This course is intended to be a pragmatic approach to archaeology beyond the academic setting.
Public archaeology is the interface between archaeologists and the lay public.
As such, it is important to both academic archaeologists and those involved with cultural resource management. This class will examine how archaeology is relevant to the non-archaeologist and will enable you to explain to your friends, family and legislators why they should support archaeology. There will be three exams over the material covered in class lectures and your text. Since the class lectures build upon, but do not reiterate the basic material in your text, it is important that you attend class. There will also be several guest lecturers, whose material will be covered on the examinations.