Class Number: 1926
Description: Hours: Three hours seminar per week
This seminar explores a different topic each term.
| Days | Time | Date Range | Location | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | 09:00 AM - 11:45 AM | 08/20/2022 - 12/10/2022 | Sierra Hall 1314 | Susan Kuzminsky |
Status: Open
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Seminar
Career: Undergraduate
Start Date: 08/20/2022
End Date: 12/10/2022
Grading: Letter Grade
Class Availability
Information below is 24 hours old.Enrollment Total: 14
Available Seats: 10
Wait List Capacity: 10
Wait List Total: 0
Textbook / Other Materials
Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 9780801473883
Title: Archaeology of Disease
Author: Roberts
Publish: Cornell University Press
Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 9781585440993
Title: Archaeology of Death & Burial
Author: Pearson
Publish: Texas A&M University Press
More textbook information including prices
Enrollment Information
- Upper Division
- In-Person
- Repeatable up to 9 units.
- Repeatable by topic.
Notes
- Death and Dying in the Ancient World examines how people lived in the past through a social, biological, and cultural lens. Through this course, students examine the theoretical context for studying death with a particular emphasis on cross-cultural perspectives on death and dead persons. Topics cover ancient treatment of the dead and autopsy methods, as well as interpretations of ritual behavior throughout human prehistory. We then shift to understanding lifeways throughout the study of death, focusing on both skeletal and mummified remains and the information that can be interpreted through the body, including evidence for violence, genocides, cannibalism, human sacrifice, cultural modifications of the body, pandemics, and other maladies that have plagued humans throughout prehistory.