ANTHR 2016
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Classes
ANTHR 2016
Course Description
Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2022-2023.
The longest archaeological record in the world is found on the continent of Africa. Our goal for this course is to delve into the diversity and complexity of transformations that shaped life in Africa and beyond. As the birthplace of humankind African archaeology extends back at least 2.5 million years, however our story starts in the Middle and Late Stone Age when we see some of the earliest evidence of symbolic thought, art, and shifts in food procurement strategies at the beginning of the Holocene 10,000 years ago. We will examine Africa's rich archaeological past from the development of food production, metallurgy, monumental architecture, urbanism and social and political complexity, religious movements, large-scale webs of trade and exchange and through the forceful absorption into European and Arab colonial empires, and trans-oceanic diasporas. Africa's past and Africa today is often misrepresented and misunderstood in popular news media and in our imaginations. Throughout the course we will be discussing the politics and ethics of doing archaeology in post-colonial Africa for African archaeologists and local communities and for archeologists coming from Euro-western countries. Our archaeological course materials includes both theory—the big ideas, models, questions, debates—and specific archaeological finds and sites on which analysis takes place, new methods are created, and theory is built.
When Offered Fall or Spring.
Breadth Requirement (GB)
Distribution Category (HA-AS, HST-AS, SSC-AS)
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 2016
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Sibley Hall 208
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Haines, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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