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2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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ANT 3600 - Archaeological Theory (3) [WID]
When Offered: Fall
GEN ED: Junior Writing in the Discipline (WID)
How do archaeologists interpret the past from the material artifacts and sites we uncover in the present? How do our interpretations speak to wider anthropological discussions of human biology, history, language, and culture? And does archaeology matter? In this course we address these questions through a critical foray into the conceptual and theoretical foundations of anthropological archaeology-from its colonial roots, through its maturation as a discipline in the 20th century, to its ongoing diversification today. We also explore how archaeology draws on and contributes to public conversations and intellectual trends across the social sciences and humanities.
Prerequisites: ANT 2221 Prerequisite or corequisite: R_C 2001 or its equivalent.
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