ANT 482 ARCHAEOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY

A project-centered course addressing the archaeological study of contemporary cultures, materiality, and the mutually constitutive relationship of built landscapes, objects, and everyday experience. Readings, discussions, and site visits explore the application of archaeological method and theory to studies of modern-day production, consumption, waste, ritual, memory, and migration, among other phenomena. Experiential training in archaeological and ethnographic methods, research design, and presentation of findings.

Credits

4

Notes

Seminar and three to four hours of fieldwork.

Cross Listed Courses

This is the same course as AMS 482/ES 482.

Prerequisite

Two courses in anthropology, or permission of the instructor.

Registration Restrictions

Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.

Enrollment Limit

Enrollment limited to 12 students.

Attributes

MOIE