anthropology departments?

warblersrule
Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:50:30 +0000

You just can’t lump together places like Caltech, Yale and Princeton - which have small undergraduate programs but also happen to be among the top universities in many areas - with places like Berkeley and Michigan, which also happen to be top universities but which are well-known for giving much less attention to undergrads

I certainly agree with you (since I’m a student at a small research university!), and that wasn’t really what I meant to say, so permit clarification. What I meant to say is that it would be wise to choose a college with a better undergrad program in historical archaeology for undergrad rather than the traditional archaeology powerhouses, since that’s her interest. Chicago is all very well and good, but it has limited excavations and courses outside the Mediterranean/Near East area. Similarly, Brown’s archaeology department has the “Old World” title attached, with good reason.