Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
Past Course Websites (2006-2017)
To browse the web pages (formerly wiki pages) for past courses, often including syllabi, please click on the links below. Past courses can also be viewed by instructor or by academic year.
13 Things
25 Things! 250 Years of Brown’s Material Past
The Agora: History at the Heart of Athens (2012)
ARCH 1787 Alcohol in the Ancient World (Fall 2016)
Alexander the Great and the Alexander Tradition
Alexander the Great and the Alexander Tradition (2011)
CLAS 0810A Alexander the Great and the Alexander Tradition (Fall 2014)
All Italia: City and Country in Ancient Italy
Ancient Egypt in the Global World
Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture (2011)
Animal Acts
ARCH 1775 Animals in Archaeology
ARCH 1775 Animals in Archaeology (Spring 2017)
Animals in the Ancient City
Approaches to Archaeological Survey in the Old World
Approaches to Archaeological Survey in the Old World (2009)
ARCH 2010B Approaches to Archaeological Survey in the Old World (Fall 2014)
ARCH 2601 Approaching Women and Gender in Roman Culture (Fall 2016)
Arabia and the Arabs: The Making of an Ethnos
Archaeo-Geophysical Data Visualization (2010)
ANTH 1126 Archeological Ethnographies: Heritage and Community in the Mediterranean (Fall 2014)
ARCH 2153 Archaeological Ethnography: A Multi-Temporal Contact Zone (Fall 2016)
Archaeologies of the Ancient Middle East
Archaeologies of the Greek Past (2009)
Archaeologies of the Greek Past (2010)
Archaeologies of the Greek Past (2011)
Archaeologies of the Greek Past
Archaeologies of the Greek Past (2014)
Archaeologies of the Near East
Archaeologies of the Near East (2012)
ARCH 1666 Archaeologies Out of the Mainstream: From Ancient Aliens to Modern Nationalism (Spring 2015)
Archaeologies of Place
Archaeology in the Age of Augustus
Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
Archaeology of the Andes (2010)
The Archaeology of the Assyrian Empire: Cities, Landscapes and Material Culture
Archaeology of the Caucasus
The Archaeology of Central Asia (2011)
ARCH 1900 The Archaeology of College Hill (Fall 2006)
ARCH 1900 The Archaeology of College Hill (Fall 2007)
ARCH 1900 The Archaeology of College Hill (Fall 2008)
ARCH 1900 The Archaeology of College Hill (Fall 2009)
ARCH 1900 The Archaeology of College Hill (Fall 2010)
ARCH 1900 The Archaeology of College Hill (Fall 2011)
ARCH 1900 The Archaeology of College Hill (Fall 2012)
ARCH 1900 The Archaeology of College Hill (Fall 2013)
ARCH 1900 The Archaeology of College Hill (Fall 2014)
ARCH 1900 The Archaeology of College Hill (Fall 2015)
ARCH 1900 The Archaeology of College Hill (Fall 2016)
Archaeology and Craft: Experimental Archaeology and the Materials Science of Ancient Technologies (2011)
The Archaeology of Democracy
Archaeology of Empires
Archaeology of Greek and Punic Colonization (2012)
Archaeology in the Information Age
ARCH 1175 Archaeology Matters! Past Perspectives on Modern Problems (Spring 2016)
The Archaeology of Mesopotamia
ARCH 2710 The Archaeology of Nubia and Egypt (2012)
ARCH 2710 The Archaeology of Nubia and Egypt (Fall 2016)
Archaeology and Religion
Archaeology and Religion: Excavating the Sacred from Prehistory to Islam (2009)
ARCH 1792 The Archaeology of Slavery (Spring 2015)
ARCH 1805 The Archaeology of Us: A Material Approach to the Contemporary World (Spring 2017)
Archaeology Under the Volcano (2010)
Architectural Sculpture of Ancient Greece and Rome
Architecture and Memory
Architecture and Memory (2011)
Architecture, Body and Performance
Architecture, Body, and Performance in the Ancient Eastern World (2010)
Art & Visual Culture in the Ancient Near East (2013)
Art and Archaeology of Civic Identity
ARCH 0300 Art in Antiquity (2008)
ARCH 0300 Art in Antiquity (2011)
ARCH 0300 Art in Antiquity (2013)
ARCH 0030 Art in Antiquity: An Introduction (Fall 2016)
Art/Artifact: The Art and Material Culture of Africa (2012)
