ANALYSIS METHODS PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY

Course Code:
ANTH 236
Active Term:
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Course Description:

This course is designed to acquaint the student with the methods and techniques of processing, classification, analysis, curation, and documentation of the major classes of prehistoric artifactual evidence. The specific classes of data to be examined include, but are not limited to, lithic, ceramics, perishables, macrofloral remains, pollen and phytoliths, and biomolecular residues. Analysis of these materials will also involve addressing a number of anthropological themes such as dietary reconstruction, paleoenvironmental reconstruction, and construction of chronologies.

Credit:
3
Instruction methods:
Lecture
Total hours: 45
Prerequisites:

ANTH 130

Corequisites:

ANTH 237

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