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Apr 03, 2026
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ANTH 320 - Archaeological Science and Indigenous Knowledge
Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-5; Diversity
This course braids methods of scientific archaeology with the knowledge and narrative authority of Native American elders. Students will study conventional archaeological field and laboratory methods alongside connected Indigenous oral traditions and culturally-situated archaeological interpretations, learning to embrace the difference.
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-5 - Upper Division Science or Mathematical Concepts/Quantitative Reasoning, Overlay - Diversity
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas 1A, 1B, 1C and GE-2 with grade C- (CR) or better (GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 for students on the 2024-25 or earlier catalogs).
Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division GE Area 5 (Areas B1-B3 for students on the 2024-25 or earlier catalogs).
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous, or Online-Synchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- understand and explain basic scientific archaeological field, laboratory, and experimental methods, including at least three laboratory-based modes of archaeological dating;
- apply basic quantitative archaeological methods and read and interpret the results of common tests of archaeological statistics with a reasonable level of understanding;
- discuss multiple examples of difference between scientific archaeological historical narrative and Indigenous knowledge and social memory;
- cite multiple examples of scientific archaeologists and Indigenous elders working together to produce knowledge useful to both researchers and tribes.
GE-UD-5. Upper-division Science or Mathematical Concepts/Quantitative Reasoning Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate advanced and/or focused science or quantitative content knowledge in a specific scientific field, using appropriate vocabulary and referencing appropriate concepts (such as models, uncertainties, hypotheses, theories, and
- Apply advanced quantitative skills (such as statistics, algebraic solutions, interpretation of graphical data) to scientific problems and evaluate scientific claims.
- Demonstrate understanding of the nature of science and scientific inquiry and the experimental and empirical methodologies used in science to investigate a scientific question or issue.
- Apply science content knowledge to contemporary scientific issues (e.g., global warming) and technologies (e.g., cloning), where appropriate.
Diversity Overlay Learning Outcomes
- Describe the histories, experiences or views of one or more cultural groups.
- Analyze the overlap or intersection of social identities of oneself and/or other cultural groups (e.g., culture, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, and/or age).
- Examine the impact of their own identity on their experiences with and/or views of other cultural groups.
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