Archaeology of Virginia

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This course is designed to give students an overview of the archaeology of the Commonwealth of Virginia from its Pleistocene-era settlement to the present day. Includes hunter-forager cultural ecology, agricultural adoption, chiefdom emergence, Native American responses to colonialism, European settlement efforts, the development of plantations, enslaved and free African Americans, urban settlements, and military sites. Prerequisite(s): None Corequisite(s): None