Archaeology
The 2008-09 membership of this committee had not been determined at the time Courses of Instruction went to press; below is the Committee’s most recent roster. If complete membership information for 2008-09 becomes available, it will be added to the on-line course catalog.
Faculty of the Committee on Archaeology
Gary Urton, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Pre-Columbian Studies (Chair) (on leave spring term)
Suzanne P. Blier, Allen Whitehill Clowes Professor of Fine Arts and Professor of African and African American Studies
William L. Fash, Bowditch Professor of Central American and Mexican Archaeology and Ethnology
Ioli Kalavrezou, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine Art
C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky, Stephen Phillips Professor of Archaeology and Ethnology
Peter Machinist, Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages (on leave 2008-09)
Michael McCormick, Francis Goelet Professor of Medieval History (on leave 2008-09)
Richard H. Meadow, Senior Lecturer on Anthropology
Laura S. Nasrallah, Assistant Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity
Betsey A. Robinson, Associate of the Department of the Classics
Lawrence E. Stager, Dorot Professor of the Archaeology of Israel
Irene J. Winter, William Dorr Boardman Professor of Fine Arts
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, 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.
Core Curriculum
Foreign Cultures 34. Mesoamerican Civilizations
[Foreign Cultures 79. Historical and Musical Paths on the Silk Road]
[Foreign Cultures 86. West African Cultures]
Foreign Cultures 93. Pathways through the Andes–History, Culture, and Politics in Andean South America
Historical Study A-13. China: Traditions and Transformations
Historical Study A-16. Modern South Asia in Global History
[Historical Study B-41. Inventing New England: History, Memory, and the Creation of a Regional Identity]
Literature and Arts B-21. The Images of Alexander the Great
[Literature and Arts B-27. Majesty and Mythology in African Art]
Literature and Arts C-61. The Rome of Augustus
[Science B-27. Human Evolution]
Science B-29. Evolution of Human Nature
[Science B-64. Feeding the World; Feeding Yourself]
Social Analysis 50. Urban Revolutions: Archaeology and the Investigation of Early States
Social Analysis 74. Visible Language: Writing Systems, Scripts, and Literacy
Freshman Seminars
*Freshman Seminar 38g. Back to Life: Lost Languages and Decipherment
Anthropology
Anthropology 1010. Introduction to Archaeology
*Anthropology 1020. Archaeology, Politics and Society in South Asia: Seminar
[Anthropology 1030. Religions of Mesoamerica]
[Anthropology 1040. Origins of the Food We Eat]
[Anthropology 1045. Ancient Settlement Systems: Seminar]
Anthropology 1060. Archaeological Science
Anthropology 1085. Six Great Discoveries in New World Archaeology
[Anthropology 1090. Ethnography and Archaeology]
[Anthropology 1120. Comparative Analysis of Ancient Civilizations]
[Anthropology 1130. Archaeology of Harvard Yard]
[Anthropology 1131. Archaeology of Harvard Yard II: Laboratory Methods and Analysis]
[Anthropology 1150. Ancient Landscapes]
Anthropology 1165. Digging the Glyphs: Adventures in Decipherment
Anthropology 1174. The Incas
[Anthropology 1175. The Archaeology of Ethnicity]
[Anthropology 1177. South American Archaeology]
[Anthropology 1210. The Archaeology of Ancient China]
[Anthropology 1220. The Record of the Material Culture: Lithics, Pottery, Metallurgy]
[Anthropology 1665. Humans and Animals]
*Anthropology 2000. Osteoarchaeology Lab
Anthropology 2010ar. Materials in Ancient Societies: Ceramics
Anthropology 2010br. Materials in Ancient Societies: Ceramics
*Anthropology 2020 (formerly Anthropology 1065). GIS and Spatial Analysis in Archaeology
[*Anthropology 2070a. Archaeological Method and Theory: Seminar]
[Anthropology 2070b. Case Studies and Research Proposal Preparation]
[Anthropology 2090. Economic Archaeology: Culture Contact]
[Anthropology 2092. Early China: Archaeology and Texts]
Anthropology 2110r (formerly Anthropology 211r). Issues in Mesoamerican Archaeology: Seminar
[Anthropology 2115. Origins of Andean Complex Societies]
[Anthropology 2175. The Inca Quipu]
Religion 1400. Introduction to the New Testament: History and Interpretation
Celtic Languages and Literatures
[Celtic 107. Early Irish History]
The Classics
Classical Archaeology 97r. Classical Archaeology
*Classical Archaeology 351. Classical Archaeology: Proseminar
*Classical Studies 97a (formerly *Classics 97a). Greek Culture and Civilization
East Asian Languages and Civilizations
*Classical Archaeology 351. Classical Archaeology: Proseminar
Korean History 111. Traditional Korea
History
*Classical Archaeology 351. Classical Archaeology: Proseminar
*History 80a (formerly *History 1051). Roman Imperialism
History 1010 (formerly History 1085). The Roman Empire, Augustus to Constantine
[History 1040 (formerly History 1111). The Fall of the Roman Empire]
[History 1050 (formerly History 1101). Medieval Europe]
History of Art and Architecture
*Classical Archaeology 351. Classical Archaeology: Proseminar
History of Art and Architecture 13h. Foundations of Early Civilization: An Introduction to the Art of Ancient Mesopotamia
*History of Art and Architecture 101. The Materials of Art
*History of Art and Architecture 137. Cross-Cultural Aesthetics: Proseminar
History of Art and Architecture 197. The Imperial Arts of the Inca and the Aztec
[*History of Art and Architecture 271m. Architecture, Display, and Mass Culture in 19th/20th c.]
[*History of Art and Architecture 292p. Topics in Pre-Columbian Andean Art in the Peabody Museum]
Human Evolutionary Biology
*Classical Archaeology 351. Classical Archaeology: Proseminar
[Human Evolutionary Biology 1315. Ecology of Modern Hunter Gatherers]
Human Evolutionary Biology 1414. Evolution of Human Diet: Research Seminar
[*Human Evolutionary Biology 1494r (formerly *Anthropology 1494r). The Hominid Fossil Record]
*Human Evolutionary Biology 1580 (formerly *Anthropology 1580). Paleoecology and Human Evolution
Medieval Studies
*Classical Archaeology 351. Classical Archaeology: Proseminar
[Medieval Studies 201 (formerly Medieval Studies 101). The Auxiliary Disciplines of Medieval History: Proseminar]
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: Mesopotamia]
[Ancient Near East 101. Introduction to Mesopotamian Archaeology]
[Ancient Near East 102. Introduction to Mesopotamian Religion]
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 1409. The New Testament, Biblical Studies, and Empire: Seminar ]