Archaeology

ANTHRO 1033 - Archaeology of Inequality

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2021

Prof. Jess Beck
Tues. and Thurs. 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Peabody 561 

In 2018, Oxfam reported that the 26 richest people on the planet had the same net worth as half of the global population. The rampant wealth disparities in the modern world lead us to ask whether inequality is an inescapable component of all societies. Through its unique access to the deep time of human prehistory, archaeology allows us to question myths and just-so stories about the origins and inevitability of inequality.... Read more about ANTHRO 1033 - Archaeology of Inequality

GENED 1099 - Pyramid Schemes: What Can Ancient Egyptian Civilization Teach Us?

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2023

Prof. Peter Der Manuelian
Mon. and Wed. 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
 

How does ancient Egypt enlighten our times about what defines a civilization, and were those ancient humans, with their pyramids, hieroglyphs, and pharaohs, exactly like or nothing like us?

How much of your impression of the ancient world was put there by Hollywood, music videos, or orientalist musings out of the West? How accurate are these depictions? Does it matter? This course examines the quintessential example of the “exotic, mysterious ancient world” – Ancient Egypt – to...

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ANTHRO 3636 - Pedagogy in Anthropology

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Department Chair
TBA

This course has two aims: 1) to provide graduate students with the necessary training to be effective Teaching Fellows at Harvard, and 2) to give you the tools to develop your own approach to critical pedagogy in the field of Anthropology. Required for graduate students in the Spring of their second year. Classes will also be advertised to all Anthropology graduate students as optional Pedagogy Workshops for professional development. While discussions will be tailored to the unique challenges of teaching in Anthropology (across Archaeology and Social...

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ANTHRO 2020 - GIS & Spatial Analysis In Archaeology

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Prof. Jason Ur
Tues. and Thurs. 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

An introduction to the GIS and remote sensing methods used by archaeologists to document and analyze datasets at the scale of the site and the region.

This class will involve the hands-on use of printed maps, aerial photography, satellite imagery, digital terrain models, GPS-based observations, and UAV (drone) photogrammetry to approach archaeological research questions. Students will gain competence in creating spatial data for fieldwork, print publication, and online visualization (web maps and 3D modeling),...

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ANTHRO 1435 - Challenging Collections: Critical Reflections on Collecting Through Harvard’s History

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2023

Profs. Diana Loren
Mon. 9:00 AM - 11:45 AM 
 

Harvard’s museum collections have often been used to interrogate the world outside of “us”: peoples, events, places, and things. This course reverses that gaze and asks what the collections and the processes of collecting reveal about the history of Harvard and its institutional identity as “the” place of learning.... Read more about ANTHRO 1435 - Challenging Collections: Critical Reflections on Collecting Through Harvard’s History

ANTHRO 1131 - Archaeology of Harvard Yard II: Laboratory Methods and Analysis

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Profs. Diana Loren and Patricia Capone
Thurs. 12:00 PM - 2:45 PM
 

Open to students who participated in the fall term investigations in Harvard Yard, this course focuses on the detailed analysis of the materials recovered in the excavations, within the context of archival and comparative archaeological and historical research.

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ANTHRO 1058/2058 - Bias in Archaeology

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2022

Prof. Rowan Flad and Jess Beck 
Weds. 9:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Peabody 561

This seminar will focus broadly on bias in archaeology, covering issues of bias in authorship, citations, accessibility, popular media coverage, fieldwork, training and education, hiring and promotion and other related topics. We will also address recent research that focuses on disrupting patterns of bias in some of these areas. Students will engage in original research or synthesize research topics in one or more of these areas for their final project.... Read more about ANTHRO 1058/2058 - Bias in Archaeology

ANTHRO 1038 - Game of Stones: The Archaeology of Europe from Handaxes to Stonehenge

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Prof. Amy Clark

Buried beneath modern cities, Roman amphitheaters, and Medieval churches lie subtle traces of Europes earlier occupants: campsites littered stone tools and animal bones, human bodies preserved in bogs and frozen in ice, and cave walls decorated with extinct animals.

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ANTHRO 99B - Thesis Tutorial in Anthropology

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Prof. Damina Khaira
By Arrangement

This is a full year research and writing seminar limited to senior honors candidates. The course is intended to provide students with practical guidance and advice during the thesis writing process through structured assignments and peer feedback on work-in-progress. It is intended to supplement not replace faculty thesis advising (with the requirement of consulting regularly with the advisor built into the assignments) and, most importantly, allow students to share their work and experiences with other thesis writers in a collegial and...

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ANTHRO 98B - Junior Tutorial for Thesis Writers in Anthropology

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Prof. Damina Khaira
By Arrangement

This individual tutorial is for anthropology students intending to write a senior thesis, and is normally undertaken with an advanced graduate student during the second term of junior year. Students will have weekly meetings with the project advisor for the purposes of developing the appropriate background research on theoretical, thematic, regional, and methodological literature relevant to their thesis topic, and fully refining their summer research proposal. The tutorials final paper will be comprised of a research proposal representing...

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