Anthropology 150 - Ancient Civilizations

Spring
2023
01
4.00
Kay Mattena

TU TH 11:30AM 12:45PM

UMass Amherst
58353
Mary Lyon House rm 119 (loung)
kmattena@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 first-year students. This course is only open to first year undergraduate students admitted for Fall 2022 or Spring 2023

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.