ANTH 3220 - Archaeology of New Orleans

College of Liberal Arts, Education and Human Development

Lecture
- Credits: 3

This course uses the archaeology of historic sites in New Orleans as the starting point for a broader discussion of material culture and its relationship to contemporary themes in anthropology. Theoretical approaches to the city and to urban space will provide a background for addressing the issue of identity, as expressed along axes of race, class, ethnicity, religion, gender, and so on. Other topics to be addressed include the city and mortuary practices, health and sanitation, utopias and imagined cities, and the archaeology of disaster. Data from archaeological studies of other urban sites in the U.S. will supplement those focused in New Orleans. Students will also receive hands-on training in analytical approaches to historic material culture, including ceramic and glass analyses.

Grading Basis: Graded
Repeatable: N
Consent Required to Add No
Consent Required to Drop No