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Archaeology Advising Guide
Introduction
At
Dickinson, the study of archaeology draws on the expertise of four departments
- Anthropology, Art and Art History, Classical Studies, and Earth Science.
Students get a solid theoretical grounding in the discipline and gain valuable
field experience by participating in summer excavations. The Archaeology
program boasts a fully equipped archaeology lab with a full scale training
trench, a digital slide library, and several digital projects applying Ground
Penetrating Radar (GPR) surveys and Geographical Information System (GIS)
technology.
Courses appropriate for prospective majors
Students may explore their interest in
archaeology by selecting any of the 100 or 200 level courses.
The distinction is not in levels of
difficulty, but breadth in scope.
Any of
the 100 or 200 level courses may be taken as the “first course” in the field.
Students intending to major in
archeology should register for one of the following:
ARCH 110, ARCH 120, ARCH 140, ARCH 150, ARCH 210, or ARCH 261
Introductory courses
that fulfill distribution requirements
Division IC:
ARCH 140, Egyptian Art and Archaeology
ARCH 210, Prehistoric Aegean Art and
Archaeology
ARCH 200, Special Topics in Archaeology (when
appropriate)
Division II:
ARCH
110, Archaeology and World Prehistory
Comparative Civilization:
ARCH 110: Archaeology and
World Prehistory
Course descriptions, requirements for the major: refer to the College Bulletin: Archaeology. Additional course descriptions are available at Anthropology or Classical Studies.
Excavation opportunities
Dickinson
students will have excavation opportunities in the summers under the
supervision of Professor Christofilis Maggidis, the Assistant Director of the
Mycenae Project site in Greece. Students
should complete ANTH 300/ARCH 300 before doing summer field work.