EUROPEAN ARCHELGY: THE ICE AGE   [Archived Catalog]
2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog
   

ANTH 1523 - EUROPEAN ARCHELGY: THE ICE AGE


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Course includes the following topics: (1) history of discoveries and of the discipline of archeology; (2) the role played by archeology in the development of the concepts of prehistory and of human evolution; (3) introduction to pleistocene geology, and the effects of the changing environment of human life; (4) the first human traces to the late pleistocene cave sites (France, Spain) and open-air encampments (especially on the Russian Plain); (5) the beginnings of artistic and symbolic behavior, and their significance.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis


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