This course is a survey of how archaeology is currently conducted in the Mediterranean world and the issues that archaeologists face when studying ancient cultures. It explores how archaeology actually happens by looking at various types of projects and how each one approaches different geological or environmental concerns. It looks at new technologies that are helping archaeologists and scholars expand their studies of both recent finds and in the reexamination of previously excavated material. (Not offered 2024-25).

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