Seminars & Events
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Archaeology Spotlight
Students can choose to focus their studies on archaeology. We provide many opportunities inside and outside the classroom for student to engage in archaeology.
Underwater Archaeology Spotlight
We offer several opportunities to study underwater archaeology.
Welcome!
"Anthropology os the most humanistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the humanities." ~Alfred L. Kroeber
Anthropology, the broadest of the social science disciplines, is the study of human culture and social experience through space and time—from early hominid ancestors to postindustrial societies. The major consists of a four-field approach:
- cultural anthropology and the study of historic and contemporary societies (ethnography, ethnology, and ethnohistory).
- archaeology and the study of material culture (prehistoric, historic, and underwater archaeology.)
- biological anthropology (biology, human evolution, and forensics).
- and linguistic anthropology (language and culture).
Course Offering address topical areas that include applied anthropology, Atlantic World and Chesapeake archaeology, ecological and economic anthropology, kinship and social organization, food, media, myth, ritual and symbolism. Many courses address issues of gender, ethnicity, and globalization.
