Anthropology 150 - Ancient Civilizations
Spring
2018
01
4.00
Virginia McLaurin
M W F 11:15AM 12:05PM
UMass Amherst
53921
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 Undergraduate Freshmen only. This course will be taught in a residential classroom.