Wrapping Up

It always surprise me how fast semesters fly by! As Archaeology 392 is wrapping up, I just thought I would reflect on the course from the past few months.

First of all, I found Arch 392 incredibly insightful into the world of burials and graves. All the material was really interesting, and the articles chosen for us to read opened up a vast range of related topic to the world of death in archaeology. I've truly realized how significant and important graves and funerary practices are to archaeology.

As an Anthropology Major with a Minor in Environmental studies, this class was initially not really in my area of interest and I took it mainly because I need it as a requirement and I love the professor. However, over these months, my interests in grave and burial archaeology has tremendously increased! I've been watching some great documentaries about different mummies and grave sites around the world, and I always have incredibly interesting and fun facts to share with my friends. My sister doesn't undertand why I'm so interested in dead bodies, but she's studying computer science and math, and I don't get that either.

Myself at the Royal Ontario Museum in 2009 - you can see the mummies toes!

I've always been very interested in archaeology and this course was an excellent way to learn more about death in the world archaeology. I'm very excited to discover more about it!

Thanks for such a great class everyone! Cheers!