ANT 230 - Principles of Archeology

1. Historical perspective of archaeology
2. Archaeological survey and excavation
3. Archaeometry
4. Social archaeology
5. Environmental archaeology
6. Subsistence and diet
7. Prehistoric technology
8. Prehistoric trade
9. Cognitive archaeology
10. Bioarchaeology
11. Explanation in archaeology and why thins change
12. Public archaeology

1. 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)
2. Explain and describe methods of survey/excavation. (2)
3. Explain the importance of time depth of human prehistory in relation to the bioculture of our species. (3)
4. Explore the relationship between social organization and past settlement patterns. (4)
5. Analyze the environments that were exploited in prehistory. (5)
6. Use the concept of subsistence as the basis for categorizing what has been found in the archaeological record. (6)
7. Trace the evolution of human innovations and technology. (7)
8. Describe how both goods and ideas were exchanged. (8)
9. Interpret the use of art for what past people were thinking. (9)
10. Apply the principles of physical anthropology to archaeological burials (bioarchaeology). (10)
11. 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)
12. Define what cultural resource management is in reference to preserving a nonrenewable resource. (12)