219 for majors and minors unable to schedule the course. Students should plan their majors or minors in consultation with the Chair. Consult the appropriate section of this Catalogue under the departments noted above for descriptions of courses not given below. Provides an overview of the discipline. This survey includes study of historical development of archaeology, consideration of basic field and analytical methods, and a review of world prehistory beginning with the emergence of the first humans to the rise of civilization.
Emphasis is on how archaeologists reconstruct past societies out of fragmentary evidence.
Required prior to Arch. 350 and recommended prior to other courses listed under Archaeological Perspectives and Methods, which best serve as specialized case studies. The course will likely be scheduled every other year, alternating with Arch. It will provide faculty and students opportunities to study recent archaeological discoveries and topics on the cutting edge of the discipline. May be repeated for credit with permission of Chair.