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Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2020
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ANTH 394 001 (CRN: 14991)
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF SLAVERY
Long Title: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF SLAVERY AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
Department: Anthropology
Instructor: Morgan, Molly
Meeting: 3:10PM - 4:30PM TR (24-AUG-2020 - 4-DEC-2020)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Distribution Group: Distribution Group II
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 19
Section Enrolled: 15
Total Cross-list Max Enrollment: 19
Total Cross-list Enrolled: 16
Enrollment data as of: 19-APR-2024 9:28AM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Final Exam Time:
14-DEC-2020
2:00PM - 5:00PM M
Description: This course covers methodological and thematic approaches employed in the historical archaeology of slavery and the African diaspora in the Americas from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Archaeologists are uniquely positioned to study enslaved people through their material culture, and in this case especially, archaeologists have the opportunity to apply their particular approaches since written documents relating to the African diaspora are overwhelmingly written by the enslavers, not the enslaved. In this class emphasis is placed on what the archaeological analyses of the material record reveal about slavery and the everyday lives of enslaved individuals, including plantation life, labor management of the planters, work habits of the enslaved, leisure time, economic networks, kinship, religious practices, retentions, and resistance, to name but a few. Students interested in African and African diaspora studies, archaeology, slavery, and race should find this course useful. Cross-list: ANTH 594. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 394 if student has credit for ANTH 594.