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| Archaeology Department In reference to the objectives set for the College of Arts and Sciences, training in archaeology is particularly suitable for alerting students to the roots of cultural complexity which characterizes the modern world. The requirements for the major are designed to accommodate two different interests: students who seek basic training in the field with the intent of continuing in careers in archaeology, and students who expect to pursue careers in science, medicine, history, classics, art, business, or education, who find archaeology exciting and fulfilling as a second major. Declaring a Major or Minor Pick up a "Declaration of Major" or "Declaration of Minor"
form from your division office (Arts and Sciences Office is 205 South
Brookings). Fill out the form and bring it, along with a copy of
your internal Washington University record (or if relevant, transfer transcript)
to Dr. David Browman, Old McMillan 118. Be prepared to select one
of the faculty members as a major (or minor) advisor at this meeting.
Once we have discussed your program, and your form has been approved and
signed, you then return the completed form to your division office (most
students will return it to Arts & Sciences). The minor in the Interdisciplinary Program in Archaeology requires completion of 15 course credits. The minor should include one of the two introductory courses (L52-190, and L52-200), and at least 12 advanced units from 300 and 400 level courses. The Archaeology minor is usually fulfilled by a concentration in either the humanistic or in the social science areas. Thus the minor will satisfy the Textual and Historical Studies distribution area or the Social Sciences distribution area, depending on which courses the minor includes. Check with the department to ascertain which distribution area your minor will fulfill. Return to Undergraduate
Program Menu General Requirements: Majors (i) Required Courses All majors are required to take ARC-190, Introduction to Archaeology, and ARC-200, World Archaeology. (ii) Subdisciplinary Areas The Archaeology major is designed to ensure that the student receives breadth as well as focus. Of the 21 advanced course credits required for the major, no more than 15 can be taken in any one of the four departments in the Interdisciplinary Program. The areas of interest of the majors usually break down roughly equally between individuals concentrating in humanistic/classical archaeology and those concentrating in social scientific/anthropological archaeology. For each focus, the associated faculty have specific mechanisms in place for training the students in areas such as quantitative or stylistic analyses, ethics, problem development and solving, modeling, training in laboratory skills, applied applications, and internships. Because of the non-linear nature of the course sequence, the specific faculty of each focus monitor the development and training of the undergraduate majors in their respective areas. Archaeology majors are required to take at least 6 units of their upper division courses in each of these two areas. (iii) Field School Each student is required to complete a practical supervised field experience, usually a summer project of approximately six weeks duration, in the methodology of excavation and data retrieval. Several of the majors have also combined this field training with semester or year abroad opportunities. (For additional information, see separate section on Semester Abroad Policy for Archaeology Majors and Minors.) Return to Undergraduate Program Menu
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| L52-ARC 190 | Introduction to Archaeology | |
| L52-ARC 314 | The Prehistory of North America | |
| L52-ARC 318 | The Prehistory of Africa | |
| L52-ARC 3461 |
Native Americans at Westward Expansion |
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| L52-ARC 347 | Ancient Mound Builders of the Mississippi Valley | |
| L52-ARC 372 |
Geoarchaeology |
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| L52-ARC 379 |
Feast and Famine: Archaeology and Climate
Change |
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| L52-ARC 3793 |
Mississippi River Basin: Past, Present,
and Future |
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| L52-ARC 390 | Archaeological Excavation | |
| L52-ARC 3932 | Introduction to Archaeological Field Survey | |
| L52-ARC 403 | Culture History of the Southwestern United States | |
| L52-ARC 4211 | Paleoethnobotany and Ethnobotany | |
| L52-ARC 4212 |
Advanced Methods in Paleoethnobotany |
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| L52-ARC 4213 | Plants and American People: Past and Present | |
| L52-ARC 4214 |
The Archaeology of Food and Drink |
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| L52-ARC 455 | Archaeological Research Techniques | |
| L52-ARC 4561 | Artifact Analysis: Ceramics | |
| L52-ARC 4562 | Artifact Analysis: Mississippian Cultures | |
| L52-ARC 4564 | Archaeobotanical Analysis | |
| L52-ARC 4752 | Practicing Archaeology | |
| L52-ARC 4761 | Pleistocene Peopling of Eurasia | |
| L52-ARC 477 | African Prehistory | |
| L52-ARC 4791 |
