ANTHRO 2Archaeology: Introduction
Anthropology · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Required as preparation for both bachelor’s degrees. General survey of field and laboratory methods, theory, and major findings of anthropological archaeology, including case-study guest lectures presented by several campus archaeologists.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Winter 2026
- Spring 2026
- Summer 2026
- Fall 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
ANTHRO 2
- ANTHRO 110Principles of Archaeology
- ANTHRO 111Theory in Anthropological Archaeology
- ANTHRO 112QArchaeology of Chiefdoms
- ANTHRO 112RCities Past and Present
- ANTHRO 112SPolitics of Past
- ANTHRO 114QAncient Civilizations of Andean South America
- ANTHRO 117PSelected Laboratory Topics in Archaeology
7 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 7 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.