ANTH 321 - Ancient Technology
- Recent Professors
- Katrina M. Worley
- Recent Semesters
- Spring 2025
- Class Size
- Not published
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisite
- None.
- Spring 2025 Sections
- View Spring 2025 sections of ANTH 321
- Transfers To
- CSU
- Description
- This course examines technological capabilities of pre-industrial societies using ethnographic and archaeological examples and an experimental approach. Topics include construction techniques of temporary and permanent structures, pottery construction, glassmaking, metallurgy, textile production, as well as bone, stone, wood, and other technologies crucial to human survival. Field trips may be required.