PRINCIPLES OF ARCHAEOLOGY

Lecture Course

Shereen Lerner
Mesa Community College
Dept. of Cultural Science
1833 W. Southern Ave.
Mesa, AZ 85202
Office: 480-461-7306
Fax: 480-461-7812
slerner@mail.mc.maricopa.edu

The course is an introduction to archaeology. Emphasis is on nature of archaeological inquiry, the major events in the history of archaeology, the different approaches to the study of archaeology, the purpose and process of archaeological research and data acquisition, the methods used to date archaeological finds, the ways in which archaeologists reconstruct human behavior, and the relevancy of archaeology in today’s society.  Archaeological examples are drawn from a variety of sources from all over the world.

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