Archaeology
Faculty of the Committee on Archaeology
Michael McCormick, Francis Goelet Professor of Medieval History (Chair)
Ofer Bar-Yosef, George Grant MacCurdy and Janet G. B. MacCurdy Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology
Ruth Bielfeldt, Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture (on leave 2009-10)
Suzanne P. Blier, Allen Whitehill Clowes Professor of Fine Arts and Professor of African and African American Studies (on leave 2009-10)
Susanne Ebbinghaus, George M.A. Hanfmann Curator of Ancient Art
William L. Fash, Bowditch Professor of Central American and Mexican Archaeology and Ethnology
Ioli Kalavrezou, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine Art (on leave 2009-10)
C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky, Stephen Phillips Professor of Archaeology and Ethnology
Matthew Joseph Liebmann, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Peter Machinist, Hancock Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages
Richard H. Meadow, Senior Lecturer on Anthropology (Head Tutor)
Laura S. Nasrallah, Assistant Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity (Divinity School)
Lawrence E. Stager, Dorot Professor of the Archaeology of Israel
Noreen Tuross, Landon T. Clay Professor of Scientific Archaeology (on leave spring term)
Jason A. Ur, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Gary Urton, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Pre-Columbian Studies
The Committee on Archaeology is a multidisciplinary group of scholars appointed to promote the teaching of archaeology at Harvard and advance knowledge of archaeological activity, research, fieldwork, and techniques in the many and varied fields where archaeology is employed as an approach to past cultures and histories around the world. Archaeology can be seen as the study of past human societies through the recovery, analysis, and interpretation of material remains. Those who practice archaeology employ a wide range of methods, techniques, and theoretical orientations drawn from across the spectrum of academic disciplines to further their specific intellectual goals. Likewise, scholars of many disciplines who do not consider themselves to be practicing archaeologists nevertheless use the results of archaeological work in their teaching and research.
The teaching of archaeology at Harvard is centered in four departments (programs thereof): Anthropology (Archaeology), The Classics (Classical Archaeology), History of Art and Architecture, and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Studies), although a number of other departments, as well as the Core Curriculum and General Education, also have courses whose instructors integrate archaeological subject matter into their offerings.
The listing below is a compilation of courses in which the practice of archaeology is taught or the use of archaeological information is integral. The interested student is urged to consult the full listings of the various departments for related courses, relevant undergraduate tutorials, and graduate-level reading courses. The courses listed below are ordinarily acceptable for the Secondary Field in Archaeology with the approval of the Secondary Field Adviser. Additional courses including courses in other departments may also be deemed acceptable. See \http://www.secondaryfields.fas.harvard.edu/Arch/program-desc-arch.htm for information about the Secondary Field in Archaeology.
General Education
Culture and Belief 21 (formerly Foreign Cultures 93). Pathways through the Andes–Culture, History, and Beliefs in Andean South America
Societies of the World 30. Moctezuma’s Mexico: Then and Now
Core Curriculum
Historical Study B-13. Charlemagne and the Birth of Medieval Civilization
Science B-29. Evolution of Human Nature
Science of Living Systems 16. Human Evolution and the Human Body
Social Analysis 50. Urban Revolutions: Archaeology and the Investigation of Early States
Freshman Seminars
*Freshman Seminar 31s. Heist: The Culture and Politics of Art Theft, Grave Robbery, and Looting
*Freshman Seminar 44j. The Aztecs and Maya
*Freshman Seminar 44s. Neanderthals and Human Evolutionary Theory
*Freshman Seminar 46o. The Evolutionary Significance of Cooking
Anthropology
*Anthropology 91xr (formerly Anthropology 91r). Supervised Reading and Research
*Anthropology 92xr (formerly Anthropology 92r). Research Methods in Museum Collections
Anthropology 1010. The Fundamentals of Archaeological Methods & Reasoning
[*Anthropology 1020. Archaeology, Politics and Society in South Asia: Seminar]
Anthropology 1040. Origins of the Food We Eat
[Anthropology 1045. Ancient Settlement Systems: Seminar]
Anthropology 1060. Archaeological Science
Anthropology 1065. The Ancient Near East - (New Course)
Anthropology 1080. North American Archaeology: Lost Tribes and Ancient Capitals of North America