Artifacts in Archaeology: Understanding Material Culture & Ancient Technologies (2012)
ARCH 0340 Bad Things: Archaeologies of New World Vices (Spring 2016)
ARCH 0370 Before the Islamic State: The Archaeologies of Ancient Mesopotamia (Spring 2015)
ARCH 1616 Between Sahara and Sea: North Africa from Human Origins to Islam (Fall 2014)
Beyond Decline and Fall: New Perspectives on the Late Antique Mediterranean (2013)
Building Big! Supersized Architectural and Engineering Structures From Antiquity (2012)
Building Big! Supersized Architectural and Engineering Structures From Antiquity (2013)
ARCH 1125 Building an Empire: The Sacred and Civic Architecture of Ancient Rome (Spring 2016)
ARCH 0160 Buried History, Hidden Wonders: Discovering East Asian Archaeology (2010)
ARCH 0160 Buried History, Hidden Wonders: Discovering East Asian Archaeology (Fall 2016)
ARCH 1220 Byzantine Archaeology and Art (2013)
ARCH 1220 Byzantine Archaeology and Art - Material Stories of a Christian Empire (Spring 2017)
Byzantium-Constantinople-Istanbul: A City in Deep Time (2014)
ARCH 2105 Ceramic Analysis for Archaeology (2009)
ARCH 2105 Ceramic Analysis for Archaeology (2012)
ARCH 2105 Ceramic Analysis for Archaeology (Spring 2017)
ARCH 1840 Ceramic Analysis for Archaeology (Fall 2014)
ARCH 1155 Cities, Colonies and Global Networks in the Western Mediterranean
ARCH 1155 Cities, Colonies and Global Networks in the Western Mediterranean (Spring 2016)
ARCH 2310 Cities in the Sand: The Archaeology of Urbanism in Mesopotamia (Spring 2017)
ARCH 1150 Cities and Urban Space in the Ancient World (Spring 2015)
City and the Festival: Cult Practices and Architectural Production in the Ancient Near East
City and the Festival: Cult Practices and Architectural Production in the Ancient Near East (2009)
Classical Art in the RISD Museum
Coastal Values: Archaeology and Paleoecology of Coastal and Island Environments
Cold Hard Cash (2012)
ARCH 1170 Community Archaeology in Providence and Beyond (Fall 2014)
Comparative Empires and Material Culture
Conquest to Conversion: The Formation of the Islamic World 2014 (See full Syllabus here)
Contemporary Issues in Archaeological Theory
Cult Archaeology: Fantastic Frauds and Meaningful Myths of the Past (Spring 2010)
Cult Archaeology: Fantastic Frauds and Meaningful Myths of the Past (Spring 2017)
Cultural Heritage: The Players and Politics of Protecting the Past (2009)
Dead White Guys: Greco-Roman Civilization and American Identity
ARCH 1140 The Death of the Ancient City? Roman Cities After the Fall of Rome (Fall 2015)
Discovering the Past (Summer 2009)
Discovering the Past (Summer 2011)
East Meets West: Archaeology of Anatolia (2011)
Economy & Trade in the Later Bronze Age Aegean and East Mediterranean (2010)
Economy & Trade in the Later Bronze Age Aegean and East Mediterranean
ARCH 2020E Economy and Trade in the Later Bronze Age Aegean and East Mediterranean (Spring 2015)
Egypt After the Pharaohs (2010)
Egyptian Archaeology II
ARCH 2744 Egyptian Art in New England Museums (Spring 2016)
ARCH 0152 Egyptomania: Mystery of the Sphinx and Other Secrets of Ancient Egypt (Fall 2015)
Engineering Material Culture: An Intro to Archaeological Sciences
Engineering Material Culture: An Introduction to Archaeological Science (2013)
ARCH 1870 Environmental Archaeology (2010)
ARCH 1870 Environmental Archaeology (2014)
ARCH 1870 Environmental Archaeology (Fall 2015)
ARCH 2010G Ethical Issues in Archaeology (2012)
ARCH 2010G Ethical Issues in Archaeology (Fall 2015)
Ethnic Identity in Graeco-Roman Egypt
The Etruscans: Italy Before the Rise of the Romans
The Etruscans: Italy Before the Rise of the Romans (2011)
Exploring Different Iron Ages: Of Chiefs, Princesses (2013)
ARCH 0220 Fake! History of the Inauthentic (Fall 2014)
ARCH 1830 Fake! History of the Inauthentic (Spring 2017)
ARCH 0775 Farm to Table: Foodways and Gastro-Politics in the Ancient Near East (Fall 2015)
ARCH 0100 Field Archaeology in the Ancient World (2010)
