Great Discoveries in archaeology

King Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt and Machu Picchu in Peru continue to thrill the world a century after their discovery. Magnificent ancient ruins always in plain sight (Stonehenge, Giza, Mesa Verde, Persepolis, Cahokia, the Athenian Acropolis) also have their stories to tell. Such sites will serve as an entrée into an understanding of the deep and recent past of our species in this history of archaeology from the Stone Age to the past millennium. This unique course will be taught by two archaeologists: one specializing in the Old World and the other the New World. We will ask how archaeologists know what they know about the past.  No prerequisites. 

Team-taught by Dr. Scott Ingram and Dr. Karl Petruso

Required book

​Archaeology: A Very Short Introduction 
by Paul Bahn,  
Updated Edition,  ISBN: 978-0-19-965743-8
Oxford University Press
Paperback and electronic formats are available. 

Additional readings will be required and posted on this website or Blackboard.