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Please note: We strongly recommend taking the
theory course (Anthropology 130) in the junior
year. The department encourages majors to explore
the possibility of undertaking a senior thesis. A
minimum of 50% of courses counted towards the
Anthropology major must be completed at the
Tufts University home campus or in Tufts University-sponsored
programs abroad. A maximum of two
courses cross-listed in other Tufts departments may
be counted toward the Anthropology major.
Students must achieve a grade of C- or better for a
course to count for credit toward the major.
For more detailed information, please visit the
website http://ase.tufts.edu/anthropology.
Applied Mathematics
(FOR DEGREE REQUIREMENTS, SEE MatheMAtics.)
Applied Physics
(FOR DEGREE REQUIREMENTS, SEE PHYSICS.)
Arabic
(SEE GERMAN, RUSSIAN, AND ASIAN LANGUAGES
AND LITERATURES.)
Archaeology
DIRECTOR:
Professor R. Bruce Hitchner, Classics
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Professor David M. Guss, Anthropology
Professor Jack Ridge, Earth and Ocean Sciences
Associate Professor Stephen M. Bailey, Anthropology
Associate Professor David M. Gute, Civil and Environmental
Engineering
Associate Professor Steven W. Hirsch, Classics
Lecturer David J. Proctor, History
Lecturer Lauren A. Sullivan, Anthropology
Our understanding of the majority of the human
past, for which the written record is nonexistent or
minimal, is based on a material record. Archaeology
examines this record of human activity to recover
and interpret information about past societies and
cultures. There are many subdisciplines within
archaeology, reflecting both the specific periods
and regions into which we divide the human past,
and the different approaches to the recovery and
analysis of the evidence about that past.
Tufts offers a general interdisciplinary
undergraduate major in archaeology, incorporating
courses from the arts, humanities, natural sciences,
and social sciences. Ideally, a student in archaeology
will combine course work with firsthand experience
in recovery, conservation, and interpretation of
material remains.
The archaeology program is affiliated with the
Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and
Ethnology (CMRAE) based at M.I.T., an alliance
of Boston-area programs that offers specialized
course work in the scientific dimensions of
archaeological study. Students are encouraged to
take appropriate course work at the universities
affiliated in the Boston Consortium (Boston
College, Boston University, Brandeis University).
UNDERGRADUATE concentrATION
REQUIREMENTS
The undergraduate major consists of eleven courses,
including a core of four required courses plus a
selection of seven elective courses distributed among
three broad subject areas. Students are advised to
complement their archaeology major with a second
major or a minor in a related field. Archaeology
majors are strongly encouraged to pursue some
independent research project or field research
component in archaeology either as part of a senior
thesis or a summer scholar’s project. This can
include, among other things, participation in
excavations, museum work, archaeological
preservation, etc.
Eleven to thirteen courses distributed as follows:
I. Four courses in core curriculum
1. Anthropology 39 (may substitute ANTH 20 or 27)
2. Archaeology 30 (cross-listed as ANTH 50; formerly
ANTH 30)
3. Archaeology 27 (cross-listed as CLS 27 and FAH 19)
4. Earth and Ocean Sciences 2
II. Seven courses from History, Natural/Social
Sciences and Archaeology (Only courses which
have direct content, theoretical, or technical
relevance to archaeology are included here.
However, other courses in History, the Natural
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