Archaeological Study of Social Complexity |
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| L52-ARC 481 | Zooarchaeology | |
| L52-ARC 4812 |
Advanced Topics in Zooarchaeology |
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| L52-ARC 482 | Experimental Zooarchaeology | |
| L52-ARC 489 | Pathways to Domestication | |
| L52-ARC 4891 | Human Patterns in Predation | |
| L52-ARC 4892 |
Hunter-Gatherer Socioeconomic Variation |
(ii) Textual and Historic Studies
| L52-ARC 200 | World Archaeology | |
| L52-ARC 232 | Myths and Monuments of Antiquity | |
| L52-ARC 310 | Ancient Civilizations of the New World |
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| L52-ARC 3122 |
From Country to Heavy Metal: Ancient Civilizations of the Old World |
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| L52-ARC3211 | Art in the Egypt of the Pharaohs | |
| L52-ARC 323 | The Arts and Culture of Rome | |
| L52-ARC3301 | Homeric Archaeology | |
| L52-ARC 331 | Greek Art and Archaeology | |
| L52-ARC 3333 |
Art and Archaeology of Japan |
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| L52-ARC 334 | Roman Art and Archaeology | |
| L52-ARC 336 | Ancient Sanctuaries: the Archaeology of sacred space in the ancient Mediterranean | |
| L52-ARC 3369 |
Underwater Archaeology |
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| L52-ARC 3401 |
Chinese Art and Culture |
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| L52-ARC 3420 |
Archaeology of Ancient China |
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| L52-ARC 3450 | Origins of Chinese Civilization | |
| L52-ARC 345 | The Art and Archaeology of Ancient China |
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| L52-ARC 400 | Stone, Bone, Clay, and Fiber: A Hands-on Course in Materials
and Premodern Production Techniques |
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| L52-ARC 4020 |
Jerusalem, The Holy City |
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| L52-ARC 421 | Minoan and Mycenean Archaeology | |
| L52-ARC 426 | Ancient Athens | |
| L52-ARC 427 |
Athenian Vase Painting |
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| L52-ARC 4321 | Ancient Coins | |
| L52-ARC 4331 |
Archaic States: Mesopotamia and Egypt |
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| L52-ARC 435 | The Parthenon | |
| L52-ARC 437 | Greek Sculpture | |
| L52-ARC 4371 | Greek and Roman Pottery | |
| L52-ARC 4661 | Historical Archaeology |
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| L52-ARC 4682 | Ethnoarchaeology |
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Current and Newly Adopted Clusters
The Interdisciplinary Program in Archaeology has clusters with Natural
Sciences (NS), Social Sciences (SS), Language and the Arts (LA) and Textual
and Historical Studies (TH) distribution, indicated in parentheses after
each of the clusters with archaeological content. Because some 300
and 400 level courses are offered only every second or third year, most
clusters provide flexibility to deal with this issue by including alternative
upper level course selections. The four-digit WUCRSL cluster number
is also provided in parentheses after each cluster title.
Previously Adopted Clusters
Ancient World Civilizations
(7553) (TH)
ARC 200 Introduction to World Archaeology
And one of the below courses:
Anth/ARC 310 Ancient Civilizations
of the New World
Anth/ARC 3122 From Country to Heavy Metal: Ancient Civilizations of the Old World
This cluster is designed to provide a broad, general overview of the beginnings of the world's first complex societies and civilizations. The follow-up courses focus on the origins of particular civilizations, as understood primarily from prehistoric evidence, and continue to examine the transition to pristine conquest states as understood from the earliest written records.
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Classical Mythology and Art (7555) (LA,
TH)
Classics 301 Greek Mythology
And one of the below courses:
Art-Arch 112 Introduction to Western Art
Art-Arch/ARC 232 Myths and Monuments of Antiquity
Art-Arch/ARC 331 Greek Art and Archaeology
Art-Arch/ARC 334 Roman Art and Archaeology
The sacred stories of the Greeks provide the subject matter of much Greek, Roman and later European cultures. A knowledge of Greek mythology enhances understanding of both ancient and later European cultures.
Comparative Ancient States (7555) (TH)
Anth/ARC 310 Ancient Civilizations of the New World.
And one of the below courses:
Art-Arch/ARC 3211 Art in the Egypt of the Pharaohs
Art-Arch/ARC 331 Greek Art and Archaeology
Art-Arch/ARC 425 Ancient Athens
All courses concentrate on complex states in one of three different
macro-regions of the world. The cluster is designed to illustrate different
approaches taken by the original inhabitants of three geographic regions
to the formation and elaboration of the archaic state. The cluster
demonstrates the similarities and dissimilarities between ancient civilizations
that were so central to the formation of state-based societies.
Contact of Cultures in America (3524) (SS, TH)
Two of the following courses:
AMCS 101 Lewis and Clark and the American Challenge
Music 3022 Native American Musical Traditions of the Western U.S.
