Role-Playing Games in the Introductory Archaeology Classroom

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The use of role-playing games (RPGs) in university courses is increasingly common in the humanities and social sciences, most notably within the discipline of history. Here I describe my efforts to construct a series of mini-RPGs for an introductory archaeology course, with units designed around key behavioral developments: the emergence of technology, culture, agriculture, cities, and cooperative behavior. These units are inspired by Robert Kelly’s book, The Fifth Beginning.

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• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 25491