ARCH 0100 Field Archaeology in the Ancient World (2011)
ARCH 0100 Field Archaeology in the Ancient World (2014)
ARCH 0100 Field Archaeology in the Ancient World (2009)
ARCH 0100 Field Archaeology in the Ancient World (Fall 2015)
Fighting Pharaohs: Ancient Egyptian Warfare (2010)
Fighting Pharaohs: Ancient Egyptian Warfare (2014)
Food and Drink in Classical Antiquity
Food and Drink in Classical Antiquity (2013)
ARCH 0412 From Gilgamesh to Hektor: Heroes of the Bronze Age (Spring 2016)
Genealogies of Complexity in East Asia
Glass from the Past (2012)
Grave Matters: The Archaeology of Death, Decay, and Discovery
The Great Heresy: Egypt in the Amarna Age 2011
ARCH 1635 The Great Heresy: Egypt in the Amarna Age (Spring 2015)
ARCH 0725 Great Migrations: Mobility, Displacement and Material Culture in the Ancient Mediterranean (Fall 2014)
Greece in the Bronze Age
ARCH 0407 Hadrian’s Wall: Archaeological Skills, Methods, and History on the Northern Roman Frontier (Fall 2016)
ARCH 1854 Handmade: An Archaeological Exploration of Materials and Making (Spring 2016)
Hannibal ad Portas! Fact and Fiction on Carthage and the Punic World (2013)
ARCH 0530 Hannibal ad Portas! Fact and Fiction on Carthage and the Punic World (Spring 2015)
Heritage In and Out of Context (2012)
Hispania: the Making of a Roman Province (2013)
ARCH 2155 History, Anthropology, and Archaeology: Disciplinary Dialogues (Fall 2014)
EGYT 1430 History of Egypt I (2010)
EGYT 1430 History of Egypt I (2011)
EGYT 1430 History of Egypt I (2014)
EGYT 1430 History of Egypt I (Fall 2015)
ARCH 1605 Holy Spirits: Ancestor Worship in the Ancient Near East and Beyond (Spring 2016)
ARCH 2320 Household Archaeology in the Ancient Near East and Beyond (Fall 2014)
How Houses Build People (2012)
EGYT 2850 Images, Ideology, and Egyptian Warfare (Spring 2015)
Imperial Cities 2010
In the Wake of Empire: Anatolia after the Hittites, before Alexander (2013)
International Cultural Heritage: Creating a Future for the Past
Intimate Stories
Introduction to the Ancient Near East
ARCH 0150 Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology and Art
ARCH 0150 Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology and Art (2009)
ARCH 0150 Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology and Art (2012)
ARCH 0150 Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology and Art (2013)
ARCH 0150 Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology and Art (2014)
ARCH 0150 Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology and Art (Fall 2016)
Introduction to GIS and Remote Sensing in Archaeology
Introduction to Hittite Language and Literature (2013)
Introduction to Islamic Archaeology Fall 2006 (and AE0060 Glossary)
Introduction to Islamic Archaeology Fall 2007 (and Islamic Archaeology Glossary 2007)
Introduction to Islamic Archaeology (2011)
An Introduction to Maritime Archaeology (2011)
Inventing the Past: Amulets, Heirlooms, Monuments, Landscapes (2012)
ARCH 1835 Inventing the Past: Amulets, Heirlooms, Monuments, Landscapes (Spring 2015)
ANTH 1580 ISIS, NAGPRA, and the Academy (Spring 2017)
Islamic Civilizations
Islamic Landscapes: Cities, Frontiers & Monuments
ARCH 2250 Island Archaeology in the Mediterranean
ARCH 2250 Island Archaeology in the Mediterranean (2011)
ARCH 2250 Island Archaeology in the Mediterranean (2012)
ARCH 2250 Island Archaeology in the Mediterranean (Spring 2016)
ARCH 2240 Key Issues in Mediterranean Prehistory (2012)
ARCH 2240 Key Issues in Mediterranean Prehistory (Fall 2016)
Labor and Technology in the Roman World (2013)
The Location of Theory in Archaeology
Lost and Found: Coinage and Culture in the Roman Empire
Lost Languages: The Decipherment and Study of Ancient Writing Systems
The Marriage of Archaeological Science & Social Theory
Material Networks: Migration & Trade in the Ancient West Mediterranean
Material Worlds: Art and Agency in the Near East and Africa
Media in Archaeology, or Archaeology in Media?
