Archaeology
Director: Jennifer Trimble (Classics)
Assistant Director: Lisa Newble (Archaeology)
Professors: Ian Hodder (Anthropology, on leave), Richard Klein (Anthropology), Mark Lewis (History, Asian Languages), Mike Moldowan (Geological and Environmental Sciences), Gail Mahood (Geological and Environmental Sciences), Lynn Meskell (Anthropology, on leave), Ian Morris (Classics, History), Amos Nur (Geophysics), Michael Shanks (Classics), Peter Vitousek (Biology)
Associate Professors: Jody Maxmin (Art and Art History, Classics), John Rick (Anthropology)
Assistant Professors: Doug Bird (Anthropology), Rebecca Bird (Anthropology), Giovanna Ceserani (Classics), David DeGusta (Anthropology), Ian Robertson (Anthropology, on leave), Barbara Voss (Anthropology), Michael Wilcox (Anthropology)
Lecturers: Carrie Nakamura Aldrich, Camilla Briault, Nigel Crook, Cheryl Makarewicz, James Truncer
Associated Staff: Neil Brodie (Director, Cultural Heritage Resource), Laura Jones (Campus Archaeologist), Lisa Newble (Collections Manager), Tom Seligman (Cantor Arts Center)
Fellow: Bill Rathje (on leave)
Program Offices: Building 500
Mail Code: 94305-2170
Program Phone: (650) 723-5731
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 web site.
Human beings and their ancestors have roamed the earth for at least five million years, but only invented writing five thousand years ago. For most of the period since its invention, writing only tells us about small elite groups. Archaeology is the only discipline that gives direct access to the experiences of all members of all cultures, everywhere in the world. Stanford's Archaeology Program is unique in providing 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 program has three goals:
- To provide 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.
- To relate this analysis to the practice of archaeology in the contemporary world.
- To help each student achieve a high level of understanding through concentrated study of a particular research area.
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 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. 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.