Anthropology 150 - Ancient Civilizations
Fall
2025
02
4.00
Reid Ellefson-Frank
M W 4:00PM 5:15PM
UMass Amherst
59843
Noah Webster House room 104
rellefsonfra@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)
This course is only open to students registered for the Ancient Civilizations RAP in Dickinson Hall.