Anthropology 150 - Ancient Civilizations

Fall
2024
02
4.00
Tabitha Dorshorst

M W 4:00PM 5:15PM

UMass Amherst
27369
Noah Webster House room 104
tdorshorst@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 in the Exploring Society RAP in Dickinson Hall.

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