ANTH 306 - The Rise Of Complex Societies: The Archaeology Of State Formation And Urbanization

Institution:

Northeastern Illinois University

Subject:

Anthropology

Description:

This course provides an in-depth, comparative exploration of the emergence of social hierarchy and centralized political formations in the Old and New Worlds. Students will become familiar with the political institutions, economic structures, and religious traditions of the world's earliest "civilizations" in the Americas, the Near East and China while probing anthropological theories on the rise of cities and states. Students will develop an understanding of the varied factors which drove parallel or divergent forms of social complexity and will partake in arcaeological problem-soling involving both method and theory. (A or C)

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.neiu.edu/

Phone Number:

(773) 583-4050

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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