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Analyzes the methods used by archaeologists to recover evidence of past cultural behavior and the theoretical orientations employed to interpret and explain this behavior. Through this course the student will gain an understanding of the nature of archaeology as a means of recreating and comprehending our cultural past.
Involves the cross-cultural study of the structure, history, and function of both unwritten and written languages. Students are introduced to the methods, theories, and results of anthropological and other researchers working in the subfields of descriptive structural linguistics, historical linguistics, and sociolinguistics.