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Ben Marwick
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bmarwick@uw.edu
Office Hours: Mon 12-1pm (how to use & connect)
Make an appointment to meet at a time that suits you
Discuss the course on our class Discord workspace
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Modules
- 1Module 1: Introduction
- 2Module 2: What was the purpose of Palaeolithic cave art?
- 3Module 3: What does ancient farming teach us about future sustainability?
- 4Module 4: What does geoscience reveal about how Stonehenge was built?
- 5Module 5: Did social inequality contribute to long-term stability in ancient societies?
- 6Module 6: When were the Egyptian pyramids built (and were aliens involved)?
- 7Module 7: Why are there giant stone heads on Easter Island?
- 8Module 8: Why did the Mayan civilization collapse?
- 9Module 9: Archaeology of enigmatic lives: Enslaved Africans of the 18th Century
- 10Module 10: How does archaeology change what we know about the Nazi Death Camps?
- FPFinal project (various due dates)
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