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ANTH 311 - The Emergence of Cities

(3 credits)
Prerequisite: ANTH 103 plus three additional credits in Anthropology; or consent of the instructor
This course is a study of the development of urban centers out of a Neolithic subsistence base, both in the Middle East and the New World, with some references to developments in other areas.  It will focus on the problems of urban life in antiquity, with special reference to those problems which may also be found in modern cities. Offered every third year. (CGCL; CMCL; CSOC)