ANTC29H3

Archaeologies of North America

This course engages with the diverse histories of First Nations societies in North America, from time immemorial, through over 14 thousand years of archaeology, to the period approaching European arrivals. We tack across the Arctic, Plains, Northwest Coast, Woodlands, and East Coast to chart the major cultural periods and societal advancements told by First Nations histories and the archaeological record. Along with foundational discussions of ancestral peoples, societal development, and human paleoecology, we also engage with core topical debates in North American archaeology, such as the ethics of ancient DNA, peopling processes, environmental change, response, and conservation, inequalities, decolonization, and progress in Indigenous archaeologies.