800-level courses

GRS AR800 Food-Gathering Societies ♣
Seminar on prehistoric hunting-and-gathering societies from the Lower Paleolithic through the Mesolithic. Technology, subsistence patterns, demography, and human organization. Use of ethnographic analogy and environmental studies. (4.0/Lecture)

GRS AR802 Paleoethnobotany ♣
Seminar. Introduces the method and theory of study of the uses of plants by humans derived from evidence present in the archaeological record, the relationship between humans and their environment, and the relationship between the environment and the archaeological record. Laboratory sessions concentrate on identification methods and project on archaeological material. (4.0/Lec-Lab)

GRS AR803 Quantitative Studies ♣
Seminar. Prereq: CAS AR400 or consent of instructor. The application of quantitative methods to archaeological data covering techniques of exploratory data analysis, probability sampling, and techniques of spatial analysis with lectures on statistical methods. (4.0/Lecture)

GRS AR805 Archaeological Heritage Management ♣
Introduction to the practice of public archaeology in the U.S. Historical and legal background; state and federal programs; conducting archaeological investigations; archaeology as a business; the public interest; controversies, problems, and prospects in archaeological heritage management. (4.0/Lecture)

GRS AR810 International Heritage Management ♣
Investigations of issues in archaeological heritage management at the international level. Approaches, challenges, and solutions to problems in the identification, evaluation, conservation, management, and interpretation of archaeological resources. Focus on specific topics (e.g. legislation) and/or geographical regions. (4.0/Lecture)

GRS AR815 Plunder and Preservation: Cultural Heritage in Wartime ♣
Topics include safeguarding of cultural sites, monuments, and objects during armed conflict; history of cultural seizures as spoils of war; destruction of cultural heritage in war; development of legal protections; contemporary approaches to preservation of heritage at risk from war.