Field training and lecture program for students beginning in archaeology; includes trench supervision, stratigraphy, locus theory, and oral and written reports on field techniques. Offered on several archaeological sites in the Mediterranean area.

This course aims to introduce students to on-going issues and debates central to the study of the classical cultures in the Mediterranean world, that are far from resolved. Instead of focusing on certain periods or certain media, the students will be able to evaluate scholarly arguments on Classical material culture, including but not limited to discussions of style, technological choices, historical and social contexts, archaeological scientific methods, and cultural heritage, to name a few, spanning several millennia from Aegean Bronze Age to Hellenistic times. Test cases include celebrated but controversial vases, sculptures, mosaics, temples, and metalwork. We will also study how scholarship shifts its focus to different types of controversies, as a result of more general social, political, and economic contexts. Some prior 300-level coursework on History, Anthropology, Classics, Art History, or related discipline is recommended, but not required.

This course surveys the craft and context of Greek and Roman painting and mosaics, from the Bronze Age Greek palaces to the Archaic and Classical Greek ceramics, to Etruscan tombs and Roman villas. Greeks and Romans lived both privately and publicly in a colorful world with lavishly decorated walls, floors, ceramics, sculpture, and luxury objects. Topics also include professional competition among painters, transfer of technological knowledge, and scientific analysis of pigments.

This course surveys Greek and Roman sculpture from Cycladic figurines of the 3rd millennium B.C. to Roman sculpture of ca. 300 A.D. Topics to be addressed are stylistic developments, uses of sculpture within historical settings, iconography and meaning, materials and manufacturing techniques, and sculptors and their social status. The course will also deal with modern misconceptions of the original appearance of the classical sculpture, problems of forgeries, and the impact of looting within larger discussions of cultural heritage and collecting.

This course explores how archaeological methods can be utilized to contribute to our understanding of the Greco-Roman world. Using a variety of archaeological case studies, it will cover traditional methods of investigation such as excavation and survey as well as recent approaches including technologically advanced remote sensing and dating techniques. The course will also consider how archaeology is best integrated with the many other types of evidence (e.g., inscriptions, papyri, coins, literary and documentary texts, etc.) found in the ancient Mediterranean. By the end of the course, students will understand how archaeology contributes to our historical knowledge and which methods are appropriate in a given context.

This course surveys the art and archaeology of the Etruscan culture from the question of its origins in the Bronze Age to its absorption by the Romans in the first century A.D. Questions of DNA analysis and origin theory, art and architecture, history, interface with the Romans, diversity of individual cities, confederation centers and language will also be discussed.

This class will provide an examination of the culture of ancient Egypt through an introduction to selected archeological methods and approaches, as well as the study of selected hieroglyphic inscriptions and texts. Although a continuation of 451A, 451A is not prerequisite or needed for 451B, which will cover different material.

This class will provide an examination of the culture of ancient Egypt through an introduction to selected cultural themes as well as the study of selected hieroglyphic inscriptions and texts

The course will introduce the student to the history, theory and archaeological evidence for city and landscape planning from the Minoan, Etruscan, Greek and Roman periods. In addition the course will consider some of the most modern techniques (digital cartography, remote sensing and GIS) in the study of ancient cities and will offer the student the opportunity to learn and practice a number of these modern techniques, including the use of AutoCAD.

This class will examine the archaeology of the Greek Mainland from the arrival of humans until the end of the Late Bronze Age, paying particular attention to the emergence and florescence of Europe's first states. In addition to learning the material record of the region, students will hone their skills in critical thinking by exploring the theoretical approaches that inform the way archaeologists reconstruct the past.