SHIPWRECKS & SEAFARING: INTRO TO MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY

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This class will introduce the field of maritime archaeology, including its history, procedures, and the information we can learn from a sunken vessel and the artifact assemblages from a maritime site. In looking at examples from excavations throughout the world, we will discover more details about those storybook images of shipwrecks, pirates, and seafarers and understand how to better interpret what they have left for us to find. This is a "Community-Based Learning (CBL)" class, where we will partner with the Wisconsin Maritime Museum for a service-based activity. PREREQ: MINIMUM SOPHOMORE STANDING OR INSTRUCTOR CONSENT