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ARCH B205: Greek Sculpture
3.00 Credits
Haverford College
A.Donohue One of the best-preserved categories of evidence for ancient Greek culture is sculpture. The Greeks devoted immense resources to producing sculpture that encompassed many materials and forms and served a variety of important social functions. This course examines sculptural production in Greece and neighboring lands from the Bronze Age through the fourth century B.C.E. with special attention to style, iconography and historical and social context. Not offered in 2008-09.
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ARCH B206: Hellenistic and Roman Sculpture
3.00 Credits
Haverford College
A.Donohue This course surveys the sculpture produced from the fourth century B.C.E. to the fourth century C.E., the period beginning with the death of Alexander the Great that saw the transformation of the classical world through the rise of Rome and the establishment and expansion of the Roman Empire. Style, iconography and production will be studied in the contexts of the culture of the Hellenistic kingdoms, the Roman appropriation of Greek culture, the role of art in Roman society and the significance of Hellenistic and Roman sculpture in the post-antique classical tradition.
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ARCH B209: Aegean Archaeology
3.00 Credits
Haverford College
J.Wright The prehistoric cultures of the Aegean area concentrating on Minoan Crete, Troy, the Aegean Islands and Mycenaean Greece.
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ARCH B220: Araby the Blest:The Archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula from 3000 to 300 B.C.E
3.00 Credits
Haverford College
P.Magee A survey of the archaeology and history of the Arabian peninsula focusing on urban forms, transport and cultures in the Arabian peninsula and Gulf and their interactions with the world from the rise of states in Mesopotamia down to the time of Alexander the Great.
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ARCH B220 - Araby the Blest:The Archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula from 3000 to 300 B.C.E
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ARCH B224: Women in the Ancient Near East
3.00 Credits
Haverford College
P.Magee A survey of the social position of women in the ancient Near East, from sedentary villages to empires of the first millennium B.C.E. Topics include critiques of traditional concepts of gender in archaeology and theories of matriarchy. Case studies illustrate the historicity of gender concepts: women's work in early village societies; the meanings of Neolithic female figurines; the representation of gender in the Gilgamesh epic; the institution of the "Tawananna" (queen) in the Hittite empire; the indirect power of women such as Semiramis in the Neo-Assyrian palaces. Reliefs, statues, texts and more indirect archaeological evidence are the basis for discussion
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ARCH B228:
3.00 Credits
Haverford College
The Archaeology of Iran: From the Neolithic to Alexander the Great P.Magee Examines the Archaeology of Iran and its eastern neighbors from circa 8000 B.C.E. to the coming of Alexander at the end of the fourth century B.C.E. Focus on the emergence of agriculture and urbanism and the appearance of the Achaemenid Empire, examined in the light of contacts with states in Mesopotamia and South Asia and the abilities of the ancient inhabitants of Iran to exploit their environment. Not offered in 2008-09.
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ARCH B230: Archaeology and History of Ancient Egypt
3.00 Credits
Haverford College
M.Ata The cultural, social and political development of Egypt from the beginning of settled communities in the Nile Valley to the end of the New Kingdom (circa 5000 to 1100 B.C.E.), in both the African and the wider Near Eastern contexts. Emphasizes archaeological remains, but also makes use of documentary evidence.
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ARCH B240: Archaeology and History of Ancient Mesopotamia
3.00 Credits
Haverford College
M.Ata A survey of the material culture of ancient Mesopotamia, modern Iraq, from the earliest phases of state formation (circa 3500 B.C.E.) through the Achaemenid Persian occupation of the Near East (circa 331 B.C.E.). Emphasis will be on art, artifacts, monuments, religion, kingship and the cuneiform tradition. The survival of the cultural legacy of Mesopotamia into later ancient and Islamic traditions will also be addressed. Not offered in 2008-09.
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ARCH B244: Great Empires of the Ancient Near East
3.00 Credits
Haverford College
M.Ata A survey of the history, material culture, political and religious ideologies of, and interactions among the five great empires of the ancient Near East of the second and first millennia B.C.E.: New Kingdom Egypt, the Hittite Empire in Anatolia, the Assyrian and Babylonian Empires in Mesopotamia, and the Persian Empire in Iran.
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ARCH B252: Pompeii
3.00 Credits
Haverford College
Staff Introduces students to a nearly intact archaeological site whose destruction by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 C.E. was recorded by contemporaries. The discovery of Pompeii in the mid-1700's had an enormous impact on 18th and 19th century views of the Roman past as well as styles and preferences of the modern era. Informs students in classical antiquity, urban life, city structure, residential architecture; home decoration and furnishing, wall painting, minor arts and craft and mercantile activities within a Roman city. Not offered in 2008-09.
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