Although the course is suited to the needs of archaeologists seeking to improve their inferential skills about prehistoric hunter-gatherers, the reading matter is largely ethnographic. Thus, it is appropriate for students of modern small-scale societies, as well as prehistorians. Every other fall beginning in 1999. ANG 6930 Archaeological Ceramics . A graduate-level practicum on the method and theory of technofunctional analyses of prehistoric pottery.
Students analyze an assemblage of their choice.
Every other spring beginning in 2000. ANG 6930 Southeastern U.S. Prehistory. A graduate seminar for students engaged in thesis or dissertation research in the southeastern United States. Case studies spanning a range of topical, methodological, and theoretical perspectives are used to provide models for research while exposing students to some of the latest substantive and conceptual findings in the region. Every other fall beginning in 1998.