Ancient Environments and Ecology
Anthropology · 3 hrs Lecture/Lab Combined
Offered: Fall Or Winter, Every Third Year
Hard to catch. Runs only once every three years, and the calendar doesn't say which, confirm the next offering with the department before counting on it.
No prerequisites listed, you can take this course without prior coursework.
Description
This course explores approaches, techniques, issues, and applications involved in the reconstruction of ancient environmental and ecological conditions and settings (predominantly for Greco-Roman antiquity). Topics addressed include the use of environmental archaeology (e.g., geoarchaeology, archaeobotany, palynology, zooarchaeology) in assessing paleoenvironments and paleoecology; natural resource and landscape exploitation in antiquity as determined from synthesis of literary, artistic, and archaeological datasets; climate and environmental change in antiquity; human management and mismanagement of environmental and ecological conditions in the past, including aspects of overhunting, deforestation, pollution and natural disasters. Additional in-depth work is required to receive credit at the 4000 level.
Restrictions
Students may not hold credit for this course and CLAS-3910 | CLAS-4910.
Cross-listed
CLAS-3910(3).
From the 2026-27 undergraduate calendar. Always verify details on WebAdvisor or with an academic advisor before registering.