ANTHR 7460

ANTHR 7460

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2017-2018.

An exploration of the ways that cultural heritage is embodied in things, particularly archaeological landscapes, sites, and artifacts.   Identifying stakeholders in relation to collecting and controlling these things and representing heritage is a key focus:  what voices should states and other political entities have?  local residents? descendants?  How should descendants be identified?  Other key topics include looting and the market in smuggled antiquities; repatriation; the ethics of studying and publishing looted objects; community engagement; forces that destroy heritage and strategies for preserving it; re-invented and imagined heritage.  These issues will be examined using the collections of the Johnson Museum of Art and through case studies, including Colonial Williamsburg, African Burial Ground, Harriet Tubman House, the ancient Maya, and archaeology in the Third Reich.

When Offered Fall.

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 4460ARKEO 4460ARKEO 7460

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16453 ANTHR 7460   SEM 101

    • T McGraw Hall B65
    • Henderson, J

      Klimaszewski, C