Geoarchaeology

Catalog description

An introduction to geoarchaeology as a multidisciplinary field incorporating human-environment interactions, earth resources, and sustainability. The course focuses on natural processes that shape the archaeological record, and stratigraphic, geochemical, isotopic, and geophysical approaches to reconstructing landscapes of the past as a context for archaeological deposits. Lectures and discussions address site, intra-site and landscape scales in light of how processes of erosion, deposition, weathering, and biological and human activity shape the archaeological record. CAS-D. Prerequisite: GLG 111 or GLG 121 or GLG 141 or ATH 212 , or permission of instructor.