This course is a study of human history which describes the major cultural developments in humanity's past and explores the methods used by archeologists to retrieve, process and analyze material remains of past cultures. (3 lecture hours per week) Prerequisites: READ 0310 and ENGL 0310. [ CB45.0301.51 25]

Archaeology is the study of the material remains of past human behavior. Focus is on the multi disciplinary methodology of archaeology, beginning with an examination of the material remains that archaeologists use. The course demonstrates how archaeologists reconstruct past environments, subsistence, technology, settlement patterns and social organization, and their attempt to explain cultural change through time. Case studies are examined to demonstrate the methodologies that archaeologists actually use to address anthropological questions.