Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4A · CSU GE Area D1DescriptionThis course is an introduction to the fundamental principles of method and theory in archaeology, beginning with the goals of archaeology, going on to consider the basic concepts of culture, time, and space, and discussing the findings and excavation of archaeological sites. Students will analyze the basic methods and theoretical approaches used by archaeologist to reconstruct the past and understand human prehistory. This includes human origins, the peoples of the globe, the origins of agriculture, ancient civilizations including the Maya civilization, Classical and Historical archaeological, and finally the relevance of archaeology today. The course includes an analysis of the nature of scientific inquiry; the history and interdisciplinary nature of archaeological research; dating techniques, methods of survey, excavation, analysis, and interpretation; cultural resource management, professional ethics; and cultural change and sequences. The inclusion of the interdisciplinary approach utilized in this field will provide students with the most up to data interpretation of human origins, the reconstruction of human behavior, and the emergence of cultural, identity, and human existence. 