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ANTHR 219

World Prehistory

3 units

Summer 2022

Topics

  • Basics of Archaeology
  • History of Archaeology and Dating Methods
  • Hominin and Human Origins
  • Modern Humans and Neanderthals
  • Human Dispersals and Domestication
  • Spread of Agriculture and Social Complexity
  • Mesopotamia and Egypt
  • The Indus Valley and China
  • Mesoamerica
  • South America

Readings

  • Michael Chazan 2021. World Prehistory and Archaeology: Pathways Through Time. 5th edition. New York: Routledge
    required
Summer 2020

Topics

  • Fundamentals of archaeology
  • Archaeological History
  • Dating Techniques
  • Hominin Origins
  • Human Origins
  • Neanderthals
  • The Spread of Agriculture
  • Growing Social Complexity
  • Early States: Mesopotamia
  • Early States: China
  • Early States: Aztecs
  • Early States: Maya
Sources