ANTH 3980 is also offered in Fall 2024
ANTH 3980 is also offered in Spring 2024
ANTH 3980 is also offered in Spring 2023
ANTH 3980 is also offered in Spring 2022
Spring 2023 | ANTH 3980 Section 001: Topics in Anthropology -- Methods in Archaeological Science (67998)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
Topics Course
- Meets With:
ANTH 5980 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, East Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 50A
- Enrollment Status:
Open (1 of 10 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- The past 40 years have seen an exponential growth of methods derived from the natural sciences being applied to archaeological questions. These methods derive from chemistry (e.g. residue analysis, stable isotope analysis, mineralogical analysis), physics (e.g. archaeomagnetism, radiometric dating methods), biology (e.g. ancient genomics and proteomics, paleobotany), and geology (e.g. micromorphology, mineralogy). The goal of this course is for students to develop competency in these methods, including their mechanisms and applications. Equally important to the knowledge that students will develop in this course, will be their awareness of disciplines that they may decide to acquire more background in. In this manner, the course will illuminate for students the vast world of natural science-based methods in archaeology and reveal possibilities that they may choose to pursue in the future as they specialize in one of the archaeological sciences. For students who wish to remain general archaeologists, this course will provide an overview of part of the vast array of methods regularly applied in multidisciplinary archaeological excavations today. Topics will include soil micromomorphology, mineralogical analysis of sediments and artifacts, stable isotope analysis, lithic residue analysis, usewear analysis, stone raw material sourcing, radiocarbon dating, phytolith and starch grain analysis, archaeomagnetism, and ancient proteomics.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67998/1233
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