Spring 2025 - ARCH 363 D100
Landscape Archaeology (3)
Class Number: 4869
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Wed, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Ross Jamieson
rossjami@sfu.ca
Office Hours: Mon 12:30-2:20
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Prerequisites:
ARCH 100 or ARCH 101 or ARCH 201, and 45 units.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
The interpretation of archaeological evidence to look at the ways that people in the past perceived, constructed, and used their natural surroundings and their built environments.
COURSE DETAILS:
This course will provide an overview of the interpretation of archaeological evidence to look at the ways that people in the past perceived, constructed, and used their natural surroundings and their built environments at a variety of scales. This will include the exploration of a variety of methods used in analyzing archaeological landscapes, such as geoarchaeology, GIS, storytelling, and remote sensing, in order to further students’ understanding of the various approaches archaeologists bring to the analysis of past peoples’ natural and cultural surroundings.
Grading
- Written assignment: a method in landscape archaeology 25%
- Written assignment: the archaeology of a global landscape 25%
- Two in-class quizzes 30%
- Occasional in-class quick write exercises and discussion 20%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Online readings as assigned
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.
Department Undergraduate Notes:
Students with hidden or visible disabilities who may need class or exam accommodations, including in the context of remote learning, are advised to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112) as soon as possible to ensure that they are eligible and that approved accommodations and services are implemented in a timely fashion.
Deferred grades will be given only on the basis of authenticated medical disability.
Registrar Notes:
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS
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RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION
Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.