This course is an introductory survey of the art and archaeology of ancient Greece and
Rome from prehistoric times to the 4th century A.D.  Lectures focus on the nature and objectives
of classical archaeology and its contribution to our understanding of the past.  There are three
main areas of concentration: the pre-classical civilizations of the Aegean basin (especially Minoan
Crete and Mycenaean Greece), the Greek city state (emphasis on Archaic and Classical Athens),
and the monuments of the Roman Empire (Augustan Rome, Pompeii and Herculaneum).  Special
attention will be given to the development of Greek and Roman architecture, sculpture and
painting.  The principal goals of the course are 1) to provide an introduction to the major
monuments of ancient Greece and Rome and to the history and methods of classical archaeology;
and 2) to explore ways of "looking" at archaeological remains (both large and small, both on site
and in the museum) and 3) to see some of the issues and problems involved in archaeological
interpretation and in the ways we attempt to reconstruct the past using this evidence.
This course meets with CLAS C206.