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261 McGraw Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-3201
607 255-6768

Applying:

2009-10 Tuition: $20,800

Application deadlines:
Fall, Jan. 15

Requirements summary:

  • all Graduate School Requirements, including the TOEFL Exam for Non-Native English Applicants
  • three recommendations
  • GRE general test
  • writing sample

Degrees, Subjects & Concentrations:

Subjects: Archaeology (M.A.)

Major concentrations: environmental archaeology; historical archaeology; Latin American archaeology; medieval archaeology; Mediterranean and Near Eastern archaeology; Stone-age archaeology

Degrees: M.A.

Course descriptions and rosters:

Description:

The Master of Arts program in archaeology is designed to meet the needs of a wide range of students, including those who want to prepare for entering a Ph.D. program; those who intend to pursue nonacademic careers in such areas as small-museum curation, historic preservation, and public archaeology; and international archaeologists who want advanced training not available in their home country. Students from countries in which Cornell archaeologists are active are particularly welcome to apply.

Students are expected to (1) attain a detailed knowledge of the archaeology of a particular culture area, a specific topic, or an analytical specialty and of relevant techniques, methods, and theoretical approaches; (2) gain a basic understanding in a minor, which may be in any field in the Graduate School; and (3) demonstrate competence in a language or analytical skill pertinent to the area of specialization. Degree requirements for the M.A. include a thesis, an oral or oral and written comprehensive examination, and completion of at least two residence units.

Application:
Applicants must submit GRE general test scores and a sample of their work (generally one or two papers) for review by the admissions committee.

Faculty:

  • Sherene Baugher -- Concentrations: historical archaeology; Research interests: historical archaeology; urban archaeology; North American archaeology

  • Kathryn Gleason -- Concentrations: environmental archaeology; Mediterranean and Near Eastern archaeology; Research interests: landscape and garden archaeology; design history; conservation of archaeological sites

  • John Henderson -- Concentrations: environmental archaeology; historical archaeology; Latin American archaeology; Stone-age archaeology; Research interests: complex societies; settlement patterns; ceramics; New World, especially Mesoamerica

  • Kurt Jordan -- Concentrations: historical archaeology; Research interests: Iroquois archaeology and history, historical archaeology of indigenous peoples, colonialism and cultural entanglement

  • Sturt Manning -- Concentrations: medieval archaeology; Mediterranean and Near Eastern archaeology; Research interests: Aegean, Cypriot and East Mediterranean prehistory; classical archaelology; dendrochronology; radiocarbon dating; climate change and history

  • David Owen -- Concentrations: environmental archaeology; Mediterranean and Near Eastern archaeology; Research interests: ancient Near East; biblical archaeology; Sumerian and Akkadian; maritime archaeology

  • Eric Rebillard -- Concentrations: medieval archaeology; Mediterranean and Near Eastern archaeology; Research interests: Roman history, Lake Antiquita, Early Christianity

  • Nerissa Russell -- Concentrations: environmental archaeology; Mediterranean and Near Eastern archaeology; Stone-age archaeology; Research interests: European and Near Eastern prehistory; zooarchaeology and role of animals

  • Barry Strauss -- Concentrations: Mediterranean and Near Eastern archaeology; Research interests: Greek and Roman history; political, social, intellectual, and military history

  • Thomas Volman -- Concentrations: environmental archaeology; Stone-age archaeology; Research interests: stone-age archaeology; quantitative methods; Old World, especially southern Africa

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