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Anthropology Abroad Summer 2011 Israel: Then and NowPlus! Anthropology and Archaeology In Israel and Serbia To find out more visit depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/anthro/jadar The Program Three modules in Anthropology and Archaeology First


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Anthropology Abroad Summer 2011

Israel: Then and Now—Plus! Anthropology and Archaeology In Israel and Serbia

To find out more visit depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/anthro/jadar

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The Program

  • Three modules in

Anthropology and Archaeology

  • First Module

June 5—June 27: ANTH 2408 (3 credits)

  • The Archaeology of

Israel – In Israel!

– Lectures, museum and site tours (no digging) – Based in Jerusalem

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June 5—June 27

Site Visits – spanning million years from Paleolithic to Classical times:

Mount Carmel Caves Ubedeiyah ‘Ain Melaha Netiv Hagdud Nachal Oren Beersheva Lachish Qumran Masada Herodium + museum visits

First Module: Archaeology of Israel

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Museum Visits: Anthropoid Coffins

First Module: Archaeology of Israel

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Carmel Caves – Paleolithic sites

  • Excavated by Dorothy

Garrod, 1929‐1934

– Western slope of Mt. Carmel

  • Tabun Cave

– Complete skeleton of a Neanderthal

  • Skhul Cave

– Several skeletons with modern anatomy

First Module: Archaeology of Israel

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Skhul V Skull

Almost 100,000 years old (Middle Paleolithic)

First Module: Archaeology of Israel

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Qafzeh Cave

First Module: Archaeology of Israel

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Museum Visits: Ossuaries from Azor (about 5500 years

  • ld)

First Module: Archaeology of Israel

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First Module: Archaeology of Israel

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First module June 5—June 27

  • Program based at Hebrew University in

Jerusalem

  • Program cost approximately $3100

– Includes: airfare, tuition, room and board and bus/touring

  • Can be combined with the following course

modules

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Anthropology Abroad Summer 2011

Israel: Then and Now—Plus! Anthropology and Archaeology In Israel and Serbia

To find out more visit depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/anthro/jadar

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June 28‐July 27

  • Second module

Core 3208 (3 credits): Culture and Transformation in Modern Israel

– Lectures, meetings with political and community leaders – Based in Jerusalem – Can also be taken as ANTH 3530

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June 28—July 27

Second Module: Modern Israel

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June 28‐July 27 ‐ Core 3208

Second Module: Modern Israel

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Core 3208

Second Module: Modern Israel

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June 28—July 27

Second Module: Modern Israel

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Second module June 28—July 27

  • Core 3208 (3 credits): Culture and

Transformation in Modern Israel

  • Can be taken as ANTH 3530
  • Program based at Hebrew University in

Jerusalem

  • Program cost approximately $3100

– Includes: airfare, tuition, room and board

  • Core curriculum credit (Upper Tier)
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Anthropology Abroad Summer 2011

Israel: Then and Now—Plus! Anthropology and Archaeology In Israel and Serbia

To find out more visit depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/anthro/jadar

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Third module June 28—August 3

  • ANTH 3015: Summer Anthropology Abroad

(3 credits) OR

  • ANTH 3470: Summer Archaeological Field

School (6 credits)

  • Excavations in western Serbia
  • Program cost approximately $3150

– Includes: airfare, tuition, (3 or 6 credit option), room and board, and trips

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Field School in Serbia 2011

Excavations and mapping of Bronze Age sites

Third Module: Excavation in Serbia

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Our project studies economic and social significance

  • f metalworking in Europe
  • Effects of metalworking on

small communities

  • Long‐term effects on society in

general

  • Connections and

communications

Third Module: Excavation in Serbia

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  • Mapping occurrences of

minerals, trace metals, and geological formations

  • Finding, mapping,

surveying, and excavating archaeological sites

  • Environmental monitoring
  • Hydrogeology and surface

geology

  • Modeling connections

between sites and resources

Goals of the project

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To find Bronze Age sites and tin sources the project will work on:

  • magnetometry & electro‐resistivity
  • soil chemistry
  • Stream surveys
  • remote sensing analysis

Then combine data from geomorphology, archaeology and geophysics in Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

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Stream Survey and Tin Ore

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Third module June 28—August 3

  • ANTH 3015: Summer Anthropology Abroad 3

credits) OR

  • ANTH 3470: Summer Archaeological Field

School (6 credits)

  • Excavations in western Serbia
  • Program cost approximately $3150

– Includes: airfare, tuition (3 or 6 credit option), room and board, trip

  • Can go directly from June Israel tour to Serbia
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To find out more visit depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/anthro/jadar