Mediterranean Bronze Age
ARCH 1857 Metals and Engineering Design in the Ancient World (Spring 2016)
Minoans and Mycenaeans: Greece in the Bronze Age (2011)
ARCH 1546 The Monuments Men (Spring 2017)
Mosaics in the Greek and Roman World
The Nature and Culture of Disaster
ARCH 1177 Occupy Archaeology! Interrogating Inequality, Past and Present (Spring 2017)
Old World and New World Perspectives in Archaeology (2010)
Old World and New World Perspectives in Archaeology (2011)
One Sea for All (2013)
ARCH 0525 The Other Side of Rome: Daily Life in the Roman Empire (Spring 2016)
People Without History: Archaeology of Atlantic Africa and the Diaspora
Petra: Ancient Wonder, Modern Challenge (2012)
ARCH 1475 Petra: Ancient Wonder, Modern Challenge (Fall 2014)
Pilgrimage and Travel in the Ancient World (2013)
ARCH 0676 Pirates of the Caribbean: Scalawags, Sailors, and Slaves (Fall 2014)
ARCH 0676 Pirates of the Caribbean: Scalawags, Sailors, and Slaves (Fall 2016)
Places of Healing: Memory, Miracle, and Storytelling (2012)
Pompeii
Postcolonial Matters: Material Culture between Colonialism and Globalization 2013
Prehistoric Egypt
The Prehistory of Humans: A Social & Cultural Evolution
Principles of Archaeology (2009)
Principles of Archaeology (2010)
Public Culture & Heritage in Postapartheid South Africa
Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Representing the Past: Archaeology through Image & Text
Revolutions and Evolutions in Archaeology
The Rise (and Demise) of the State in the Near East
ARCH 0520 Roman Archaeology and Art (2008)
ARCH 0520 Roman Archaeology and Art
ARCH 0520 Roman Archaeology and Art (Spring 2015)
ARCH 0520 Roman Archaeology and Art (Spring 2017)
Roman Art and Architecture: Julius Caesar to Hadrian (2011)
Roman Asia Minor: The Empire Goes East
ARCH 2425 In Ruins: Traces of the Past in the Present (Fall 2015)
ARCH 2245 Rural Landscapes and Peasant Communities in the Mediterranean
ARCH 2245 Rural Landscapes and Peasant Communities in the Mediterranean (Fall 2015)
Sacred Space: Archaeological and Religious Studies Perspectives
The “Second Sophistic”: Archaeological and Literary Approaches (2011)
Sensing Antiquity
CLAS 1120Q The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (2012)
CLAS 1120Q The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (2014)
CLAS 1120Q The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (Fall 2015)
ARCH 2852 Skills Training in Material Culture Studies II (Spring 2017)
ARCH 2851 Skills Training in Material Culture Studies I (Fall 2016)
ARCH 2851 and ARCH 2852 Skills Training in Material Culture Studies I & II
Social Life in Ancient Egypt
Social Life in Ancient Egypt (2013)
CLAS 0210 O Sport in the Ancient Greek World (2008)
CLAS 0210 O Sport in the Ancient Greek World (2010)
CLAS 0210 O Sport in the Ancient Greek World (2011)
CLAS 0210 O Sport in the Ancient Greek World
State Formation in the Prehistoric Aegean (2014)
State of Siege! Walls and Fortifications in the Greek and Roman World (2013)
ARCH 1525 Struggle and Domination in the Prehistoric Mediterranean: Sex, Power, God(s) (Fall 2015)
ARCH 2157 Subaltern Communities: Archaeological Perspectives Beyond Domination and Resistance (Spring 2015)
Synagogues, Churches, & Mosques
Technology and Production in Archaeology: Anthropological Foundations & Contemporary Theory
ARCH 1625 Temples and Tombs: Egyptian Religion and Culture
ARCH 1625 Temples and Tombs: Egyptian Religion and Culture (Spring 2016)
Things! The Material Worlds of Humanity
ARCH 0270 Troy Rocks! Archaeology of an Epic (Fall 2009)
ARCH 0270 Troy Rocks! Archaeology of an Epic (Fall 2010)
ARCH 0270 Troy Rocks! Archaeology of an Epic (Fall 2011)
ARCH 0270 Troy Rocks! Archaeology of an Epic (Fall 2012)
ARCH 0270 Troy Rocks! Archaeology of an Epic (Fall 2013)
ARCH 0270 Troy Rocks! Archaeology of an Epic (Fall 2015)
ARCH 0270 Troy Rocks! Archaeology of an Epic (Fall 2016)
ARCH 1764 Under the Microscope: 250 Years of Brown's Material Past (Spring 2015)
Under the Tower of Babel: Archaeology, Politics, and Identity in the Modern Middle East (2010)
Urbanism in the Archaeological Record
Urbanism in the Archaeological Record (2010)
Violence and Civilization: A Deep History of Social Violence
Water, Culture, & Power (2012)
Who Owns the Classical Past?
Who Owns the Classical Past?
Who Owns the Classical Past? (2010)
Who Owns the Classical Past? (2012)
ARCH 0750 Women in the Ancient Mediterranean World (Spring 2017)
The World of Museums (2011)
The World of Museums: Logistics, Laws and Loans (2009)