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Aug 14, 2024
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2023-2024 Yavapai College Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]
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ANT 230 - Principles of Archeology Description: Introduction to methods, theory, and techniques used in archaeology. The scope of human prehistory from the earliest human cultures to the rise of complex civilizations.
Prerequisites: ENG 101 or ENG 103
Credits: 3 Lecture: 3 Course Content:
- Historical perspective of archaeology
- Archaeological survey and excavation
- Archaeometry
- Social archaeology
- Environmental archaeology
- Subsistence and diet
- Prehistoric technology
- Prehistoric trade
- Cognitive archaeology
- Bioarchaeology
- Explanation in archaeology and why thins change
- Public archaeology
Learning Outcomes:
- Define the goals and scope of archaeology and trace the history of archaeology from its beginning as an antiquarian pursuit of providing culture histories to a more scientific approach. (1)
- Explain and describe methods of survey/excavation. (2)
- Explain the importance of time depth of human prehistory in relation to the bioculture of our species. (3)
- Explore the relationship between social organization and past settlement patterns. (4)
- Analyze the environments that were exploited in prehistory. (5)
- Use the concept of subsistence as the basis for categorizing what has been found in the archaeological record. (6)
- Trace the evolution of human innovations and technology. (7)
- Describe how both goods and ideas were exchanged. (8)
- Interpret the use of art for what past people were thinking. (9)
- Apply the principles of physical anthropology to archaeological burials (bioarchaeology). (10)
- Explain the importance of change in the archaeological record and discuss why cultures disappear. Interpret the key elements of past material culture (Behavioral Archaeology). (11)
- Define what cultural resource management is in reference to preserving a nonrenewable resource. (12)
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