ARH305

Archaeological Interpretation

 

Transforming archaeological results into statements about people and their life ways.  Covers basic archaeological theory, including research design, sampling, stratigraphy, seriation, formation and testing or evaluation of hypotheses, regional analyses. Introduces some of the major schools of archaeological theory, including New Archaeology and Post-Processual Archaeology.

Prerequisite: ANT200Y1

 

 

Grading:

            Problem Sets (3 @ 15% each) 45%

            Cook Valley                             20%

            End-of-Term Test                     30%

            Class Participation                    5%

 

 

 

Course Syllabus

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