Faculty Name

Lewis Messenger

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

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