Archaeology: Your Passport to a World of Career Options... Archaeology majors receive broad and deep training in all areas of archaeological research and cultural heritage issues. In addition to the specific skills necessary in our discipline, our courses are designed to provide skills that are valuable in many different fields: • examine evidence to develop/support hypotheses • write convincingly, using diverse evidence • understand the different and the shared aspects of human cultures and their interaction with the world around them • recognize the importance of cultural heritage and how archaeology, museums, and other aspects of cultural heritage studies play an important role in international relations, territorial claims, nationalistic movements, and other aspects of the modern world.

ARCHAEOLOGY PROGRAM Boston University 675 Commonwealth Ave., Suite 347 Archaeolo Boston, MA 02215 gy (617) 353-3415 at Boston University http://www.bu.edu/archaeology Like and follow us on Many archaeology majors continue their post-BU Facebook: @buarchaeology studies in MA and PhD programs on their way to academic careers in archaeology, while others put Instagram and Twitter: @bu_archaeology their learning and skills to work in rewarding careers at museums, the National Park Service, federal agencies, international NGO’s, international art law, and historical site management. Archaeology at BU! Unearthing the World’s Cultures Excellence in Research

In the Classroom our students study particular In the Field our Archaeology majors gain field experience Boston University is a leading center for the study archaeological topics (such as the origins of agriculture, through archaeological field schools, normally during the of archaeology. Our students work closely with the rise of complex societies, or issues in cultural heritage summer. These have recently included: management); technical courses that faculty in field projects, in analytical labs, and in • Heritage Management Field provide specific training in remote the classroom, gaining knowledge and expertise School in Menorca, Spain sensing, GIS, and analytical techniques that prepares them for a range of career options. The (through BU Global Programs), (such as paleobotany, zooarchaeology, including an opportunity to Archaeology Program is a compact, interdisciplinary ceramics analysis, and bioarchaeology); design and create an exhibit entity, which allows students to easily double major and area courses devoted to specific on the archaeological research in other fields like anthropology, biology, chemistry, world cultures and regions. You will conducted at the site of Torre d’en computer science, international relations, history, find courses on the early cultures of Galmes. and more! Mesoamerica, East and Southeast Asia, Egypt and the Middle East, North • Bioarchaeology field schools Degree Programs: America, Europe, and the Andes; the in Romania, Illinois, and Ireland, paleolithic archaeology of the Old where human skeletons reveal • BA: Study archaeology in World, historical archaeology of Europe and the US, and population details such as health a broad range of disciplines, much more! Many Archaeology courses count toward your and disease, dietary issues, from STEM fields to HUB requirements. injuries, age, and sex. Anthropology, Art History, and more. Learn excavation • Archaeological field schools techniques through hands-on with excavations in Alaska, Denmark, Israel, the field schools through BU’s American Southwest, Africa, China, and more! Global Programs or through Our faculty and students are working on archaeological other accredited field school field and lab projects around the world, such as: projects. • Exploring the Egyptian Middle Kingdom port of Wadi • BA/MA: Begin taking graduate-level courses in your fourth year and complete the MA in your fifth year, saving Gawasis, on the Red Sea, and early states in the Levant a full year over traditional MA programs! • Understanding the archaeology of colonial • MA: Working with faculty, you will complete In the Lab you’ll enjoy state-of-the-art facilities that provide landscapes in New England, graduate-level coursework and design and complete hands-on experience with a range of analytical techniques. an independent research project that focuses on Taiwan, and the Dutch East archaeological fieldwork or labwork, a cultural heritage • Environmental Archaeology Lab is devoted to the study Indies preservation case assessment, or a comparable project that of human interactions with past environments, focusing on builds on your particular talents and your career interests. the analysis of plant remains from sites worldwide from the • Documenting the human- Paleolithic through recent historical periods. environment interactions in the Peruvian Andes •Zooarchaeology Lab processes, catalogues, and analyzes faunal remains from sites around the world, and includes a • Discovering the connections among urbanization, large and varied comparative neighborhood organization, and the daily life of collection of animal skeletons. commoners at Teotihuacan

•GIS and Remote Sensing • Perfecting the use of facilities provide training in geophysical prospection in the geophysical survey methods, study of ancient plazas in the aerial and satellite image analysis, and GIS (Geographic Maya Lowlands Information Systems) for • Tracking the looting of China’s landscape analysis, site ancient treasures during the detection, and other goals. ravages of World War II