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4.00 Credits
Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 8. Examination of chiefdom societies in anthropological record, with readings focused on theory and data from archaeological, historical, and ethnographic literature. Illustration of how people in ranked non-state societies created remarkably rich cultures over entire globe beginning several millennia ago in both Old World and Americas. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Archaeology of pre-Hispanic native cultures of Mesoamerica from late Pleistocene through Spanish conquest, with emphasis on formative sociopolitical developments, classic period civilizations, and Aztec society as revealed by archaeology and early Spanish writing. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Specialized consideration of particular regions or topics in archaeology of pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica. Specific topics vary but include archaeology and ethnohistory, ancient Mesoamerican religions, Olmec art and archaeology, and Maya. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 8 or 9. Pre-Hispanic and Conquest period native cultures of Andean South America, as revealed by archaeology and early Spanish writing. Incas and their predecessors in Peru, with emphasis on sociopolitical systems, economic patterns, religion, and aesthetic and intellectual achievements. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture/ demonstration, three hours. Requisite: course 114R. Moche civilization, which flourished on north coast of Peru between A.D. 100 and 800, as revealed by archaeology, iconography, ethnography, and early Spanish writing. Emphasis on Moche aesthetic, technology, and artistic achievements. Letter grading.
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9.00 Credits
Lecture, two to three hours; fieldwork, to be arranged (nine hours minimum for 6 units, 50 hours minimum for 13 units). Requisite: course 8. Off-campus field archaeology course offered in either regular session or summer. Procedures of archaeological excavation, recording, mapping, surveying, and initial analysis of archaeological data. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Archaeology of Harappan, early historic, and medieval periods in Indian subcontinent. Investigation of large-scale social movements such as Buddhism, as well as consideration of how past is interpreted in present. P/NP or letter grading.
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6.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; laboratory, two to three hours. Requisite: course 8. Introduction to archaeological analysis of range of prehistoric cultural materials. Procedures of classification, analysis, data entry. Extensive laboratory work with lithic artifacts, vertebrate fauna, shellfish, plant remains, bone and shell tools, ceramics. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 8. How archaeological research is furthered by specialized analysis of particular classes of cultural remains. Topics may include animal bones, plants, ceramics, rock art. Hands-on experience working with collections and data. May be repeated for credit with topic change. P/NP or letter grading.
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6.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; laboratory, three hours. Requisite: course 8. Archaeologists with special expertise in specific analytical techniques and topics oversee intensive laboratory training on one of following topics: zooarchaeology, ethnobotany, lithic analysis, ceramic analysis, etc. May be repeated for credit with topic change. P/NP or letter grading.
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