Are you looking for new ideas and projects for your historical archaeology classes? Do you have great teaching ideas that you would like to share with your colleagues?
The Society for Historical Archaeology’s Academic and Professional Training Committee is responsible for the dissemination of knowledge concerning historical archaeology programs, the development of standards for academic and professional training in historical archaeology, and keeping track of historical archaeology programs in schools, colleges, and universities. Teaching and training future archaeologists is one of the most important things we “do” as historical archaeologists. The committee has created an online clearinghouse for syllabi and teaching modules dealing with topics relevant to the teaching historical archaeology. You will find below links to dozens of syllabi on general courses in historical archaeology as well as courses on specific topics that make up the discipline’s many interests. Classes are undergraduate, unless otherwise marked. The college represents the institution where the course was created.
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Topics include:
Historical Archaeology Surveys
- Historical Archaeology of Frontiers and Colonization
Submitted by Dr. Stacey L. Camp, Michigan State University
- Historical Archaeology
Submitted by Uzi Baram, New College of Florida
- Historical Archaeology of American Identity
Submitted by Dr. April M. Beisaw, Vassar College
- Historical Archaeology (Graduate)
Submitted by Dr. Kelly J. Dixon, University of Montana, Missoula
- Britain After 1500
Submitted by Dr. Jane Webster, Newcastle University
- Historical Archaeology
Submitted by Dr. Richard Veit, Monmouth University
- Historical Archaeology
Submitted by Dr. Danny Zborover, University of Michigan
- Historical Archaeology of the Americas
Submitted by Dr. Chris Fennell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Historical Archaeology
Submitted by Dr. Kelly J. Dixon, University of Montana, Missoula
- Historical Archaeology (Graduate)
Submitted by Dr. Richard Veit, Monmouth University
- Historical Archaeology
Submitted by Dr. Jamie Brandon, University of Arkansas
- Historical Archaeology of the Modern World
Submitted by Dr. Sarah Croucher, Wesleyan University
- Introduction to Historical Archaeology (Undergraduate/Graduate)
Submitted by Dr. Stacey Camp, University of Idaho
- Historical Archaeology (Undergraduate/Graduate)
Submitted by Dr. Mark Warner, University of Idaho
- Urban and Historic Archaeology
Submitted by Dr. Jay Stottman, University of Louisville
Methods and Theory
- Historical Artifact Identification and Analysis 2022
Submitted by Dr. William A. White, University of California, Berkeley
- Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Submitted by Dr. Kirsten Vacca, University of Hawai’i-West O’ahu
- History of Archaeological Thought
Submitted by Dr. Kirsten Vacca, University of Hawai’i-West O’ahu
- Historical Artifact Identification and Analysis 2018
Submitted by Dr. William A. White, University of California, Berkeley
- Method & Theory in Historical Archaeology
Submitted by Dr. Stacey L. Camp, Michigan State University
- Method and Theory in Archaeology (Undergraduate/Graduate)
Submitted by Dr. Matthew Palus, University of Maryland
- Introduction to Archaeology Method and Theory (Undergraduate/Graduate)
Submitted by Dr. Stacey Camp, University of Idaho
- Middletown Materials: Theory and Practice
Submitted by Dr. Sarah Croucher, Wesleyan University
- Contemporary Theory in Archaeology (Graduate)
Submitted by Dr. Mary Beaudry, Boston University
- Oral History and Written Records in Archaeology (Graduate)
Submitted by Dr. Mary Beaudry, Boston University
- Historical Artifact Analysis (Undergraduate/Graduate)
Submitted by Dr. Mark Warner, University of Idaho
- Artifacts of North America
Submitted by Dr. Jay Stottman, University of Louisville
African/Diaspora/African American Archaeology
