Anthropology 150H - Ancient Civilizations - Honors
Fall
2024
01
4.00
Johanna Pacyga
M W 2:30PM 3:45PM
UMass Amherst
27406
Machmer Hall room W-22
jpacyga@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 Sophomore and Freshmen Commonwealth Honors College students only.