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Ancient Warfare in the Near East: An Archaeological Perspective (ANE 219)

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2016

People tend to be familiar with ancient warfare in the classical civilizations of the Greeks and Romans, but what was the nature of warfare in earlier historic or pre-historic societies? This course explores the meaning and impact of military and warfare in societies throughout the ancient Near East and Eastern Mediterranean. From the time of the earliest evidence for warfare until the arrival of Alexander the Great, we will investigate various forms of archaeological and historical evidence in order to address the extent to which war shaped society, while...

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GIS and Spatial Analysis in Archaeology (Anthro 2020)

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2016

Jason Ur, Robert Homsher

An introduction to the GIS and remote sensing methods used by archaeologists to document and analyze datasets at the regional scale. This class will involve the hands-on use of maps, aerial photography, satellite imagery, digital terrain models and GPS-based observations to frame and approach archaeological research questions. Labs will use sample datasets from a variety of regions but students will be responsible for assembling a GIS database for their own region of interest.

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Environmental Archaeology of the Near East (ANE 213)

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2015

This course deals with major changes in climate and environment affecting humans, and the various ways in which Near Eastern societies have endured, mastered, or destroyed themselves, from an ecological perspective. Importance is placed on a diachronic outlook on dynamic human-environment interactions as understood through archaeology, particularly with reference to the challenge of sustainability in the so-called Anthropocene. A major focus of this course will be on case studies from around the eastern Mediterranean and greater Near East during the Holocene...

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Biblical Archaeology (ANE 113/HDS 1422)

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2014

This course combines biblical historiography and archaeology to critically evaluate many of the debatable incongruities between text and material evidence. Various periods of biblical history will be studied within their greater Near Eastern and Eastern Mediterranean context, looking specifically at results of archaeological excavations and evidence from extra-biblical textual sources. Beginning with the composition of biblical text and biblical chronology, readings and lectures will then navigate through biblical theories and archaeological evidence...

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Archaeology of the Levant (ANE 212)

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2014

This course follows human societies in the region of the Levant (modern Israel/Palestine, Syria, southern Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan) from the earliest sedentary communities through the Iron Age. This extensive survey through time focuses on current archaeological research, emphasizing major aspects of: geography and chronology, art and architecture, modes of social organization, explanations for major socio-cultural changes, social identity, domestic life, religious expression, and issues of gender. Societies and areas under investigation include: the...

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