Anthropology 150 - Ancient Civilizations
Fall
2014
02
4.00
Rebecca Bartusewich
TU TH 11:30AM 12:45PM
UMass Amherst
73001
The emergence and character of the world's first civilizations: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley, Shang China, the Olmec and Maya of Mesoamerica, and the Chavin of Peru. Topics include the Neolithic background to the rise of civilizations and theories on the rise and fall of civilizations. (Gen.Ed. HS, G)
Open to students in the Foundations Emerson RAP program only.