Archaeology of the Ancient Near East

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This course surveys the major developments in the material culture of the region known to scholars as the ancient Near East, including the eastern Mediterranean, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and Persia, from the emergence of complex societies through the arrival of Alexander the Great (ca. 8000 BCE - 300 BCE). It also introduces students to the main archaeological methods used in discovery and documentation of the material cultures of this period and region.