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Apr 18, 2024
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ANTH 4750 - Lithic Analysis: Stone Tools and Human Behavior
This course focuses on the study of stone tools in archaeology. We conduct laboratory analyses of artifacts, where students learn to describe stone tools and the debris of making stone tools. We also read foundational works in archaeology and anthropology, which relate to the use, manufacture, and interpretation of stone tools. This literature provides a theoretical foundation to allow students to better interpret prehistoric behavior and technology.
Requisites: 6 hours in ANTH including ANTH 2020 and (Jr or Sr)
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Students will be able to describe knowledge of stone tools in prehistory.
- Students will be able to properly structure and conduct experimental projects in archaeology.
- Students will be able to analyze archaeological materials through laboratory analysis.
- Students will be able quantitatively evaluate and describe stone tools.
- Students will be able to explain the development of lithic technology across space and time.
- Students will be able to evaluate how human behavior can be modeled to identify or explain evolutionary or social adaptations.
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