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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Staff. An introduction to the archaeology of later prehistoric Europe from the Neolithic to the Iron Age, ca. 6000 B.C. to the Roman conquest of Gaul and Britain. Includes considerations of the interactions of "classican" and "barbarian" societies; the relationship of Indo-European linguistic evidence to archaeological evidence; the possible uses of ethnography and history to interpret later prehistoric archaeology.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. This course provides an analytical introduction to the archaeology of the area from Mesopotamia to north-west Europe, from the beginnings of farming to the Middle Ages.
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3.00 Credits
Maxwell. A proseminar stressing familiarity with the materials and methods of research. Topic varies. Recent courses have treated North Italy, Carolingian, and Ottonian architecture. Reading knowledge of German, French and/or Italian desirable.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. The course examines and analyzes the process of excavation as a problem of research design and method, from both intellectural and organizational aspects. Archaeological research design is stressed, from excavation planning through data retrieval, storage, processing, integration and interpretation, to presentation. Guest lecturers, who present critical evaluations of "case studies" are a regular feature. Prerequisite: excavation experience.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Topic varies.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. An examination of archaeological evidence relevant to selected problems in Greek history.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. This course will examine the written and especially the archaeological evidence for the production of Greek drama. Topics will include the theater buildings themselves, stage machinery, scene painting, and costumes. The main chronological focus will be on the fifth and fourth centuries B.C., but some attention will be paid to later developments.
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3.00 Credits
Graham. An introduction to the principles and practices of Greek Epigraphy. Study of selected Greek inscriptions.
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3.00 Credits
Holod. A one-semester survey of Islamic art and architecture which will examine visual culture as it functions within the larger sphere of Islamic culture in general. Particular attention will be given to relationships between visual culture and literature, using specific case studies, sites or objects which may be related to various branches of Islamic literature, including historical, didactic, philosophical writings, poetry and religious texts. All primary sources will be available in English translation.
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3.00 Credits
Haselberger/Kuttner. An intensive introduction to the art and architecture of the Greek World from Geometric to Hellenistic times, utilizing artifacts of the University Museum. Variable emphasis on topics ranging from stylistic innovation and persistence, commemorative genres, narrative, artistic program, patronage to tectonic structure, concepts of order and decoration, proportion, space, urbanism, and Vitruvian theories. Regularly taught in fall term.
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