Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4 · CSU GE Area D1 · CSU GE Area B1 · CSU GE Area DDescriptionArchaeology: Reconstructing the Human Past examines the theories and methods of archaeology as a practice for understanding the human experience, past, present, and future. Students learn about the colonial history of archaeology and its modern multi-disciplinary approach. Topics covered include excavation methods, laboratory techniques, reconstructing the human past, and ethical practices in archaeology. As a result, students will learn how to plan a field survey and an archaeological excavation. The class incorporates hands-on practicums and service learning projects where students prepare and make food, pottery, stone tools (lithics), clothing, medicines, and expressive materials. In the process, students create materials that serve as gifts, educational relics, and healing tools. By taking this approach, students create Indigenous modes of archaeology, often left out of the White/Eurocentric school of anthropology. 