01-02 LS&A Bulletin

Courses in Classical Archaeology (Division 342)

CLARCH 422 / HISTART 422. Etruscan Art and Archaeology.: Upperclass standing, and Class. Arch. 221 or 222. (3).; A survey of the architecture, sculpture, painting and other aspects of the archaeological record of the Etruscans with special reference to Greek (and other) influences and the Etruscan impact on Rome.
CLARCH 424 / HISTART 424. Archaeology of the Roman Provinces.: Upperclass standing, and Class. Arch. 221 or 222. (3).; The archaeology of the Roman provinces highlights the divergent forms of sculpture, mosaics, and architecture in different parts of the Roman world ca. 100 B.C.-A.D. 400, with particular attention to the pre-Roman background. The major areas for study are the northwest European, the North African, and the eastern provinces.
CLARCH 433 / HISTART 433. Greek Sculpture.: Upperclass standing, and Hist. of Art 101. (3; 2 in the half-term). Rackham credit requires additional work.; A survey of the Greek achievement in the plastic arts. Attention is given to relief and architectural sculpture as well as to sculpture in the round; emphasis is placed on stylistic development. The chronological scope of the course runs from earliest times to the close of the fourth century, but stress is always put on a single significant period.
CLARCH 434 / HISTART 434. Archaic Greek Art.: Upperclass standing. (3).; The development of the Greek expression in the arts in the Archaic period: architecture, painting, and sculpture.
CLARCH 435 / CLARCH 435. The Art and Archaeology of Asia Minor.: Upperclass standing. (3).; The culture and civilization of the Hittites, Phrygians, and Lydians and their architectural and aesthetic achievement. The Greek and Roman impact on Asia Minor and the blending of artistic styles.
CLARCH 436 / HISTART 436. Hellenistic and Roman Architecture.: Upperclass standing, and Hist. of Art 101 or Class. Arch. 221 or 222. (3).; Architecture in the Hellenistic and Roman world from 332 B.C. to the close of the Roman Empire. Emphasis is given to the architectural centers of the ancient classical world: the Greek mainland, the Asia Minor coast, Syria, North Africa, Gaul, Spain, and Italy.
CLARCH 439 / HISTART 439. Greek Vase Painting.: Upperclass standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).; A study of the development of painted Greek pottery, its painters, and its stylistic aspects. Red and black-figured ware in the workshops of Athens and Corinth receive particular attention.
CLARCH 440 / HISTART 440. Cities and Sanctuaries of Classical Greece.: Upperclass standing, and a course in archaeology. (3; 2 in the half-term).; A survey of the major excavated cities and sanctuaries of Greece from 776 B.C. through the first century B.C.
CLARCH 442 / HISTART 442. Late Antique and Early Christian Art and Architecture.: Upperclass standing, and Hist. of Art 101 or 222. (3). Rackham credit requires additional work.; This course surveys the architecture, painting, and sculpture of the late Roman and Early Byzantine Empires (A.D. 200-600). Primary emphasis is on how social, political, and religious forces affected the arts in their style, imagery, patterns of production and patronage.
CLARCH 443 / HISTART 443. The Art and Archaeology of Greek Colonization.: Upperclass standing, and Class. Arch. 221. (3).; The history and morphology of Greek settlements in Sicily, South Italy, Africa, and elsewhere along the coast of the Mediterranean and on the shore of the Black Sea in the archaic and classical periods, allowing comparison between Greek experiences in different parts of their newly expanded world. Analysis of the phenomenon of colonization and motivation or participants.
CLARCH 481 / HISTART 481. Art of Ancient Iran.: Upperclass standing, and Hist. of Art 101. (3). Rackham credit requires additional work.; Survey of the arts of Iran from the Neolithic period through the Sasanian dynasty.
CLARCH 531 / HISTART 531 / ANTHRCUL 587. Aegean Art and Archaeology.: Upperclass standing, and Class. Arch. 221 or 222. (3).; A survey of the major sites of Greece, Crete, and the Cyclades in the Bronze Age, with particular reference to architectural and ceramic development and interdependence.
CLARCH 536 / HISTART 536. Hellenistic and Roman Sculpture.: Upperclass standing, and Hist. of Art 101 or Class. Arch. 222. (3). Rackham credit requires additional work.; A critical examination of the sculptural works of the Hellenistic Age and of Republican and Imperial Rome, with emphasis on stylistic and chronological development.
CLARCH 599. Supervised Study in Classical Archaeology.: Permission of instructor. (1-4). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit.; Regular reports and conferences required.
CLARCH 600. Proseminar in Classical Archaeology.: Graduate standing. (1).; In order to nurture common and complementary intellectual interests within the broad field of Classical Archaeology, and to introduce students to the resources of the University and faculty members both within and outside IPCAA, IPCAA offers a Proseminar each Fall semester. This is a required course, for one credit, for every incoming student (even those with a Master's degree from another institution). The Proseminar is organized by the IPCAA Director, but is team-taught by faculty from all of the departments participating in the Program.
CLARCH 606 / LATIN 606. Latin Inscriptions.: Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
CLARCH 608 / GREEK 608. Greek Epigraphy.: Graduate standing. (3).
CLARCH 618 / HISTART 618. Ancient Sealing Archives: Case Studies in Archaeological Practice and Cross-Disciplinary Analysis.: Permission of instructor. (3).; Seminar critically examining the concept of an “archive” of sealed artifacts and/or documents, attempting ultimately to build a dossier of theoretically paradigmatic exemplars. Uses case studies ranging from late prehistory into the Hellenistic period. Students pursue individual research projects in which they approach specific substantive/methodological challenges embedded in the study of sealed archives. Topics may include issues of field practice, ancient administrative/record keeping protocals, functional analyses of container sealings, finger-print analysis, neutron activation analysis, strategies in complex imagery documentation, critical applications specific strategies in visual analysis and interpretation.
