ANTH 0501 - Archeology: An Overview

Institution:

University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

Subject:

Anthropology

Description:

This course allows students to better understand what questions archaeology asks, what kinds of evidence and data are available to archaeologists, and how archaeologists make statements based on the data available. At the same time, this introductory study of archaeology will allow students to more fully comprehend the connection between the past and the present. The first half of the course, "Ancestral Human Origins, Modern Humans and the Building Blocks of Social Complexity," investigates the evolutionary sequence of ancestral and early human species and the basis for complex social organization. The second half of the course, "The Development and Rise of Social Complexity," focuses on the development of complex social organizations. This is a Web course with Web–based instruction and web interaction is required.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pitt.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 624-4141

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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