ANTH 2850 - Historical Archaeology of the Americas

(3) Credit Hours

This course explores theoretical, methodological, and thematic developments in historical archaeology of the Americas from AD 1400 through AD 1900. This course provides insight into globalization; the archaeology of the African Diaspora and enslavement; and the archaeology of capitalism and colonization in New World societies. Topics emphasize field methods, underwater archaeology, conquest, colonization, plantations, the slave trade, bioarchaeology, curation, public archaeology, and the use of primary archival data in archaeological fieldwork. This class evaluates cultural diversity in the historic period through archaeological methods and introduces students to basic classes of material culture from the historic period. Every other Spring semester.