Spring 2009-- Please note: these links are active only when the course is being taught.

Part I: The Archaeological Toolkit

1. Introduction to Archaeology and Archaeological Method
2. Geographical & Chronological Framework for Classical Archaeology
3. Prospecting for Sites (guest lecture by Dr. Ervan Garrison)
4. Excavating a Site
5. Dating Archaeological Material

Part II: Using Archaeological Data: Greek Archaeology

6. Dark Age in Greece—Invasion, Climate Change, and Other Scenarios
7. How to Identify Cult and Ritual in Greek Archaeology
    7a. List of Archaeological Indicators of Ritual
8. State Formation in Greek Archaeology
9. Studying Greek Pottery: Studying Trade in Archaeology
    9a. Additional Visual Material for the Study of Greek Pottery
10. The Greek Sanctuary at Olympia
11. Domestic Archaeology
12. Osteoarchaeology: The Case of Philip II at Vergina

Part III: Using Archaeological Data: Roman Archaeology

13. Lugnano in Teverino: A Case Study in Zooarchaeology
14. Lugnano in Teverino: A Case Study in Mortuary Archaeology
15. Feeding the City of Rome
16. Water in the City of Rome

Part IV: Special Examples of Site Formation & Preservation

17. Buried Sites: Pompeii I
18. Buried Sites: Pompeii II, Using GIS (guest lecture by Ms. Wehby)
19. Mortuary Sites: The Case of the Yasmina Cemetery, Part 1
20. Mortuary Sites: The Case of the Yasmina Cemetery, Part 2
21. Wet Sites: Roman Shipwrecks
22. Dry Sites: Berenike

Part V: Archaeological Reconstruction and Preserving the Past

23. Trajan in Rome
24. Archaeological Ethics