AMCS 202 The Immigrant Experience
Anth/ARC 3461 Native Americans at Westward Expansion
AMCS 370 The American West: the Image in History
This cluster focuses on the demographic and cultural complexity that
shaped the western United States, drawing on humanities, social sciences,
visual culture, archaeological evidence and music.
Early Chinese Civilizations and Culture (7602) (TH)
Chinese 227 Chinese Civilization
And one of the below courses:
Hist 305 History of Pre-modern China
Chinese 341 Literature of Early and Imperial China
Hist 309 Chinese Thought
ARC 3401 Chinese Art and Culture.
This cluster provides an intensive look at the development of early
Chinese material culture and political developments.
Economic Foundations of Ancient Prehistoric Civilizations (7557)
(TH, NS, SS)
Two courses, one from each group:
One of the following:
ARC 200 World Archaeology
Anth/ARC 310 Ancient Civilization of the New World
Anth/ARC 318 African Prehistory
One of the following:
Bio 343 Plants, Environment and Civilization
Anth/ARC 4211 Paleoethnobotany and Ethnobotany
Anth/ARC 481 Zooarchaeology
This cluster provides a broad introduction to the economic strategies
of ancient prehistoric civilizations, with a particular focus upon the
scientific attempts to understand the economic productive interactions
between humans, plants and animals.
Encounter with Native Culture in the American West (3681) (SS,
TH)
AMCS 101 Lewis and Clark and the American Challenge
And one of the below courses:
Anth/ARC 3461 Native Americans at Westward Expansion
Art-Arch 370 American West: The Image in History
Music 3022 Native American Musical Traditions of the Western United
States
This cluster provides the context for the cultural interface between
First Americans and the Euro-Americans, with a particular focus on the indigenous
peoples encountered west of the Mississippi River.
Environmental Archaeology (1674) (NS, SS)
Two course, one from each group
One of the following:
Anth/ARC 190 Introduction to Archaeology
EPSC 201 Earth and the Environment
Followed by:
Anth/ARC 372 Geoarchaeology
The cluster is designed to provided students with an appreciation of
the theories, methods, and techniques archaeologists and earth scientists
use to recreate, interpret, and understand the effects of geological processes
upon human cultural, physical, and environmental adaptations. Geoarchaeology
involves the application of analytical techniques, concepts, and field methods
from the earth sciences to help solve archaeological problems.
The Fate of Civilizations? Climate Change and Human History
(1675) (NS, SS, TH)
Two courses, one from each group
One of the following:
Anth/ARC 190 Introduction to Archaeology
ARC 200 World Archaeology
EPSC 103 Oceanography
EPSC 105 Earth’s Atmosphere
Followed by:
Anth 379 Feast or Famine: Archaeology and Climate Change
Students taking courses in this cluster will investigate questions on
how climate works, how it changes, and how scientists evaluate and analyze
claims that climate change affected human cultural and historical development.
Field Research Methods in Archaeology (3550) (SS, TH)
Select one of the following introductory courses:
ARC 190 Introduction to Archaeology
ARC 200 World Archaeology
And one of the below courses:
ARC 390 Archaeological Excavation
ARC 455 Archaeological Research Techniques
ARC 3932 An Introduction to Archaeological Site Survey
ARC 3933 An Introduction to Archaeological Field Techniques
This cluster is designed to provide an introduction to the techniques
employed in field excavation and an idea of some of the types of analyses
employed in the initial analyses of raw field data, which are employed
in the reconstruction of prehistoric ways of life.
First Inhabitants of the Old World (3551) (SS)
Anth/ARC 190 Introduction to Archaeology
And one of the below courses:
Anth/ARC 318. The Archaeology of Africa
Anth 4761. Pleistocene Peopling of Eurasia
This cluster begins with general background on the evolution of
human culture in the survey course, Anthro 190. It is followed then
with more directed coverage of the African evidence and the Eurasian evidence
in Anthro 318 and Anthro 4761. The cluster is envisioned as providing
a picture of how human culture evolved from the earliest evidence of tool-making,
2.5 million years ago, up to the end of the Pleistocene, about 12,000 years
ago.
Greek Arts (7594) (TH)
Two of the following courses:
Classics 235 Greek Imagination
Art-Arch/ARC 331 Greek Art and Archaeology
Drama 228/ Theater Culture Studies I: Antiquity -Medieval
This cluster provides an intensive look at the material culture of the
Greeks, particularly in the visual arts.
