Classical Archaeology (ARCH-0027)

Spring 2026 · ARCH 0027 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Survey of ancient Greco-Roman civilization spanning c. 3,100 BCE to 565 CE. Archaeological analysis of the interrelations between art, architecture, history, and ideology, as preserved in material culture, inscriptions, and literary texts: sculpture, temples, tombs, settlements and cities, exceptional masterpieces and artifacts of daily life. Multiple excursions into religion, sociopolitical organization, and artistic technique. Examination of the development and collapse of the Bronze Age civilizations of the Aegean and Italy. Exploration of the evidence of cultural transformations driven by trade, colonization, and territorial expansion leading first to the development of the city-state in archaic Greece and Italy, then to the Greek-speaking kingdoms of the eastern Mediterranean and Near East, and finally to the inclusion of the Latins, Etruscans, Greeks, Egyptians, and others within a single multicultural state: the Roman Empire. Assessment of the renegotiation of identities and historical narratives as polytheistic religions were supplanted by Christianity within the Roman state. Field trip to the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts.

Course codes: ARCH-0027, ARCH 0027, ARCH0027, ARCH-27, ARCH 27, ARCH27, HAA-0019, HAA 0019, HAA0019, HAA-19, HAA 19, HAA19, CLS-0027, CLS 0027, CLS0027, CLS-27, CLS 27, CLS27, ILVS-0027, ILVS 0027, ILVS0027, ILVS-27, ILVS 27, ILVS27

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