Archaeology Minor
C. Margaret Scarry, Chair
Ben Arbuckle, Director of Undergraduate Study, Fall 2020
Margaret Scarry, Director of Undergraduate Study, Spring 2021
The minor in archaeology draws on a number of disciplines and departments—principally anthropology, classics, and art—in the study of the ancient world, the reconstruction of past lifeways, and the interpretation of ancient social, political, and economic systems.
The minor helps prepare students for graduate study in anthropological archaeology, classical archaeology, cultural resource management, and historical preservation. It also provides any student with a strong intellectual interest in archaeology with a structured introduction to this field. Students interested in the minor in archaeology may contact the Director of Undergraduate Studies and consult the Web site.
Department Programs
Major
Minor
Requirements
In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must:
- take at least nine hours of their minor "core" requirements at UNC–Chapel Hill
- earn a minimum of 12 hours of C or better in the minor (some minors require more)
For more information, please consult the degree requirements section of the catalog.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements | ||
| Two core courses (no more than one of which is a field school) from the following list: | 6-9 | |
| Principles of Archaeology | ||
| Archaeological Theory and Practice | ||
| Public Archaeology Practicum | ||
| Field School in North American Archaeology H | ||
| Field School in South American Archaeology H | ||
| Archaeological Field Methods | ||
| Field School in Classical Archaeology | ||
| One comparative course from the following list: | 3 | |
| Ancient Cities of the Americas | ||
| Habitat and Humanity | ||
| Introduction to World Prehistory | ||
| Prehistoric Art | ||
| Archaeology and Ethnography of Small-Scale Societies | ||
| State Formation | ||
| Origins of Agriculture in the Ancient World | ||
| First-Year Seminar: Art in the Ancient City H | ||
| Ancient Cities H | ||
| One area-studies course from the list below | 3 | |
| One topical course from the list below | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 15-18 | |
| H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
Additional Requirements
- The courses used to satisfy these requirements must come from at least two departments.
- Three of the courses must be numbered 200 or above and come from two different divisions.
- At least one course must be numbered 300 or above.
Area-studies Course
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 231 | The Inca and Their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Andean South America | 3 |
| ANTH 232 | Ancestral Maya Civilizations H | 3 |
| ANTH 233 | Prehistory of Southwest Asia and Egypt: From the Earliest Humans to the Rise of Civilization | 3 |
| ANTH 250 | Archaeology of North America H | 3 |
| ANTH 457 | Perspectives in Historical Archaeology | 3 |
| ANTH 550 | Archaeology of the American South | 3 |
| CLAR 241 | Archaeology of Ancient Near East | 3 |
| CLAR 242 | Archaeology of Egypt | 3 |
| CLAR 243 | Minoans and Mycenaeans: The Archaeology of Bronze Age Greece | 3 |
| CLAR 244 | Greek Archaeology | 3 |
| CLAR 245 | Archaeology of Italy | 3 |
| CLAR 247 | Roman Archaeology | 3 |
| CLAR 262 | Art of Classical Greece | 3 |
| CLAR 268 | Hellenistic Art and Archaeology (350-31 BCE) | 3 |
| CLAR 375 | Archaeology of Cult | 3 |
| CLAR 464 | Greek Architecture | 3 |
| CLAR 465 | Architecture of Etruria and Rome | 3 |
| CLAR 475 | Frontiers and Provinces of the Roman Empire | 3 |
| CLAR 480 | Egypt after the Pharaohs | 3 |
| CLAR 488 | The Archaeology of the Near East in the Iron Age | 3 |
| CLAR 489 | The Archaeology of Anatolia in the Bronze and Iron Ages | 3 |
| CLAR 491 | The Archaeology of Early Greece (1200-500 BCE) | 3 |
| CLAR/JWST/RELI 110 | The Archaeology of Palestine in the New Testament Period | 3 |
| H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
Topical Course
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| AMST/ANTH 54 | First-Year Seminar: The Indians' New Worlds: Southeastern Histories from 1200 to 1800 | 3 |
| ANTH 50 | First-Year Seminar: Skeletons in the Closet | 3 |
| ANTH 60 | First-Year Seminar: Crisis Resilience: Past and Future of Human Societies H | 3 |
| ANTH 64 | First-Year Seminar: Public Archaeology in Bronzeville, Chicago's Black Metropolis | 3 |
| ANTH 65 | First-Year Seminar: Humans and Animals: Anthropological Perspectives | 3 |
| ANTH 143 | Human Evolution and Adaptation | 3 |
| ANTH 144 | Archaeology and the Media | 3 |
| ANTH 148 | Human Origins | 3 |
| ANTH 149 | Great Discoveries in Archaeology | 3 |
| ANTH 252 | Archaeology of Food | 3 |
| ANTH 410 | The Identification and Analysis of Historical Artifacts | 3 |
| ANTH 411 | Laboratory Methods in Archaeology H | 3 |
| ANTH 412 | Paleoanthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 413 | Laboratory Methods: Archaeobotany | 3 |
| ANTH 414 | Laboratory Methods: Human Osteology | 3 |
| ANTH 415 | Laboratory Methods: Zooarchaeology | 3 |
| ANTH 416 | Bioarchaeology | 3 |
| ANTH 417 | Laboratory Methods: Lithic Seminar | 3 |
| ANTH 418 | Laboratory Methods: Ceramic Analysis | 3 |
| ANTH 420 | Public Archaeology | 3 |
| ANTH 423 | Written in Bone: CSI and the Science of Death Investigation from Skeletal Remains | 3 |
| ANTH 454 | The Archaeology of African Diasporas | 3 |
| ANTH 455 | Ethnohistory | 3 |
| ANTH 458 | Archaeology of Sex and Gender | 3 |
| ANTH 460 | Historical Ecology | 3 |
| ANTH 538 | Disease and Discrimination in Colonial Atlantic America | 3 |
| ANTH 650 | Reconstructing Life: Nutrition and Disease in Past Populations | 3 |
| ANTH 651 | Identity, Memory, and the Afterlife: The Space and Place of Death | 3 |
| ANTH 674 | Issues in Cultural Heritage | 3 |
| ANTH/GEOL 421 | Archaeological Geology | 3 |
| ARCH 393 | Internship in Archaeology | 3-6 |
| ARCH 395 | Research in Archaeology | 1-6 |
| ARCH 396 | Independent Study in Archaeology | 1-6 |
| ARTH/CLAR 263 | Roman Art | 3 |
| ARTH/CLAR 474 | Roman Sculpture | 3 |
| ARTH/CLAR 476 | Roman Painting | 3 |
| CLAR 51 | First-Year Seminar: Who Owns the Past? H | 3 |
| CLAS 71 | First-Year Seminar: The Architecture of Empire H | 3 |
| LING 558 | Ancient Mayan Hieroglyphs | 3 |
| LING 560 | Mesoamerican Languages and Linguistics | 3 |
| LING 561 | Native Languages of the Americas | 3 |
| RELI 63 | First-Year Seminar: The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls | 3 |
| RELI 512 | Ancient Synagogues | 3 |
| H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
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