ANTH 105 — Cultural Resource Management
ANTH 105 is a basic introduction to the principles and concepts used in the science of archaeology and the methods applied to interpreting archaeological discoveries. Prehistoric periods of human populations throughout the world and the variety of societies and technologies created through human history will also be reviewed. This course introduces the field of cultural resource management (focusing on archaeological resources and historical preservation) as it is practiced in the U.S., presenting fundamentals of archaeological theory, methods, legal frameworks, and research goals for non-specialists in the field. It focuses on contextualizing archaeology's crucial role within the larger discipline of heritage conservation. Mastering the basic concepts of applied archaeological methods will help architectural historians, architects, landscape architects and planners become better stewards of our collective cultural heritage.