Department: Archaeology

Contacts

Office: Building 500, 488 Escondido Mall
Mail Code: 94305-2170
Phone: (650) 723-5731
Email: archaeology@stanford.edu

Web Site: http://archaeology.stanford.edu/

Courses offered by the Archaeology Program are listed under the subject code ARCHLGY on the Stanford Bulletin's ExploreCourses website.

Archaeology is the study of the past through its material remains that survive into the present. Archaeology is a discipline that offers direct access to the experiences of a wide range of people in numerous cultures across the globe. Increasingly, archaeology bridges past and present societies through the study of the human heritage and its role in contemporary societies. Stanford's Archaeology Program provides students with an interdisciplinary approach to the material remains of past societies, drawing in equal parts on the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

The Archaeology curriculum draws on faculty from a wide range of University departments and schools. To complete the requirements for the major, students must take courses from the offerings of the program and from the listings of other University departments. The program culminates in a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Archaeology.

Mission of the Undergraduate Program in Archaeology

The mission of the undergraduate program in Archaeology is to provide students with a broad and rigorous introduction to the analysis of the material culture of past societies, drawing on the questions and methods of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Students in the major learn to relate these analyses to the practice of archaeology in the contemporary world. The program seeks to help each student achieve a high level of understanding through concentrated study of a particular research area. Courses in the major complete a comprehensive curriculum that draws on faculty from a wide range of University departments and programs. Archaeology majors are well prepared for advanced training in professional schools such as education, law, and journalism and, depending upon their choice of upper-division course, graduate programs in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

Faculty

Director: Barbara Voss (Anthropology)

Assistant Director: Justin Leidwanger (Classics)

Department Faculty:

Professors: Li Liu (East Asian Languages and Cultures), Ian Morris (Classics), Michael Shanks (Classics)

Associate Professors: Andrew Bauer (Anthropology), Giovanna Ceserani (Classics), Justin Leidwanger (Classics), Jody Maxmin (Art and Art History, Classics), Krish Seetah (Anthropology), Jennifer Trimble (Classics), Barbara Voss (Anthropology)

Assistant Professors: Mudit Trivedi (Anthropology), Ayana Omilade Flewellen (Anthropology)

Academic Staff: Laura Jones (Campus Archaeologist)

Postdoctoral Fellows: Matthew Chastain, Kacey Grauer

Affiliated Faculty:

Professors: Rob Dunbar (Earth Sciences), Mark Lewis (Chinese Culture, Religious Studies), J. Moldowan (Geological and Environmental Sciences), Amos Nur (Earth Sciences), Peter Vitousek (Earth System Science)

Associate Professors: Paulla Ebron (Anthropology), James A. Fox (Anthropology, Iberian and Latin American Cultures, Linguistics), Grant Parker (Classics)