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Anthropology has long been one of Chicago’s strongest programs, but it is particularly strong in cultural anthropology. Archaeology hasn’t been neglected, exactly, but it has not been as developed or explored. Fortunately, this is being rectified in recent years, and some much-needed archaeological methods courses have been added in the anthropology department. If I remember correctly, Chicago has archaeologists studying a wide geographic and chronological span, including the Americas, Southeast Asia, and Celtic Europe.</p>
<p>[University</a> of Chicago launches first archaeological dig at site of 1893 World’s Fair](<a href=“http://news.uchicago.edu/news.php?asset_id=1373]University”>http://news.uchicago.edu/news.php?asset_id=1373)</p>
<p>Be wary of the reputation of the Near Eastern department. It’s the best in the US, no doubt, but many of the researchers at the Oriental Institute (like Ray Johnson, director of Chicago House) have very little, if any, interaction with undergraduates. The Egyptology program is in flux right now; it lost two of its four tenured faculty.</p>