Courses

• GRS AR 743: Anatolian Archaeology
  An historically oriented survey of the material remains of the ancient cultures of Turkey and northwest Iran from the Neolithic to the Hellenistic period. Emphasis is on the Hittite Empire and civilizations that succeeded it in the first millennium.
• GRS AR 746: Seminar: The Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
  Examines the prehistoric and early historical origins of ancient Egyptian civilization, major institutions of the culture, and culture changes through time. Topics studied include changing socio-political organization, demography and the economic system, and beliefs/religion.
• GRS AR 751: Sem:Mesoam Arch
  This course description is currently under construction.
• GRS AR 770: New World Historical Arachaeology: Colonial America
  Seminar. Material culture of the people who colonized North America. Architecture, artifacts, and a variety of sites - domestic, military, commercial, sepulchral - are studied. Uses of achival evidence as factual and ethnographic documentation for archaeological interpretation are discussed.
• GRS AR 775: Oral History and Written Records in Archaeology
  Comprehensive survey of use of oral and written documentary history by archaeologists. Specific topics, sources, techniques of recording and analysis. Special attention to archaeological applications of African and American oral history projects; case studies involving documentation in New World historical archaeology.
• GRS AR 780: Archaeological Ethics and Law
  In this course students examine archaeology and professional ethics; 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; cultural resource management in the United States.
• GRS AR 790: 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.
• GRS AR 795: Politics, Nationalism, and Archaeology
  Explores how archaeology is shaped by and manipulated for political purposes. Case studies from Asia and around the world trace the development of archaeology during colonial empire-building and post-colonial nationalism, and the importance of archaeological heritage in regional politics.
• GRS AR 802: Paleoethnobotany
  Seminar. Introduces the method and theory of study of the uses of plants by humans, as 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 a project on archaeological material.
• GRS AR 803: Seminar: Quantitative Studies
  The application of quantitative methods to archaeological data, covering techniques of exploratory data analysis, probability sampling, and uni- and multivariate statistical techniques. The course integrates computer graphics and techniques of spatial analysis with lectures on statistical methods.
• GRS AR 805: U.S. Archaeological Heritage Management
  Introduction to the practice of public archaeology in the United States. Historical and legal background; state and federal programs; conducting archaeological investigations; archaeology as business; the public interest; controversies, problems, and prospects in archaeological heritage management.
• GRS AR 810: International Heritage Management
  Investigation of issues in archaeological heritage management at the international level. Concepts, approaches, challenges, and solutions to problems in the identification, evaluation, conservation, management, and interpretation of cultural resources. Focus on global and regional issues (e.g., legislation, destruction, restoration, and maintenance of heritage).
• GRS AR 815: Plunder and Preservation: Cutural 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.
• GRS AR 850: Problems in Comparative Archaeology
  
• GRS AR 901: Directed Research in Classical Archaeology
  
• GRS AR 902: Directed Research in Classical Archaeology
  
• GRS AR 903: Directed Research in American Historical Archaeology
  
• GRS AR 904: Directed Research in American Historical Archaeology
  
• GRS AR 905: Directed Research in Old World Prehistoric Archaeology
  
• GRS AR 906: Directed Research in Old World Prehistoric Archaeology
  

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