Anthropology 150 - Ancient Civilizations

Spring
2019
01
4.00
Virginia McLaurin
M W F 10:10AM 11:00AM
UMass Amherst
10955
Mary Lyon House rm 119 (loung)
vmclauri@anthro.umass.edu
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, DG)
Open to Undergraduate Freshmen only. This course will be taught in a residential classroom.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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