The staff and affiliates of the Ancient World Mapping Center are deeply engaged in the teaching mission of the university. This topic provides links to articles about related courses.
Course: Archaeological Geomatics
Scott Madry writes to say that he will be teaching ANTH 328/065, “Archaeological Geomatics” at UNC-CH during Spring semester 2005. The course will be offered on Wednesdays from 3:30-5:45 p.m. [ read article ]
Course: Discovering and Recording the World
This limited registration undergraduate research seminar, first taught by AWMC Advisory Board member Richard Talbert in Fall 2002, explored the response of Greeks and Romans to their expanding and changing world from c. 1000 B.C. to A.D. 640 [ read article ]
Course: Roman Roads
This undergraduate research seminar, first taught by AWMC Director Tom Elliott in Spring 2004, inaugerated the UNC-CH History Department’s new Undergraduate Special Topics course. [ read article ]
Course: Space and Place in the Ancient World
This graduate seminar, co-taught by AWMC
Advisory Board member Richard Talbert and Duke University Classical Studies Professor Grant Parker in Spring 2004 offered graduate students an opportunity to
engage with, and contribute to, the growing awareness among scholars that investigation of
Romans’ perception of their surroundings and its peoples ... is a rewarding topic with
much untapped potential.
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[ read article ]
Maps for Students
Cooperating with faculty at UNC-CH, and with the scholars who commission custom maps from the AWMC for their publications, we are developing a collection of free digital maps for educational use. This effort gives teachers and students an expanding set of small-scale reference maps for classroom and personal use. Each may be downloaded from the website in multiple formats. [ read article ]
