Aim is to develop a critical assessment and understanding of underlying principles and assumptions in the field of archaeology. The diversity of material remains, manufacturing techniques, and analytical strategies and results are the primary focus of the class. Bold ANG 5139r. Topical issues, methods, and theory in underwater archaeology. Historic and prehistoric underwater research themes related to larger issues of anthropology.
Specific topics vary by semester.
This course reviews the origins and antiquity of people in the New World by discussing the historical developments of anthropology and Paleoindian archaeology that are pertinent, and by reviewing selected early sites and artifact assemblages known in the Western Hemisphere. Critical evaluation of special problems and processes of cultural evolution and adaptation in the southeast. Aspects of prehistoric society covered include subsistence systems, trade, social and political organizations, ideology, calendries and astronomy, language and writing, artifacts, architecture, sculpture and painting. Format is seminar with presentations, research reports, and discussion. Serves as an introduction to the goals, methods, and theoretical base of this relatively new subfield of archaeology.