ANTH 3810 - Excavating Hamline History

Goals: To have students participate as part of an interdisciplinary team excavating a historic site on or near campus. This archaeological excavation is part of research focused on the early history of “Hamline Village.” It is also a public archaeology project with the goal of involving people from throughout the local community including Hamline Elementary students, neighborhood residents, and University alumni.

Content: Students learn basic archaeological field and laboratory methods, principles of historic archaeology, and anthropological approaches to material culture studies through readings and lectures, but primarily through participation. This course emphasizes archaeology as a holistic discipline linking the humanities, fine arts, social sciences, and natural sciences. Students help provide this interdisciplinary perspective by contributing to the overall research, educational, and public archaeology goals through individual and collaborative projects.

Please note that this is a lab course. Lab meetings are built into the course schedule and students do not need to register for a separate lab section.

Taught: Alternate years, fall semester

Prerequisite: Instructor permission

Credits: 4