ANTH 105 - Introduction to World Archaeology

Credits: 3

Description
Development of human society and technology from the earliest traces of culturally patterned behavior to the emergence of civilization in the Old and New Worlds.

Student Learning Outcomes

Identify relationships between archaeology, prehistory, and history.
Describe the origins and evolution of human material culture.
Describe the transition from foraging to farming and the rise of social complexity in the Old and New Worlds.
Apply archaeological concepts to the comparative examination of the great civilizations of the ancient world including Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Indus River Valley, China, Mesoamerica, and Andean South America.

Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None

Graded: Letter Grade