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ANTH 201Introduction to Archaeology

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
Anthropology
Cross-listed
CLAS 221

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 5 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

An introduction to the working assumptions, analytic approaches, and integrative and descriptive methods of archaeological anthropology.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 001314344 / 60TTh 10:00–11:20

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 00139210 / 50MW 10:00–11:20
LEC 701153426 / 9999Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

77% liked it89% easy40% useful

From 31 ratings and 10 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • interesting course for sure, but some parts could get quite dull. I took it online with ashley piskor, we had 3 quizzes, a written assignment, and a final exam. The quizzes weren't bad but you definitely have to watch her lecture videos. Same with the exam, the answers had to be pulled from the course content specifically. prof piskor was nice but the online lectures would get boring at times.

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  • Really easy course to take online. all open book. 10/10 bird course that is also interesting if you're into history/archaeology

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  • Took this course in Winter 2023 with Dana Thacher. There were four short assignments, a midterm, and a final. The short assignments were capped at three pages long and were more about critical thinking. There are a lot of terminology, key people, and timelines to remember so do not take this course if you are looking for a bird course. The final was cumulative, testing everything that was taught since Day 1. Some of her questions tests on things only mentioned in lectures, so attend the lectures and read the textbook, and you'll get a decent mark.

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  • Took this course as a first year because I couldn't get into ANTH100. This course was pretty interesting, not useful. We spent way too much time on learning how to perfectly hit a rock (flintknapping) which I wouldn't say is very useful especially since we didn't do any field work throughout the course.
    The work itself was easy, we wrote a couple annotated bibliogrpahy, two essays which we were given pretty free reign on. I got above 85% for all the assignments.

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  • I took this to fulfill a breadth requirement and it really wasn't my cup of tea. I'd assume if you were actually interested in the course that it would be much better. Though the textbook wasn't emphasized a lot, it was clearly expected that you knew the content in it and was much easier to do well with it. Learned some interesting stuff but I likely won't need it. It wasn't awful but I was very glad to be done

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Discussed on r/uwaterloo

19 posts and comments in 17 threads mention ANTH 201, November 2015 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Fall 2020

Good prof appreciation thread 61 points, 89 comments

“This term sucks a lot and a lot of people are having some shitty experiences, especially with certain profs/TAs/instructors. But there’s a lot of profs who are not that shitty. …”

u/liviapng: “… Christopher Watts, Anth201- Assignments are engaging, class is interesting, and you can tell he truly cares for his students. …”

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Spring 2020

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Winter 2018

Anyone been in Anth 201 (Archaeology 201)? 5 points, 0 comments

u/gromplint: “Wanna take this as an elective because I've always been into those national geographic articles where they dig up old societies and stuff. But at the same time I'm not an academic Chad so I don't wanna take anything too hard so that it interferes with my other courses' studying …”

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Fall 2017

PSA: UWCourseLinker back up, disabled by default, call with [[course code]] 39 points, 31 comments

u/RayDWatson: “Testing all course codes 1/61: [[ACC604]] [[ACC605]] [[ACC606]] [[ACC607]] [[ACC608]] [[ACC609]] [[ACC610]] [[ACC611]] [[ACC620]] [[ACC621]] [[ACC622]] [[ACC623]] [[ACC624]] [[ACC625]] [[ACC626]] …”

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u/UWCourseLinker: “… 102 - Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology ANTH 103 - The Nature of Language ANTH 201 - Introduction to Archaeology ANTH 202 - Social and Cultural Anthropology ANTH 203 - The Archaeology of North America ANTH 204 - Biological Anthropology ANTH 210 - Anthropology …”

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