CLARCH 630. Archaeology in the Information Age.: Graduate standing. (2).; This course aims to acquaint students with the tools (such as scanning, AutoCAD, database design, digital mapping, web page design, and GIS analysis) necessary to be an archaeologist in the information age. Considers current and potential applications of the information revolution for archaeology.
CLARCH 632 / HISTART 632 / GREEK 632. Greek Numismatics.: Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
CLARCH 633 / HISTART 633. Roman Numismatics.: Graduate standing. (3).
CLARCH 665 / HISTART 665 / LATIN 665. Archaeology of the City of Rome.: Graduate standing. (3).
CLARCH 683. Archaeology of Empires.: Graduate standing. (3).; They were big, they were bad, they were beautiful... Cradles of civilization, wreakers of havoc, empires have been among the most influential political and social formations in global history. This seminar will explore general literature on imperial genesis, consolidation and decline, as well as considering the specific and unique contributions archaeology and art history can offer to the understanding of empire. A variety of case studies will be explored, the choice of which to a great extent can follow the wishes of the individuals enrolled in the course. Following the researchinterests of the course instructors, Mediterranean, Near Eastern and Asian empires may take pride of place, but New World and early modern empires will also be considered.
CLARCH 801 / HISTART 801. The Orientalizing Phenomenon in the Greek World of the Early First Millennium BCE.: Graduate standing. (3).; This course offers a wide-ranging survey of the contacts of the Greeks and their oriental neighbors in the early first millennium BCE. The primary focus is on material evidence and its interpretation in light of ancient sources and contemporary theories of cultural interaction and production.
CLARCH 815 / HISTART 815. Hellenistic Cities of the Near East.: Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
CLARCH 820 / HISTART 820. Approaches to Archaeological Field Survey.: Graduate standing. (3).
CLARCH 821. Economy and Trade in the Later Bronze Age Aegean.: Graduate standing. (3).
CLARCH 822 / HISTART 822. Problems in the Art of the Persian Empire.: Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3).
CLARCH 824 / HISTART 824. The Archaeology of Roman North Africa.: Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
CLARCH 825 / HISTART 825. The Roman Games.: Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term).
CLARCH 826. Roman Farming.: Graduate standing. (3).
CLARCH 827 / HISTART 827. Paestum and the Foce Del Sele.: Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term).
CLARCH 828. Ceramic Analysis and Chronology.: Graduate standing. (3).
CLARCH 829 / HISTART 829. Architecture and Sculpture in Magna Graecia.: Graduate standing. (3).
CLARCH 830 / HISTART 830. Archaeology of Roman Britain and Gaul.: Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
CLARCH 836 / HISTART 836. Archaeological Museum Practice.: Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
CLARCH 837. Ethical Issues in Classical Archaeology.: Graduate standing. (3).
CLARCH 840. The Economics of the Roman Empire.: Graduate standing. (3).
CLARCH 841 / HISTART 841. Topography of Rome.: Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term).
CLARCH 842 / HISTART 842. Topography and Monuments of Athens.: Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term).
CLARCH 843. Space and Place in the Graeco-Roman World.: Graduate standing. (3).
CLARCH 844 / HISTART 844. Theoretical Issues in Archaeology.: Graduate standing. (3).
CLARCH 845 / HISTART 845 / LATIN 846. Roman Port Cities.: Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term).
CLARCH 846 / HISTART 846. Survey of the History and Excavations of Apollonia.: Graduate standing. (2).
CLARCH 847 / HISTART 847. Problems in Hellenistic Art.: Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term).
CLARCH 848 / HISTART 848. Sardis.: Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term).
CLARCH 849 / HISTART 849. Problems in Greek Sculpture.: Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term).
CLARCH 850 / HISTART 850. Problems in Roman Sculpture.: Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term).
CLARCH 851 / HISTART 851. Problems in the Archaeology of Delphi.: Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
CLARCH 852 / HISTART 852. Red-figure Vase Painting.: Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
CLARCH 853 / HISTART 853. Problems in Etruscan Art and Archaeology.: Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term).
CLARCH 854 / HISTART 854. Delos.: Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
CLARCH 855 / HISTART 855. Problems in Roman Archaeology.: Graduate standing. (3).
CLARCH 890 / HISTART 890. Problems in Greek Archaeology.: Graduate standing. (3).; This seminar is designed to deal with questions and problems arising from new excavations of Greek sites. It is also intended to familiarize the graduate students with various theoretical approaches to the archaeological record - structualist, Marxist, historical and post-processual among others.
CLARCH 990. Dissertation/Precandidate.: Election for dissertation work by doctoral student not yet admitted as a Candidate. Graduate standing. (1-8; 1-4 in the half-term). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit.; Election for dissertation work by doctoral student not yet admitted as a Candidate.
CLARCH 993. Graduate Student Instructor Training Program.: Must have Teaching Assistant award. Graduate standing. (1).; A seminar for all beginning graduate student instructors, consisting of a two day orientation before the term starts and periodic workshops/meetings during the Fall Term. Beginning graduate student instructors are required to register for this class.
CLARCH 995. Dissertation/Candidate.: Graduate School authorization for admission as a doctoral Candidate. Graduate standing. (8; 4 in the half-term). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit.; Graduate School authorization for admission as a doctoral Candidate. N.B. The defense of the dissertation (the final oral examination) must be held under a full term Candidacy enrollment period.

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