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Oct 05, 2024
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2013-2014 Undergraduate Bulletin [Archived Bulletin]
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ANTH 3470 - Prehistory of the Non-Mediterranean World
Goals: To survey and become aware of the complex diversity of cultural developments that occurred outside of the mainstream of the Western tradition. To compare the early culture histories of the non-Western world as well as the related interpretative theories.
Content: Comparative archaeological information, theories and controversies related to cultural developments in the following areas: (1) Middle East (Early Foundations), (2) South Asia (principally India), (3) East Asia (China, Korea, and Japan), (4) Mainland and insular Southeast Asia (Early Foundations), (5) Oceania, (6) Sub-Saharan Africa, (7) Central America, (8) Andean South America, (9) Temperate Europe (north and beyond the Roman Empire), and (10) the Lowlands of South America.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: ANTH 1160.
Credits: 4 credits
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