About the Minor
Director: Maria Masucci, Professor of Anthropology
Archaeology widens our perspective of the human experience by opening a window onto past societies throughout the world. Archaeology at Drew has the potential to enhance students' understanding of their chosen regional or topical field by providing a temporal depth to cultural developments. Drawing on the comparative approach of anthropology and the developments in scientific archaeology, the minor includes survey courses of regional cultural history as well as methods courses in field and laboratory analysis.
The program is appropriate for science majors, as it offers experience in the application of scientific methods to the reconstruction of past societies and material culture, and for non-science majors, as it offers global and regionally specific cultural-historical context.
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Requirements for the Minor (24 Credits)
The minor in archaeology requires students to complete at least 24 credits following the schedule listed below. First, all students complete 12 credits of core courses. The core courses provide the foundation in archaeological methods and theories and reconstructions of human societies of the past. Second, students select a course with a regional or topical emphasis. Participation in a field project is also encouraged, since relating ideas to practice is best accomplished in archaeology through actual field research. A course in laboratory methods may be selected in place of a field course. Third, all students participate in a capstone course, ANTH 136/Selected Topics in Archaeological Method and Theory. Electives should be chosen in consultation with the program director. Additional courses offered irregularly may be applicable. Consult archaeology course listings each semester.
Students should plan their minor with flexibility, taking particular note of courses that have prerequisites and/or are scheduled in alternate years. Independent study or honors research on appropriate projects may be applied to the minor for up to four credits with the approval of the program director.
Students who declare an anthropology major and an archaeology minor must include among the courses selected for the minor at least eight credits of course work from a discipline other than anthropology. No course other than ANTH 3 may be used to fulfill the requirements for both the anthropology major and the archaeology minor.
I. Core Courses (12 credits)
ANTH 3/Human Evolution: Biological Anthropology and Archaeology (4)
ANTH 101/Archaeological Method and Theory (4)
ANTH 12/Ancient Societies (4) OR CL 24/Archaeology of Greece and Rome (4)
II. Regional Archaeology (4)
One regional archaeology, classics, or art course emphasizing the analysis of the material record for prehistoric or historic synthesis, selected from the following:
ANTH 30/Native Arts and Archaeology of Latin America (4)
ANTH 32/Southeast Asian Archaeology and Art (4)
ANTH 39/Regional Archaeology (4)
ANTH 51/Arts of Africa and the Diaspora (4)
ANTH 124/Human Paleontology (4)
ARTHST 4/Western Art I: Ancient and Medieval (4)
CL 20/The Ancient World: Greece (4)
CL 21/The Ancient World: Rome (4)
CL 24/Archaeology of Greece and Rome (4)
III. Field and Laboratory Methods (4 credits)
ANTH 140/Archaeological Field Study (4)
OR a course in archaeological field methods offered by Drew or another accredited university. See the director for possible programs
OR a course that treats methods or perspectives applicable to archaeological methods or data analysis, selected from the following:
BIOL 7/Ecology and Evolution (4)
BIOL 9/Diversity of Life: Animals, Plants, and Microbes (4)
CHEM 6/Principles of Chemistry I (4)
MATH 3/Introductory Statistics (4)
IV. Capstone Course (4 credits)
ANTH 136/Selected Topics in Archaeological Method and Theory (4)
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