NELC183 - Food and Fire: Archaeology in the Laboratory

Status
C
Activity
REC
Section number integer
404
Title (text only)
Food and Fire: Archaeology in the Laboratory
Term
2020C
Subject area
NELC
Section number only
404
Section ID
NELC183404
Course number integer
183
Registration notes
Course is available to Freshmen and Upperclassmen.
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Registration also required for Lecture (see below)
Meeting times
F 12:00 PM-01:00 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Katherine M Moore
Description
This course will let students explore the essential heritage of human technology through archaeology. People have been transforming their environment from the first use of fire for cooking. Since then, humans have adapted to the world they created using the resources around them. We use artifacts to understand how the archaeological record can be used to trace breakthroughs such as breaking stone and bone, baking bread, weaving cloth and firing pottery and metals. The seminar will meet in the Penn Museum's new Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials. Students will become familiar with the Museum's collections and the scientific methods used to study different materials. Class sessions will include discussions, guest presentations, museum field trips, and hands-on experience in the laboratory.
Course number only
183
Cross listings
ANTH148404, CLST148404
Use local description
No