Document Type
Syllabi
School
CLA
Department
ANTH
Course Subject
ANTH
Course Number
ANTH
Course Section
3280
Course Title
Ancient Civilizatns of SE Asia
Academic Term and Year
Spring 2015
Credits
4.00
Hamline Plan Letter
S, W
Area of Study
ANTH
Course Description
Goals: To offer an interdisciplinary survey of the complex cultural diversity that characterized ancient Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia). To be aware of, to be able to synthesize, and to be able to evaluate how archaeological anthropologists have employed analytical techniques and systemic perspectives to understand prehistoric traditions culminating in the formation of the complex societies and states of ancient Southeast Asia. Content: Comparative archaeological and primary and secondary historical information, theories, and controversies related to the origins of the various cultures and civilizations (ancient Hoabhinian, Ban Chiang through later Khmer, Thai, Burmese, Malay, Indonesian cultures) that flourished in ancient Southeast Asia from the earliest human colonization during Pleistocene times to the arrival of Islam and the European powers. Taught: Alternate years. Prerequisite: ANTH 1160 Credits: 4
Recommended Citation
Messenger, Lewis, "ANTH3280-01.Ancient Civilizatns of SE Asia.Sp15.Messenger,Lewis" (2015). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 4505.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/4505