[Anthropology 1085. Six Great Discoveries in New World Archaeology]
Anthropology 1090. Ethnography and Archaeology
[Anthropology 1120. Comparative Analysis of Ancient Civilizations]
Anthropology 1125. The Moche of Ancient Peru: Politics, Economy, Religion and Art
Anthropology 1130. Archaeology of Harvard Yard
Anthropology 1131. Archaeology of Harvard Yard II: Laboratory Methods and Analysis
[*Anthropology 1140. Human Modification of the Landscape]
Anthropology 1150. Ancient Landscapes
[Anthropology 1155. Before Baghdad: Cities of Ancient Mesopotamia]
[Anthropology 1161. Classic Mayan Language, Literature and Society]
Anthropology 1165. Digging the Glyphs: Adventures in Decipherment
[Anthropology 1174. The Incas]
[Anthropology 1175. The Archaeology of Ethnicity]
Anthropology 1177. South American Archaeology
[Anthropology 1190. Encountering the Conquistadors]
[Anthropology 1210. The Archaeology of Ancient China]
[Anthropology 1220. The Record of the Material Culture: Lithics, Pottery, Metallurgy]
[*Anthropology 2000. Osteoarchaeology Lab]
Anthropology 2010ar. Materials in Ancient Societies: Metal
Anthropology 2010br. Materials in Ancient Societies: Metal
[*Anthropology 2020 (formerly Anthropology 1065). GIS and Spatial Analysis in Archaeology]
[Anthropology 2065. Complex Societies of Northern Mesopotamia]
*Anthropology 2070a. Archaeological Method and Theory: Seminar
[Anthropology 2091r. Issues in Chinese Archaeology]
[Anthropology 2092. Early China: Archaeology and Texts]
[Anthropology 2110r (formerly Anthropology 211r). Issues in Mesoamerican Archaeology: Seminar]
[Anthropology 2175. The Inca Quipu]
[Anthropology 2210. Archaeology and the Ancient Economy]
[Anthropology 2240. Archaeology of Production: Seminar]
Anthropology 2250a. Proseminar in Archaeology - (New Course)
Anthropology 2250b. Proseminar in Archaeology - (New Course)
[Anthropology 2360r (formerly Anthropology 206r). Topics in Paleolithic Archaeology and Paleoanthropology]
Celtic Languages and Literatures
Celtic 107. Early Irish History
The Classics
Classical Archaeology 97r. Classical Archaeology
Classical Archaeology 140. Art of the Ancient Greek Theater - (New Course)
Classical Archaeology 141. Love and Metamorphosis: Storytelling in Roman Art - (New Course)
Classical Archaeology 240. Representing the World: Mapping, Landscape, and Cityscape in Roman Art - (New Course)
*Classical Archaeology 351. Classical Archaeology: Proseminar
History
History 1011. The World of the Roman Empire - (New Course)
History 1040 (formerly History 1111). The Fall of the Roman Empire
[History 1050 (formerly History 1101). Medieval Europe]
[History 1700 (formerly History 1904). The History of Sub-Saharan Africa to 1860]
History of Art and Architecture
[History of Art and Architecture 131g. Pergamon: A Hellenistic Royal Residence and its Roman Afterlife]
[History of Art and Architecture 139j. Narrating Life and Death: Myths on Roman Sarcophagi ]
[History of Art and Architecture 139x. Art and Life in Pompeii - Proseminar]
[*History of Art and Architecture 140r. Family and Daily Life in Byzantium]
[History of Art and Architecture 141k. Rome, Constantinople, Ravenna in the Light of Imperial Rule]
[History of Art and Architecture 143r (formerly *History of Art and Architecture 143m). The Art of the Court of Constantinople]
[History of Art and Architecture 197. The Imperial Arts of the Inca and the Aztec]
[History of Art and Architecture 235g. The Roman House as Enlivened Space]
Human Evolutionary Biology
Human Evolutionary Biology 1315. Ecology of Modern Hunter Gatherers
Human Evolutionary Biology 1325. Evolution of Technology
Human Evolutionary Biology 1414. Evolution of Human Diet: Research Seminar
[*Human Evolutionary Biology 1580 (formerly *Anthropology 1580). Paleoecology and Human Evolution]
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
[Ancient Near East 90. History, Kingship, and the Gods in the Ancient Near East]
[Ancient Near East 100. History of the Ancient Near East: ]
[Ancient Near East 102. Introduction to Mesopotamian Religion]
Ancient Near East 104. Babylon - (New Course)
[Ancient Near East 105. History of the Ancient Near East: The Levant (up to Alexander the Great)]
[Ancient Near East 109r. History and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East]
[Ancient Near East 115. Archaeology of the Levant (Syria-Palestine)]
Ancient Near East 117. Biblical Archaeology
Ancient Near East 118. Syro-Palestinian Pottery
[*Ancient Near East 215r. Problems in the Archaeology of Bronze and Iron Age Levant: Seminar]
The Study of Religion
Religion 1400. Introduction to the New Testament: History and Interpretation
[Religion 1404. Early Christianity in the Roman Empire]
[Religion 1418. The Apostle Paul: His Letters, His Cities, and His Legacy]
[Religion 2348ab. Archaeology and the World of the New Testament: Seminar]
Sanskrit and Indian Studies
Indian Studies 219. Introduction to World Mythology