Courses

• 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. Lecture and lab.
• 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 introducing the method and theory of using evidence from the archaeological record to study the uses of plants by humans, the relationship between humans and their environment, and the relationship between the environment and the archaeological record. Laboratory sessions concentrate on identification methods and include a project. Lecture and Lab.
• 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
  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.
• 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 891: Contemporary Theory in Archaeology
  Explores aspects of contemporary theory in archaeology, including post-modern critiques of contemporary practice, new approaches to archaeology of ritual, personhood, identity, and the body; indigenous and public archaeology; and politics and archaeology. Cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title previously numbered GRS AR 702.
• GRS AR 892: Archaeological Ethics and Law
  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. Cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title previously numbered GRS AR 780.
• GRS AR 893: World Archaeology
  This seminar takes an explicitly comparative approach to addressing questions concerning the origins of and variability in human culture viewed through a review of worldwide archaeological literature.(Program core course)
• GRS AR 894: Scientific Applications In Archaeology
  Seminar exploring new ways of addressing archaeological questions through the application of scientific techniques, focusing on cutting-edge methodologies and the most recent literature in the field. Students pursue questions of individual interest through readings, discussions, presentations, and research papers. (Program core course) Cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title previously numbered GRS AR 707.
• 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.

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