Readings in Anatolian Archaeology

This is a graduate reading seminar where the "Anatolian archaeology" frame is really a vehicle for thinking about how humans, animals, plants, and climate have shaped each other across the long durée of Anatolia's past. The semester centers on close engagement with current scholarship in environmental archaeology, coring, palynology, archaeobotany, faunal data, which you'll digest through weekly readings and present back as structured analyses rather than memorized facts. Expect tutorial-style discussion over lectures, with the real work happening in how well you can interrogate a paper's methods and tie its findings to broader questions about landscape change. It pairs naturally with fieldwork and material-culture courses, giving you the environmental-science literacy needed to read modern excavation reports critically.