HUB 120 - World Archaeology

3 credit(s)
An introduction to humanities-based archaeology, exploring visual culture and historic processes. This course recounts our collective journey from early hominids to anatomically modern Homo sapiens, paying special attention to the development of ancient Old World and New World civilizations. The fine arts are examined in relationship to their wider context as part of larger systems within early societies: economic and subsistence patterns, social stratigraphy, and ritual structures. Focusing on art, architecture, and semiotics, the course surveys the beginnings of complex urban cultures and ceremonial centers in preclassical Europe, as well as Africa, Australia, and the Americas before European contact.
Visual resource fee.

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