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ANTH 3010

Geoarchaeology

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Fall 2025

Topics

  • natural processes that create the archaeological record, and reconstruction of landscapes on
  • changes on the Earth
  • the various types of landforms on which archaeological sites are found
  • and how the processes of erosion, deposition, soil formation, and biological and human activity
  • affect archaeological deposits in fluvial, eolian, lacustrine, and other depositional environments
  • Other topics include: methods of dating archaeological sites
  • artifactual materials
  • Understand fundamentals of sedimentology and geomorphology of fluvial, lacustrine, eolian
  • glacial and other systems and their importance to archaeology
  • theories/methods involved in paleoclimate reconstruction
  • Develop skills that can be directly applied to archaeological research
  • Engage in experiential learning through outdoor geoarchaeological activities
  • Foster critical thinking skills in geoarchaeology

Readings

  • Boggs, S., Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy. Prentice Hall.
  • Dincauze, D., Environmental Archaeology. Cambridge University Press.
  • Reitz and Shackley, Environmental Archaeology. Springer.
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