Methods of documentation and analysis of historic sites and structures through historical research, measured drawings and photographs. The archaeology of North America with special emphasis placed on the methods of historical archaeology and archaeology as a perspective for writing American history. Examination of the history and development of preservation law in the United States, current legal issues and litigation, and exploration of actual case studies. Art History 114 or 115 and Historic Preservation 205 or permission of the Chair. Intensive overview of the evolution of American building from early dwellings and towns to he glass and steel towers that dominate post- modern skylines.
Special emphasis is given to building technologies and the development of structural systems.
Examination of how historic preservation is being used as an economic development tool. Examination of European landscape precedents, influential landscape architects and landscape preservation issues today. History 131 or 132. Interpretation and analysis of artifacts in the pre-industrial and modern American landscapes. A seminar in the research models, methods and theoretical approaches used to study commonplace architecture in the United States.