ANTH 36610 - Archaeological Field Studies:Method and Theory in African Historical Archaeology-Exploring the Ngasobil Mission in Senegal

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University of Chicago

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PQ: Consent of instructor. Must be taken concurrently with ANTH 36611. Class limited to sixteen students. This course introduces students to the practice and theory of African historical archaeology through hands-on participation in an ongoing research program at the nineteenth-century Catholic Mission of Ngasobil (Senegal). Students learn basic fieldwork procedures, including surface documentation and collection, intensive transit mapping, shovel test surveys, excavation procedures, artifact processing, and preliminary artifact analysis. These are complemented by evening seminars and lectures examining salient theoretical questions and historical concerns that shape contemporary Senegalese archaeology. F. Richard. Summer.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.UCHICAGO.EDU

Phone Number:

(773) 702-1234

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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