ANTHR 4258 - [Archaeological Analysis]

(crosslisted)
(also ARKEO 4258) (SBA-AS)

Fall. 4 credits.

Prerequisite: archaeology course or permission of instructor. Next offered 2013-2014. Limited to 15 students. Co-meets with ANTHR 6258/ARKEO 6258.

J. Henderson.

An introduction to methods of recording, processing, and analyzing archaeological data. Topics include recording of excavation and survey data in the field; processing artifacts in the laboratory, storing and retrieving data; and basic methods of describing, tabulating, analyzing, and interpreting artifacts (mainly ceramic vessels), stratigraphy, and spatial distributions. Intended for those with some understanding of the uses to which archaeological data are put in regional synthesis and interpretation; previous field experience is helpful.