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ANT139 Native Americans of the Southeast
This course is a cultural history that explores the Native American cultures of the southeastern United States through archaeology, ethnography, and ethnohistory. The class is designed as a survey course and will include major discussions of Native American prehistory (archaeology), the Contact period, ethnography and ethnohistory of the Colonial period, the Removal Era, and southeastern Native Americans in the 20th century. Triad: Social Science
ANT 145 Archaeology of World Cultures
This is a survey of world prehistory from the time of our earliest known human ancestors five million years ago to the rise of state-level societies, as exemplified by the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia and Mesoamerica. We explore cultural processes including the migration of our species throughout the world as hunter-gatherers, the beginning of settled life, and the evolution of cultural complexity with tribal and chiefly societies. Triad: Social Science
ANT 146 Archaeological Methods
An introduction to archaeological excavation and methods of artifact analysis. Students explore basic artifact identification, classification, and cataloging, and practice basic excavation methods during field exercises. The class will also study research designs in order to learn how these methods contribute to understanding current issues in western North Carolina archaeology. May be repeated for credit as ANT 147. Triad: Social Science
ANT 239 Physical Anthropology
This course is a survey of physical anthropology that focuses on human evolution and human variation. Course topics include primate studies and hominid evolution as well as the study of the dispersal of modern Homo sapiens across the globe. We will look at human biological variation with respect to culture to examine such ideas as the relationship between population characteristics and their environments and the effect of disease on differing populations. We will also examine the role of physical anthropology in archaeology and forensic science.
ANT 251 Latin American Archaeology
This course is an introduction to the archaeology of Mesoamerica and South America. The class will study the history of Latin American archaeology and explore the broad range of human cultural history in these regions. The class will focus on Formative, Classic, and Post-Classic cultural expressions with the particular emphasis on the rise of complex societies in Mexico and in the Andean region. Triad: Social Science
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing and ANT 105 Survey of Latin America or ANT 145 Archaeology of World Cultures
ANT 321 Traditional Agriculture
This course examines the origins of agriculture and the role agriculture plays in the evolution of cultural complexity. The course employs a cultural ecology and ecosystems approach, which considers agriculture as an integral part of the environment in which it is practiced (this includes the cultural environment as well as the physical environment). This course deals primarily with pre-industrial and, for the most part, non-commercial agricultural systems.
ANT 338 Archaeology and the Environment
This course explores the relationship or interaction between people and their environments through the disciplines of archaeology and anthropology. Among the topics that may be explored are "Garbology," Pleistocene extinctions, human domestication of plants and animals, climate and culture, and Native Americans and their environments. Triad: Social Science
Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor.
ANT 340 Archaeological Field School
This is a summer field course involving archaeological excavation and survey in the Appalachian region. Excavations usually take place on prehistoric pre-Cherokee sites. Other types of prehistoric and historic sites may also be considered. The course includes instruction in excavating methodology, on-site excavation work, and classroom instruction in archaeological theory and the archaeology of the region. May be repeated for credit as ANT 341.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.