Anthropology 150 - Ancient Civilizations

Spring
2025
01
4.00
Reid Ellefson-Frank

TU TH 4:00PM 5:15PM

UMass Amherst
52615
Melville Room 130
rellefsonfra@umass.edu
The emergence and character of the world's first civilizations: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley, Shang China, the Olmec and Maya of Mesoamerica, and the Chavin of Peru. Topics include the Neolithic background to the rise of civilizations and theories on the rise and fall of civilizations. (Gen.Ed. HS, DG)

Open to first-year students. This course is only open to first year undergraduate students admitted for Fall 2024 or Spring 2025

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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