Courses in Archaeology
ANT 225 Rocks/Bones/Stones: Intro to Archeology (3 S.H.)
Designed to introduce various aspects of archeology and to illustrate techniques through a regional analysis of prehistory. Prerequisite: ANT 100. Course offered alternative Fall Semesters.
ANT 226 New England Archaeology (3 S.H.)
The course surveys the archaeology of Indian settlements in the New England area, emphasizing the prehistoric cultural time periods from 12,000 years ago to just prior to European contact in the late Sixteenth Century. Course focus is upon how archaeologists use site data and documentary records to interpret the past. Prerequisite: ANT 100. Course offered Alternative Fall Semesters.
ANT 229 Archaeological Field Methods (6 S.H. – may be arranged for 3 S.H. credits)
This course will allow students to actually participate on an archaeological project. Members of the class will assist Drs. Weinstein and Morrison in the survey, mapping, and excavation of a Revolutionary War winter encampment site in Redding, CT. This site was occupied by a portion of General Washington’s army during the winter of 1778-79. The field school is working toward the goal of protecting the site by nominating it as a state archaeological preserve. Students will learn to identify prehistoric and historic artifacts and features, will learn mapping skills and basic use of Global Positioning Units, as well as conduct their own archaeological excavations. Prerequisite: ANT100 or permission of the instructors.
ANT 298: Archaeological Method and Theory (3 S.H.)
This course will introduce students to the principles and practices of archaeology. It will address issues of how archaeological sites, features, and artifacts are found, excavated, recorded, preserved, and interpreted. It will answer questions such as, how do scientists know how old an object is; how do we interpret sites to reconstruct past lifeways; what can the past tell us about culture change; and just what is it that those archaeologists are doing with their trowels and brushes? This is a more in-depth look at archaeology as a science than ANT255: Introduction to Archaeology. Although not a prerequisite for ANT229, this course will prepare students the Summer Field School in Archaeology, which is to be offered in summer 2009. No prerequisite for ANT298: Archaeological Method and Theory.
ANT 341 Cultural Resource Management (3 S.H.)
The course presents a broad overview of the subfield of archaeology known as cultural resource management. The overview includes federal and state legislation (Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island) as well as the relationship of anthropologists with Native Americans. Prerequisite: ANT 100 and any survey or field school archaeology course.