Public Archaeology
- Introduction to Cultural Resource Management 2022
Submitted by Dr. William A. White, University of California, Berkeley
- Anthropology and Community-Engaged Research
Submitted by Dr. Kirsten Vacca and Dr. Christy Mello, University of Hawai’i-West O’ahu
- Cultural Resource Management
Submitted by Dr. Kirsten Vacca, University of Hawai’i-West O’ahu
- Theirs or Ours? Repatriating Individuals and Objects
Submitted by Dr. April M. Beisaw, Vassar College
- Museums, Collections, Ethics
Submitted by Dr. April M. Beisaw, Vassar College
- Heritage Tourism
Submitted by Dr. Stacey L. Camp, Michigan State University
- Anthropology & Law
Submitted by Chris Fennell, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
- Introduction to Cultural Resource Management 2018
Submitted by Dr. William A. White, University of California, Berkeley
- Introduction to Heritage Conservation
Submitted by Dr. William A. White, University of California, Berkeley
- Controversies in Archaeology
Submitted by Dr. Matthew Palus, University of Maryland
- Cultural Resource Management & Public Archaeology (Graduate)
Submitted by Dr. Tom Pluckhahn, University of South Florida
- Public Archaeology: Politics of the Past
Submitted by Dr. Jodi Barnes, University of South Carolina
- Public Archaeology
Submitted by Dr. Carol McDavid, Community Archaeology Research Institute
- Public Archaeology Reading List (Undergraduate/Graduate)
Submitted by Dr. Carol McDavid, Community Archaeology Research Institute
Regional Surveys
- Introduction to Native Americans and Indigenous Studies
Submitted by Dr. Alexandra Martin, University of New Hampshire
- Archaeology of Florida
Submitted by Dr. Uzi Baram, New College of Florida
- People and Cultures of North America
Submitted by Dr. Alexandra Martin, University of New Hampshire
- Archeology of Native North America
Submitted by Dr. April M. Beisaw, Vassar College
- Archaeological Heritage of Mexico
Submitted by Dr. Laura Heath-Stout, Emory University
- Ancient African Civilizations
Submitted by Dr. William A. White, University of California, Berkeley
- Ancient African Civilizations
Submitted by Dr. William A. White, University of California, Berkeley
- Archaeology of Boston
Submitted by Dr. Mary Beaudry, Boston University
- Britain after 1500
Submitted by Dr. Jane Webster, Newcastle University
- Chesapeake Archaeology
Submitted by Dr. Matthew Palus, University of Maryland
Sociocultural Anthropology
Special Topics
- The Politics of Archaeological Heritage
Submitted by Dr. Laura Heath-Stout, Emory University
- Identity, Oppression, and Politics in Archaeological Heritage
Submitted by Dr. Laura Heath-Stout, Boston University
- Heritage: History and the Past Today
Submitted by Uzi Baram, New College of Florida
- Tourism: Culture, Power, Place
Submitted by Uzi Baram, New College of Florida
- Archaeology of Sex and Gender in Oceania
Submitted by Dr. Kirsten Vacca, University of Hawai’i-West O’ahu
- Archaeology of Sex/Gender and Sexuality
Submitted by Dr. Kirsten Vacca, University of Hawai’i-West O’ahu
- Professionalism in Anthropology
Submitted by Dr. William A. White, University of California, Berkeley
- Disaster Archaeology
Submitted by Dr. April M. Beisaw, Vassar College
- Colonial Encounters
Submitted by Uzi Baram, New College of Florida
- Archaeology of Capitalism
Submitted by Dr. Christopher Matthews, Hofstra University
- The Anthropology of Tourism (Undergraduate/Graduate)
Submitted by Dr. Stacey Camp, University of Idaho
- Archaeology of the Viking Age
Submitted by Dr. Mary Beaudry, Boston University
- Archaeology of the Age of Exploration
Submitted by Dr. Mary Beaudry, Boston University
- Archaeology and Colonialism (Graduate)
Submitted by Dr. Mary Beaudry, Boston University
- Archaeology of Post-Colonial America
Submitted by Dr. Mary Beaudry, Boston University
- Archaeology of Post-Colonial America (Graduate)
Submitted by Dr. Mary Beaudry, Boston University
