Analysis of the relations between human societies and the ecological aspects of their environment (including technology, society, and ideology). Previously ANTH 460.

Outsider and marginalized groups in the Roman world. Topics could include representations of entertainers, immigrants, magic workers and so forth, using ancient evidence from literature to art. Restricted to students with second-year standing or above.

Selected topics on the origins, development, and material manifestations of urbanism in the ancient Mediterranean, Near East and/or Egypt.

Women in the Roman world in the culture of the Republic and the Empire. Literary, artistic, and mythological sources are compared and contrasted to historical, legal, and archaeological records. Credit will be granted for only one of CLST_V 312 or AMNE_V 325. Equivalency: CLST_V 312.

The origins, achievements, and social impacts of applied technology in the Greek and Roman world from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity (c. 1500 BCE - 400 CE), with special attention to archaeological evidence. Credit will be granted for only one of CLST_V 306 or AMNE_V 306. Equivalency: CLST_V 306.