Courses

• CAS AR 370: Archaeology of Colonial America
  Introduction to the archaeology of American life in the colonial period. A consideration of the material culture of early America, including architecture, artifacts, complete sites, and the use of archaeology to confirm or modify the written record.
• CAS AR 371: Archaeology of Postcolonial America
  The archaeology of America from the Revolution to the present. Deals with the social history, industry, and material culture of recent and modern Americans.
• CAS AR 375: Oral History and Written Records in Archaeology
  A practical introduction to the use of archival and oral sources in text-aided archaeology. Critical analysis of documents as a step in constructing anthropological history, historical ethnography, and the "new cultural history."
• CAS AR 381: Introduction to Paleoethnobotany: Plants and Ancient Man
  Introduces the method and theory of the study through archaeological evidence of the uses of plants by humans. Highlights the relationship between humans and their environment and between the environment and the archaeological record. Laboratory sessions concentrate on identification.
• CAS AR 390: The Archaeology of Southeast Asia
  Examines the prehistoric and historic cultures of Southeast Asia, including the first arrival of humans, regional neolithic and Bronze Age communities, early states, maritime trading networks, as well as political motivations in archaeology and the illicit antiquities trade.
• CAS AR 400: Statistics and Computer Sciences for the Archaeologist
  Elementary and intermediate application of the computer to archaeological data analysis; derivation and interpretation of the structure of archaeological data assemblages in terms of statistical and mathematical models.
• CAS AR 401: Senior Independent Work
  
• CAS AR 402: Senior Independent Work
  
• CAS AR 404: Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials: Analysis and Preservation
  Primary field recovery techniques, laboratory analysis, and laboratory experience in conservation methods for archaeological materials including pottery, wood, bone, metals, stone, leather, fabrics, basketry, paper, and floral remains.
• CAS AR 450: Methods and Theory of Archaeology
  An interdisciplinary course dealing with field and laboratory techniques, research methods, concepts and problems in archaeological theory, and formulation of research designs.
• CAS AR 480: Archaeological Ethics and the Law
  Ethical and legal issues for archaeologists. Topics include archaeology as a public interest; legal organization of archaeology; international approaches to heritage management; looting, collecting, and the antiquities market; maritime law and underwater archaeology; and cultural resource management in the United States.
• CAS AR 491: Directed Study in Archaeology
  Individual instruction and directed research in archaeology.
• CAS AR 492: Directed Study in Archaeology
  Individual instruction and directed research in archaeology.
• CAS AR 503: Archaeological Field Methods: Survey and Excavation
  An interdisciplinary course dealing with field and laboratory techniques, research methods, concepts and problems in archaeological theory, and formulation of research designs. Taught in Belize.
• CAS AR 504: Preserving World Heritage: Principles and Practice
  Examines fundamental issues in preservation and management of World Heritage sites. Topics include implementation of UNESCO's Conventions, Recommendations, and Charters; selection and evaluation of cultural properties for inscription as World Heritage sites; and their protection from natural and human threats.
• CAS AR 505: Remote Sensing and Archaeology
  Lecture/laboratory course introducing students to applications of remote sensing in archaeology. Students learn a variety of geophysical survey methods as well as multispectral image analysis. Topics include the use of remotely sensed data for regional analysis, the discovery and mapping of buried archaeological features, and computer analysis of multispectral data.
• CAS AR 506: Regional Archaeology and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
  Use of advanced computer (GIS) techniques to address regional archaeological problems.This applied course examines digital encoding and manipulation of archaeological and environmental data, and methods for testing hypotheses, analyzing, and modeling the archaeological record.
• CAS AR 509: Geoarchaeology
  Lecture/laboratory course illustrating the use of geological concepts and methods in the study of archaeological problems. Topics include: stratigraphy and stratigraphic principles, geological environments and earth-surface processes, anthropogenic sediments, archaeological materials and their analysis, and the formation of archaeological sites. Field trips in the Boston area.
• CAS AR 511: Studies in European Archaeology
  Topics vary. Intensive coverage of particular periods, sub-areas, or events in European prehistory (Paleolithic, Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages, Western Europe or Eastern Europe, population migrations, etc.) as selected by instructor.
• CAS AR 512: Laboratory and Field Methods in Geoarchaeology
  Introduction to laboratory and field methods used in geoarchaeology, including description of field profiles and settings; map (topographic, geological, soil survey) and aerial photo interpretation; laboratory analytical techniques, such as soil micromorphology, x-ray diffraction, and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry.

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