Nov 24, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

ANTH 405 - Principles of Archaeology


(3 units)

Prerequisite(s): ANTH 140 or Consent of Instructor 
Exploration of the techniques, methods, and goals of archaeological research. Study of ceramics, lithics and other parts of the archaeological record. Examination of issues in sampling, survey, excavation and dating of archaeological materials. General problems encountered in explaining archaeological phenomena.

Letter grade only (A-F). (2 hours lecture, 2 hours activity)

General Education: Upper Division B - Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning