ANTHRO 111
Theory in Anthropological Archaeology
Description: Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 8. Method and theory with emphasis on archaeology within context of anthropology. Themes include theoretical developments over last 50 years, structure of archaeological reasoning, and selective survey of work on problems of general anthropological interest. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Winter 2024 - Professor Lesure is very friendly, always cracking jokes during lecture. Sometimes his speaking style can be a bit hard to follow during lectures, but he makes efforts so that we understand the readings, which he himself admits can be a bit dense to get through. He holds review sessions where he will go over all the readings, along with a handy list of reading questions for each week. The workload was very manageable. We had a short reading reflection every week (graded on completion), plus a midterm paper and final paper. Attendance is not taken but strongly recommended since we do cover a lot in the lectures that aren't listed in his slides. I found course content really interesting, but I know that archaeology might not be everyone's cup of tea. Even if you don't enjoy the topic, though, this is a chill course with a great professor!
Winter 2024 - Professor Lesure is very friendly, always cracking jokes during lecture. Sometimes his speaking style can be a bit hard to follow during lectures, but he makes efforts so that we understand the readings, which he himself admits can be a bit dense to get through. He holds review sessions where he will go over all the readings, along with a handy list of reading questions for each week. The workload was very manageable. We had a short reading reflection every week (graded on completion), plus a midterm paper and final paper. Attendance is not taken but strongly recommended since we do cover a lot in the lectures that aren't listed in his slides. I found course content really interesting, but I know that archaeology might not be everyone's cup of tea. Even if you don't enjoy the topic, though, this is a chill course with a great professor!
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