Maya Archaeological Project
Belize
Summer 2010
Curriculum
Prerequisites: None
Required Course:
Archaeology C159 (Undergraduates): 12 quarter units
or
Archaeology C259 (Graduate Students): 12 quarter units
Please note that to receive graduate credit you must currently be a graduate student seeking either an MA or Ph.D. degree. If you are currently an undergraduate student, or holding a BA/BS degree, you may enroll in the graduate level course work with instructor consent. In addition to all other course requirements, students enrolled at the C259 level must submit a research paper in coordination with the project Faculty Director.
This course has two goals; 1) to introduce students to field methods in archaeology, and 2) to provide a practical working knowledge of survey, excavation, and field cataloging methods that will enable students to better understand how to do archaeology. Keeping in mind that we are a UCLA field program, the team will be asking each student to develop their own independent mini-archaeological research project. The last weeks of the project will be spent working in conjunction with each student to conduct a special project that will involve independent analysis and research. A final paper will be required of each student that will be due following the end of the project in September.
For more details please read the 2009 syllabus.