Last winter, Professor of Architecture Lindley Vann joined faculty from the Anthropology, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, and History programs to form an Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Minor in Archaeology, the first of its kind at the UMD. Read more... Housed under the College of Arts and Humanities, the new minor—which officially launched this fall—offers a unique offshoot for architecture students, fulfilling many general education requirements while exposing them to an interdisciplinary body of scholars and a fundamental understanding of archaeology. A required prerequisite class, acting as a “team talk” course, will incorporate lectures by faculty in Architecture, History, Art History and Archaeology, Classics and Anthropology, and is designed to provide an overview of field methods and contemporary technologies. Other courses will zero in on important excavation techniques and technology training that will prepare students for actual fieldwork; the minor requires 3-6 credit hours on an archaeological site, with options ranging from excavations in Iceland to MAPP’s favorite archaeological haunts, the ancient ruins of Stabiae in Italy and Aperlae in Turkey.
To learn more about the new archaeology minor, contact Professor Vann at vann@umd.edu.