboratory focuses on techniques for pollen recovery from modern and ancient materials. By participation in research projects students in this class learn basic field techniques as well as the relationship between research design and execution. This course offers practical experience in the preparation and manipulation archaeological materials.
Experience is gained through participation in faculty-guided laboratory projects.
This class is open only to students who have completed ANTH 280 or a comparable class and who wish to gain further practical experience in field research. This course is open only to advanced students who wish to complete a research project they have developed with faculty guidance. Permission of instructor. Preparation for fieldwork through study of the philosophical and practical problems of anthropological field research. When appropriate, small-scale fieldwork exercises will be planned, executed, and analyzed.