The First North Americans: An Introduction to the Archaeology of North America

In this course we will look at highlights of North American archaeology: first settlement, maize-growing and the emergence of complex societies before European contact. We will explore early colonisation by Eurasian hunter-gatherers, the geography of North America, colonisation of the continent, Palaeo-Indian hunter-gatherer societies, the Archaic early mound builders, the Woodland-Adena-Hopewell and Mississippian cultures, and the pueblos of the American Southwest. We will also briefly consider some of these developments in the context of New World archaeology as a whole.

Heather Brothwell MA MA LLB

• Term: Autumn
• Day: Saturday
• Start Date: 01 December 2018
• Time: 10am-4.30pm
• No. of weeks: 1
• Course fee: £38.00

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