ANTH 745 - Seminar in Archaeological Interpretation

Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ANTH 612, ANTH 714, or instructor permission.
Focuses on the quantitative and qualitative interpretation of an archaeological project’s often varied data for the purpose of generating higher-level interpretations of past lifeways, sociopolitical processes, and culture change. Although the course includes a consideration and critique of the methods used to generate the data sets themselves, the emphasis is on how such data is used–and its potential for misuse–in interpretation.