Prereq: graduate student standing or Archaeology major/minor with junior standing, or consent of instructor.

Introduction to the practice of public archaeology in the United States: historical and legal background; federal, state, and local programs; archaeology and Native Americans; contract archaeology; survey, evaluation, and mitigation projects; professional employment in U.S. cultural resource management. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course entitled "U.S. Archaeological Heritage Management" that was previously numbered GRS AR 805.

[ 4 cr.]

Prereq: graduate standing.

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.

[ 4 cr.]

Theory, methods, and aims of prehistoric and historical archaeology in the Old and New Worlds. Excavation and recovery of archaeological data; dating techniques; interpretation of finds; relation of archaeology to history and other disciplines. Examination of several Old and New World cultures. Carries social science divisional credit in CAS. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Historical Consciousness, Social Inquiry I.

[ 4 cr.]

Prereq: concentrator in department, junior or senior standing, consent of instructor, and approval of the Academic Advising Center.

Individual instruction and directed research in archaeology.

[Var cr.]

Examines the archaeology of ancient China from the Neolithic through the Bronze Age (7000 to 221 BCE) with particular attention to the interactions between technology and the acquisition of political, religious, and social power. This course carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.

[ 4 cr.]

This course will provide students with a sound basis for archaeological methods applied to a variety of forensic settings. Students will learn core concepts from academic archaeology and how forensic archaeology differs from traditional methods. 3 cr

[ 3 cr.]

Illustrated lectures focus on the important discoveries of the discipline of archaeology. Course covers the whole of human prehistory around the world. Archaeological methods are described, along with the great ancient sites: Olduvai, Lascaux, Stonehenge, Egyptian pyramids, Machu Picchu. This course carries humanities divisional credit in CAS. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Historical Consciousness, Social Inquiry I.

[ 4 cr.]

Prereq: graduate standing or CAS AR 450.

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) To be cross-listed with AN 793.

[ 4 cr.]

Prereq: CAS MA 113 or CAS MA 115.

Practical hands-on computing experience using GIS for analyzing data from maps and other sources. Analytical functions unique to GIS are emphasized, as are applications in archaeology, land use planning, environmental monitoring, and other fields.

[ 4 cr.]

Prereq: CAS AR 101.

Introduction to emergence of culture and reconstruction of early lifeways from archaeological evidence. Topics include early humans in Africa, Asia, and Europe; Neanderthal; the first Americans; and the prelude to agriculture.

[ 4 cr.]

Topic to be announced. Offered through the Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology. (MIT Materials in Ancient Societies: course #3.989)

[Var cr.]

Grad Prereq: consent of instructor

Students registered in this course will be expected to complete an approved internship in an anthropology or archaeology field school, forensic, or medicolegal setting. 2 cr, on demand.

[Var cr.]

Grad Prereq: consent of instructor

Students will have the opportunity to develop a directed study in a specialized area of forensic anthropology or archaeology that is of particular interest. 4 cr, all sem.

[Var cr.]

Prereq: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

An examination of current and historical perspectives across sub-disciplines of Anthropology: Social Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, and Archaeology. Explores how methodologies, theories and interpretations have changed as disciplines have developed. Emphasizes group learning to facilitate exchange of ideas across the sub-disciplines.

[ 4 cr.]

Grad Prereq: consent of instructor

This course will provide students with an advanced basis for vertebrate zooarchaeological analysis including terminology, data gathering, data analysis, and practical identification skills for both whole and fragmentary vertebrate remains. These skills will be of direct use in archaeology, paleontology, and forensic anthropology. 4 cr, Fall & Spring sem.

[ 4 cr.]

Prereq: graduate standing or CAS AR 307.

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. To be cross-listed with AR 894.

[ 4 cr.]

Prereq: graduate standing or CAS AR 307.

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. To be cross-listed with AN 794.

[ 4 cr.]

An introduction to the archaeology and civilizations of the pre-Columbian Americas. Topics progress chronologically as well as comparatively, with cases drawn from Native American cultures of the North America, Mesoamerica, and South America. Carries social science divisional credit in CAS. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Social Inquiry I, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy.

[ 4 cr.]

Prereq: at least two archaeological studies courses at 200 level or above, senior status, or consent of instructor.

Senior capstone seminar dealing with the intellectual history of the discipline, research methods, concepts, and problems in archaeological theory, and the formulation of research designs. In 2018-19 this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Social Inquiry I, Ethical Reasoning, Critical Thinking. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Social Inquiry II, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Critical Thinking.

[ 4 cr.]

May be repeated for credit if topic is different. Two topics are offered in Spring 2020. Section A1: Surviving Lorca. Readings of selected works followed by discussion of Federico Garcia Lorca's iconic status and posthumous presence in film, exhibitions, fiction, song, and other forms of Spanish popular culture. Section B1: An American Egypt: Antiquarianism & Early Archaeology in colonial Latin America. The course traces a genealogy of the "antiquarian imagination" in Colonial Latin America, from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. We explore the complex interaction of gazes, interests and epistemologies that coalesced around the creation of a Pre-Columbian Antiquity.

[ 4 cr.]