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Aug 31, 2024
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ANTH 218 - Introduction to the Archaeology of the Great Basin and the Southwest Credits: 3 Description An archaeological perspective on the lifeways of the Great Basin and Southwest American Indian communities over the past 13,000 years.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Describe the environmental and natural history of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin, Mojave, and Sonoran deserts.
- Identify the mobile foragers of the Basin and Plateau, especially Paleo-Indian and Desert Archaic peoples.
- Explain interrelationships between major archaeological cultures, including religious movements, trade, and transmission of cultural traits.
- Categorize example sites of the major farming cultures of the Basin and Plateau, including the Fremont, Ancestral Puebloan, Mogollon, Patayan, Sinagua, and Hohokam cultures.
- Compare and contrast late prehistoric and historic American Indian cultures of the Basin and Plateau, including the Numic cultures, Navajo, Apache, and historic Puebloans.
- Identify the major archaeological components of European settlement, including transportation, mining, and military activities.
Prerequisite: None Corequisite: None Graded: Letter Grade
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