AP/ANTH 3520 3.00 The Social Lives of Places and Things: Material Culture and the Archaeology of the Contemporary Past

NOT OFFERED DURING 2023-2024 ACADEMIC YEAR

This course addresses the 'stuff of life' - the material things and constructed places around us. As the physical manifestations of culture, things and places both reflect and affect social relationships. Full of meaning, they can be 'read' with archaeological techniques.