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ANTH 1590: Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
1.00 Credits
Brown University
A survey of archaeological sites in the ancient Near East from the Neolithic period to the early Roman Empire. Archaeology allows us to explore the development of agriculture, cities, and urban-based culture, as well as to make comparisons between cultures and examine issues of trade and commerce. We elvaluate sites in relation to theoretical and methodological issues in anthropological archaeology.
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ANTH 1600: Hunter-Gatherer Adaptations
1.00 Credits
Brown University
Addresses the question: to what extent can the concept of the ecosystem, as developed in evolutionary biology, explain variability in human behavior? Examines the literature on contemporary hunting and gathering societies, both human and nonhuman, as well as relevant findings in archaeology and human biology. Background in general biology and anthropology is helpful, but not required.
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ANTH 1620: Global Historical Archaeology
1.00 Credits
Brown University
The course examines historical archaeology as a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the historic past. Draws in recent research from different parts of the world, including North America, South Africa, Australia, the Caribbean, and South America, to illustrate historical archaeology's contributions to interpreting peoples' everyday lives and the diversity of their experiences in the post-1500 era.
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ANTH 1621: Material Culture Practicum
1.00 Credits
Brown University
Combines theory with hands-on study of material culture in historical archaeology. Students gain skills and experience in identifying, dating, recording, analyzing, and interpreting artifacts and conduct individual or team research projects. Enrollment limited to 15.
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ANTH 1623: Archaeology of Death
1.00 Credits
Brown University
Explores the study of death and burial from archaeology's unique comparative and long-term perspective. What insights does it provide about the human condition? How have human remains illuminated the lived experiences of people in the past? What do funerary objects reveal about beliefs and social relations? Gravestones and monuments about emotions and memory? Also examines current challenges to the excavation and study of graves.
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ANTH 1624: Indians, Colonists, and Africans in New England
1.00 Credits
Brown University
The course explores the colonial and capitalist transformation of New England's social and cultural landscapes following European contact. Using archaeology as critical evidence, we will examine claims about conquest, Indian Extinction, and class, gender and race relations by studying the daily lives and interactions of the area's diverse Native American, African American, and European peoples.
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ANTH 1640: Mesoamerican Archaeology
1.00 Credits
Brown University
This course examines the archaeology of Mesoamerican civilizations. Students will learn the similarities and differences between such cultures ads the ancient Olmec, Zapotec, Maya, Toltec, and Aztec that inhabited this region from 1200 BC through the Spanish conquest. Readings and lectures will highlight the different ways in which scholars look at the past as they reconstruct ancient ways of life.
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ANTH 1650: Ancient Maya Writing
1.00 Credits
Brown University
Nature and content of Mayan hieroglyphic writing, from 100 to 1600 CE. Methods of decipherment, introduction to textual study, and application to interpretations of Mayan language, imagery, world view, and society. Literacy and Mesoamerican background of script.
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ANTH 1660: The Ancient Body: Past Ideas about Human Physicality
1.00 Credits
Brown University
Course addresses the burgeoning literature on the human body, especially the meanings attached to it through time and across cultures. Anthropology, history, and archaeology offer the principal sources of evidence for this introduction to past ideas about the body.
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ANTH 1670: Global Origins of Plant and Animal Domestication
1.00 Credits
Brown University
A seminar providing the basic information on the prehistory of the Circum Artic of Northern Fenno Scandinavia, Russia, and North America. Not open to first year students.
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