ACCR ARMD 310 - Mediterranean Archaeology

Institution:

Arcadia University

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Description:

The course explores the historical and material aspects of the cultures that arose around the Mediterranean from prehistory through the classical period. Sites and monuments from various periods in Rome are directly analyzed. An inquiry into the importance of archaeology as a discipline and the meaning of civilization. The course is an itinerary around the Mediterranean in search of the earliest civilizations in the area. It explores the cultures and sites of some of the major cultures in question (Egypt, the Minoans, Myceneans, Phoenicians, Italic populations). The timeframe of Prehistory, with occasional later forays towards 100 B.C.E., of itself challenges most students to venture into unaccustomed waters. The course is based on lectures and a series of museum and site visits. It includes some consideration first of the significance of these civilizations in the perspective of global human history, and second some of the basic principles, methods and historical shifts of archaeology. The course asks students to rehearse the methods and thinking of archaeologists and to build a kind of specialized tool kit to identify a range of artifacts and physical structures, whereby they can "decode" the characteristics of past cultures. (Rome, Italy, http://www.arcadia.edu/abroad/itRome)

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Multiple

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Institution Website:

www.arcadia.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 572-2900

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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