Greek Culture (7591) (TH)
Classics 235 Greek Imagination
And one of the below courses:
Classics 301. Greek Mythology
Art-Arch/ARC 331 Greek Art and Archaeology
Art-Arch/ARC 336 Ancient Sanctuaries: the Archaeology of Sacred Space
in the Ancient Mediterranean.
Classics 345 Greek History: Archaic and Classical
Phil 347 Ancient Philosophy
This cluster provides an intensive look at the ancient Greek culture
and its achievements.
Latin American Culture History (7559) (TH)
Two of the following courses:
IAS 165 Survey of Latin American Culture
Anth/ARC 310 Ancient Civilizations of the New World
Hist 321 Colonialism-Neocolonialism: Latin American 1492-1898
Span 335 Spanish American Literature
These courses all deal with First American and Euro-American contributions
to modern Latin American societies. IAS 165 is a broad survey of
Latin American cultures; ARC 310 focuses upon the development of First
American cultures up to 1492, HIST 321 focuses on the Euro-American contributions
from 1492 to 1898, and SPAN 335 integrates the literary perspectives of
these times and societies.
North American Prehistory (3552) (SS)
Anth/ARC 314 Prehistory of North America.
And one of the below courses:
Anth/ARC 3461 Native Americans at Westward Expansion
Anth/ARC 347 Ancient Mound Builders of the Mississippi Valley
Anth/ARC 425 Cultural History of the Southwestern United States
This cluster introduces and investigates the cultural diversity of the First American societies, past and present. Anthro 314 is a broad overview survey course, covering all states and Canada, while Anthro 347 and Anthro 403 provide deeper coverage of two important regions (the Mississippi Valley and adjacent portions of the mid-continent, and the Southwest). Anthro 3461 provides an overview of the First Americans at the time of their first contact and interactions with Euro-American colonists.
Old World Archaeology - an art-historical perspective (7561)
(TH, LA)
ARC 200 World Archaeology
And one of the below courses:
Art-Arch/ARC 232 Myths and Monuments
Art-Arch/ARC 3211 Art in the Egypt of the Pharaohs
Art-Arch/ARC 331 Greek Art and Archaeology
Art-Arch/ARC 334 Roman Art and Archaeology
Art-Arch/ARC 336 Ancient Sanctuaries: the archaeology of sacred
space in the ancient Mediterranean.
Classics/ARC 4321 Ancient Coins
This cluster deals with Old World Archaeology from an art historical
or classical archaeological viewpoint, in deliberate contrast to a second
cluster which deals with Old World Archaeology from an anthropological archaeological
perspective. This cluster will provide an exposure to the first civilizations
in the Mediterranean region, employing evidence especially from the material
culture.
Paleoanthropology (1544) (NS, SS)
Anth 150 Introduction to Human Evolution
And one or more of the below courses:
Anth 367 Paleoanthroplogy
Anth 401 Evolution of Nonhuman Primates
Anth 4081. Evolutionary Human Anatomy
Anth 459 Human Osteology
Anth/ARC 4761 Pleistocene Peopling of Eurasia
Anth 4762 Neandertal Legacy
This cluster explores the fossil record to provide an understanding of
the evolution of ancient human ancestors, and the context for the Lower
and Middle Paleolithic occupations of the Old World.
Roman Culture (7590) (TH)
Classics 236 Roman World
And one or more of the below courses:
Classics 341 Ancient History: The Roman Republic
Classics 342 Ancient History: The Roman Empire
Art-Arch/ARC 334 Roman Art and Archaeology
This cluster provides and intensive look at the ancient Roman culture
and its achievements.
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Because of the small size of our faculty,
and its interdisciplinary nature, the Interdisciplinary Program in Archaeology
offers only one small-group learning program for first year students (L52-ARC
130 Cahokia: an examination of the social history of a ritual center),
which is tied to our on-going research at the World Heritage Site of Cahokia
Mounds in Illinois. We also will rely on the constituent departments
from which the program draws its faculty (Anthropology, Art History and
Archaeology, Classics, and Philosophy) to provide other small-group learning
opportunities for the first year students.
There is an additional important
pedagogical reason for this procedure. Because archaeology is not
offered in most secondary schools in this country, freshmen entering Washington
University usually do not have sufficient background to benefit from
such focused courses when they first matriculate. Instead we find
it most appropriate for the students to be introduced to the parameters
of the discipline in one of the two first year lecture courses: L52-190
Introduction to Archaeology, or L52-200 World Archaeology.
We find that we can more effectively focus our small-group learning enrichment
opportunities at the intermediate and advanced levels.
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