Archaeology

Professors: Ian Hodder (Anthropology), Richard Klein (Anthropology), Mark Lewis (History, Asian Languages), Li Liu (East Asian Languages and Cultures), Mike Moldowan (Geological and Environmental Sciences), Gail Mahood (Geological and Environmental Sciences), Ian Morris (Classics, History), Amos Nur (Geophysics), Michael Shanks (Classics), Peter Vitousek (Biology)

Associate Professors: Rebecca Bird (Anthropology), Jody Maxmin (Art and Art History, Classics), John Rick (Anthropology), Jennifer Trimble (Classics), Barb Voss (Anthropology)

Assistant Professors: Doug Bird (Anthropology), Giovanna Ceserani (Classics), Ian Robertson (Anthropology), Michael Wilcox (Anthropology)

Lecturers: Nigel Crook, James Truncer

Post Doctoral Fellows: Melissa Chatfield

Teaching Affiliates: Ignacio Cancino, Joshua Samuels, Bryn Williams

Associated Staff: Laura Jones (Campus Archaeologist), Lisa Newble (Collections Manager), Tom Seligman (Cantor Arts Center)

Fellow: Bill Rathje (on leave)

Program Offices: Building 500

Mail Code: 94305-2170

Program Phone: (650) 723-5731

Web Site: http://archaeology.stanford.edu

Courses offered by the Archaeology Program are listed under the subject code ARCHLGY on the Stanford Bulletin's ExploreCourses web site.

Archaeology is the study of the past through its material remains that survive into the present. Archaeology is a discipline that offers direct access to the experiences of a wide range of people in numerous cultures across the globe. Increasingly, archaeology bridges past and present societies through the study of the human heritage and its role in contemporary societies. Stanford's Archaeology Program provides students with an interdisciplinary approach to the material remains of past societies, drawing in equal parts on the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

The Archaeology curriculum draws on faculty from a wide range of University departments and schools. To complete the requirements for the major, students must take courses from the offerings of the program and from the listings of other University departments. The program culminates in a B.A. in Archaeology.

Mission of the Undergraduate Program in Archaeology

The mission of the undergraduate program in Archaeology is to provide students with a broad and rigorous introduction to the analysis of the material culture of past societies, drawing on the questions and methods of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Students in the major learn to relate these analyses to the practice of archaeology in the contemporary world. The program seeks to help each student achieve a high level of understanding through concentrated study of a particular research area. Courses in the major complete a comprehensive curriculum that draws on faculty from a wide range of University departments and programs. Archaeology majors are well prepared for advanced training in professional schools such as education, law, and journalism and, depending upon their choice of upper-division course, graduate programs in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The department expects undergraduate majors in the program to be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes. These learning outcomes are used in evaluating students and the department's undergraduate program. Students are expected to demonstrate:

an understanding of the material culture of past societies, drawing on the questions and methods of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
an ability to relate this analysis and understanding to the practice of archaeology in the contemporary world.
a high level of understanding in a particular research area.

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