Northwestern University / Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences
Department of Anthropology

 

Contract Archaeology

Suggested Anthropology Courses

 

Anthropology 311 – The Indians of North America
Anthropology 321 - Archaeological Field Methods
Anthropology 322 – Introduction to Archaeological Research Design & Methods
Anthropology 325 - Archaeological Methods Laboratory

Anthropology 327 – The Archaeology of Ethnicity in America
Anthropology 328 - The Maya

Anthropology 381 - North American Prehistory
Anthropology 382 - Households and Everyday Life

Anthropology 383 - Environmental Anthropology

Anthropology 390 - Topics in Anthropology –

  • Course taught once a year at the Field Museum by a Field Museum curator
  • Peoples and Cultures of the Caribbean
  • Archaeological Survey
  • Archaeology of Slavery
  • Anthropology of Race
  • Material Life and Early Mod. Europe
  • Materials Worlds of the Middle Ages

Anthropology 391 - Archaeology, Ethics, and Contemporary Society
Anthropology 396 - Advanced Archaeological Field Methods

Suggested Related Courses

Earth and Planetary Sciences 111 - Human Dimensions of Global Change
Earth and Planetary Sciences 201 - Surface Processes
Earth and Planetary Sciences 204 - Environmental Geology


Environmental Policy and Culture 390 – Special Topics in Environmental Policy and Culture

Geography 211 - World Biogeography
Geography 313 - North America
Geography 328 - The Human Use of the Earth
Geography 341 - Principles of Cartography

History 317 (1,2,3) - American Cultural History
History 321 (1,2) - A History of American Society
History 322 (1,2) - Development of the Modern American City
History 375 (1,2) - Technology: History, Society and Economy

Field Schools & Internship Placement

Archaeological Field Schools

Northwestern Environmental Field School

 

Possible Minor/Program

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Environmental Policy & Culture Program

History