Anthropology 150H - Ancient Civilizations - Honors
Fall
2025
02
4.00
Johanna Pacyga
M W 4:00PM 5:15PM
UMass Amherst
68853
Elm Room 226
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 first-year Commonwealth Honors College students only.