Marine and Coastal Archaeology: Israel and the Neighboring Lands

4 credits

The seminar will follow recent advances and key discoveries in the coastal and maritime archaeology of Israel and the eastern Mediterranean from the Neolithic period to the end of the classical period. Topics include methodologies of underwater excavations and surveys, sunken Neolithic villages of the Carmel coast, archaeology and geoarchaeology of Canaanite and Phoenician harbors, shipwrecks of the eastern Mediterranean and maritime trade, the Anthropocene, sea level changes, and paleoclimate. Prerequisites: graduate standing.