ANTH 4255/6255

Culture and Agriculture
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Credit Hours:
3

Agriculture and farmers in a cross-cultural, deep-time perspective, from the domestication of plants and animals 10,000 years ago, to how farmers throughout the world make ends meet while coping with risk and uncertainty, to the place of farming and farmers in the modern world system. 

When this course is taught as a split level, additional requirements for graduate students: Graduate students will have an enhanced reading load accompanied by periodic meetings to discuss the readings. Students will be expected to write more lengthy and thorough research papers.

Semester Offered:
Spring
Level:
Graduate
Undergraduate

ANTH 4210L/6210L

Zooarchaeology
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Credit Hours:
4

Animal remains recovered from archaeological sites, studied in light of zoological and archaeological methods and theories and interpreted in terms of human and animal behavior. 

When this course is taught as a split level, additional requirements for graduate students: Graduate students will be assigned more difficult and/or larger samples. Their papers should be thoughtful, thorough, and theoretical treatments of the assemblage studied. They will be expected to present a preliminary (15 minute) version of their papers to the class.

Semester Offered:
Spring
Course Type:
Lab
Level:
Graduate
Undergraduate

ANTH 4035/6035

Introduction to Dendrochronology
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Credit Hours:
3

Introduction and training in dendrochronology (tree-ring dating) methods and overview of the tree-ring record's interdisciplinary applications in archaeology, art history, climate, and ecology. Includes lecture and hands-on activities using ancient to modern wood samples from UGA Tree-Ring and Wood Analysis Lab research projects around the world.

When this course is taught as a split level, additional requirements for graduate students: Graduate students will write a longer final paper on a topic in dendrochronology. Their analysis and presentation of discussion topics will be thoughtful and thorough reflections commensurate with their educational background.

Semester Offered:
Spring
Level:
Graduate
Undergraduate

ANTH 3210

Archaeology of Warfare
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Credit Hours:
3

The origins, causes, and consequences of warfare in human societies from the Paleolithic to the twenty-first century. Ethnographic, ethnohistoric, and archaeological data will be employed to evaluate the relationship between conflict and cultural change.

Semester Offered:
Fall
Level:
Undergraduate

ANTH 3090

Past Peoples, Present Climates
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Credit Hours:
3

This course is about past human-environmental relationships and what they may mean for the present day. Students learn how humans changed their natural environments in the past, how past peoples reacted to resulting social, cultural, and climatic changes, and how this may inform on current environmental problems.

Semester Offered:
Spring
Level:
Undergraduate

Carla S. Hadden

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First Name:
Carla
Last Name:
S. Hadden
Phone Number:
706.542.9816

Dr. Carla S. Hadden, Ph.D., is an environmental archaeologist specializing in zooarchaeology with over 13 years of experience in the southeastern US and Caribbean. Her research focuses on historical ecology of coastal and island settings as well as chronology building in shell-matrix sites. She is trained in Sections 106 and 110 of the NHPA, NAGPRA, and NEPA, and has authored or co-authored over 35 technical reports, research publications, and conference presentations. Dr. Hadden earned her B.A. in anthropology and B.S.

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