Overview
Description
Survey of current archaeological knowledge about a particular area of the Old World to be selected from Africa, Asia and Europe.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years
Terms
fall
Attributes
StandardRepeatable up to 6 credits
Learning Outcomes
- identify the major geographic divisions of the Eurasian continent.
- describe the basic culture histories of these areas.
- compare trajectories of sociocultural and technological change across Eurasia.
- evaluate the causes of culture change across the continent using data from archaeological sites and specific case studies from the literature.
- evaluate the development of Eurasian Paleolithic archaeology in intellectual and historical context.
- synthesize overall trends in human biological and cultural evolution across Eurasia.