Launching an Experimental Archaeology Course at the Undergraduate Level

Abstract

This article describes the process of designing and running a new course on Experimental Archaeology and Experiential History at a small liberal arts college in central Minnesota. We discuss the general methodological and pedagogical goals for the course, a representative three-week sequence of readings and labs based on the lives of shepherds, and the pedagogical and digital infrastructure we have developed. We hope this paper leads to discussion and collaboration with people teaching similar courses, and also helps people get their own courses of this type started.

Keywords

• education
• experiment
• newest era
• usa