Archaeology

• GRS AR 771: New World Historical Archaeology: Postcolonial America
  Seminar. The archaeological study of America since the Revolution. Focus is on the archaeological and artifactual evidence for the development of plantation systems and slavery, induustrial and urban centers, ethnicity, and modern popular culture.
• 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 782: Zooarchaeology
  Introduction to archaeological analysis of animal bones. Provides a basis for the use of faunal remains in the investigation of paleoecology, analysis of archaeological formation histories, and techniques for interpreting human subsistence activities.
• 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 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 808: Survey and Landscape Archaeology
  Seminar tracing the development of survey and landscape archaeology and their impact on understandings of the social, political, economic, and religious environments of ancients cultures. Weekly discussions and presentations cover a sample of methodological and interpretive approaches.
• 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 830: The End of Days: Analyzing Collapse in Complex Societies
  Seminar on the archaeology, anthropology, mythology, and history of collapse in complex societies. Provides students with an in-depth understanding of major issues and challenges in studying the dissolution and reformulation of complex societies in the ancient world.
• GRS AR 901: Directed Research in Classical Archaeology
  Graduate-level directed research in classical archaeology.
• GRS AR 902: Directed Research in Classical Archaeology
  Graduate-level directed research in classical archaeology.
• GRS AR 903: Directed Research in New World Historical Archaeology
  Graduate-level directed research in New World Archaeology.
• GRS AR 904: Directed Research in American Historical Archaeology
  
• GRS AR 905: Directed Research in Old World Prehistoric Archaeology
  Graduate-level directed research in Old World prehistoric archaeology.
• GRS AR 906: Directed Research in Old World Prehistoric Archaeology
  Graduate-level directed research in Old World prehistoric archaeology.
• GRS AR 907: Directed Research in New World Prehistoric Archaeology
  Graduate-level directed research in New World prehistoric archaeology.
• GRS AR 908: Directed Research in New World Prehistoric Archaeology
  Graduate-level directed research in New World prehistoric archaeology.
• GRS AR 910: Practicum in Archaeological Heritage Management
  Full-time internship in an appropriate public or private firm, agency, or other organization involved in the practice of public archaeology.
• GRS AR 911: Practicum in Archaeological Heritage Management
  Full-time internship in an appropriate public or private firm, agency, or other organization involved in the practice of public archaeology.

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