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The Department of Anthropology and Ethnic Studies provides
comprehensive academic training in archaeology to both
undergraduate and graduate students. Our graduate programs
lead to M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in anthropology with an
archaeological emphasis.
Our Goals:
We want our students to critically evaluate the ways
archaeological knowledge is generated, and to be aware of
a variety of (re)constructions of the past. We offer our
students training addressing theoretical, methodological,
and analytical issues that are significant in designing
and carrying out archaeological research. We emphasize
different approaches, possibilities, problems, and biases
in archaeology, and the limitations of archaeological
record.
Our Strengths:
We provide our students with a plethora of archaeological
theories, methods, and practice, with a particular
strength in major issues including:
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Hunter-gatherers
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Middle Range Societies
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Origins and consequences of agriculture
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Origins and development of complex and state-level
societies
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Identity and gender
Our Approach:
With a strong emphasis on a hands-on teaching and learning
experience, we closely work with our students and strongly
encourage them to actively participate in faculty research
projects and/or to develop their own original research
projects both in the field and in our laboratories. Our
goal is to give our students the ability to identify,
recover, document, analyze, interpret, and publish
archaeological data. Our
graduate students are eligible for
competitive support packages.
Our Research:
Currently, the archaeologists at UNLV conduct research in
both the New World and the Old World, with a particular
strength in the following geographic areas:
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The
Great Basin
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The American Southwest
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Alaska
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Mediterranean Basin
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AnatoliaWe presently have five archaeology teaching and research
laboratories devoted to:
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Ceramics and Southwestern archaeology
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Ethnoarchaeology
and Experimental Studies
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Lithics and North American
prehistory
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Near Eastern archaeology
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Zooarchaeology
Our Faculty:
Dr. Levent Atici: Anatolia, Near
East, palaeolithic, social complexity, zooarchaeology
Dr. Lisa Frink: Alaska, colonial
studies,
experimental, and ethnoarchaeology
Dr. Karen Harry: Southwestern and
experimental archaeology, ceramics
Dr. Barbara Roth: Southwestern and
Great Basin archaeology, lithics
Dr. Alan Simmons: Near East,
agricultural origins, lithics, island colonization, ethics
Dr. Debra Martin also complements the archaeology faculty
with her emphasis on bioarchaeology
Contact Us:
Should you need further information
about archaeology at UNLV, please contact Dr. Alan Simmons
by e-mail at
alan.simmons@unlv.edu
or by phone at 702-895-3912
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