Anthropology 476: Archaeology: Principles in Practice has been divided into five units, each of which examines a specific topic in archaeology and/or anthropology.

Unit 1
Archaeology and Anthropology
  1.1 Introduction to Archaeology
  1.2 Science, Humanism, and Archaeological Theory
Unit 2
Recovering Archaeological Data
  2.1 Non-invasive Archaeology
    Telephone Quiz 1
  2.2 Excavation
    Assignment 1
Unit 3
Establishing Chronological Controls
  3.1 Technical Tools for Building Chronologies
  3.2 Conceptual Tools for Building Cultural Histories
    Assignment 2
Unit 4
Reconstructing the Past
  4.1 The Tools of Middle-Range Research
    Telephone Quiz 2
  4.2 Economy, Ecology, and Subsistence
    Assignment 3
  4.3 Bioarchaeology
  4.4 Social and Political Organization
  4.5 Understanding the Human Mind
    Assignment 4
Unit 5
Challenges to Archaeology
  5.1 Directions for the Future
    Telephone Quiz 3
    Final Examination