Date	Topic	Assignment
January 7	What is archaeology?
January 9	Anthropology and Archaeology
January 12	The Beginnings of Archaeology	C & C ch. 1
January 14	Archaeological theory
January 16	Discussion and in-class assignment	“The Golden Marshalltown” on electronic reserve
January 19	Martin Luther King Day	No Class!
January 21	Forager film clips and discussion
January 23	The Archaeology of Foragers	“Bushmen” on electronic reserve
January 26	Food Production and Domestication	C & C ch. 15
January 28	The First Domestication: the Levant	C & C ch. 16
January 30	Domestication and pottery in China	C & C ch. 22
February 2	Mesoamerican Domestication	C & C ch. 17
February 4	North American Domestication	“Agriculture in the Eastern Woodlands,” on electronic reserve
February 6	Exercise and Discussion	Paper Topics due
February 9	The Archaeology of Religion and Ritual
February 11	Urbanization and the state	C & C chapter 19
February 13	Exercise
February 16	Results of Domestication in the Levant	C & C ch. 18
February 18	Results of Domestication in Europe
February 20	In-class exercise/discussion
February 23	Results of Domestication in China Part I	“Shamanism and Politics” on electronic reserve
February 25	Part II
February 27	Exercise and discussion
March 2	The effects of maize agriculture in Mesoamerica
March 4	Review session	Read over review sheet
March 6	Midterm exam
March 9-13	Spring Break	No Class!
March 16	The effects of Woodland agriculture in North America
March 18	Film
March 20	The effects of maize agriculture in North America, Part I	C & C pp. 391-399 Thesis statements due
March 23	Part II
March 25	Part III
March 27	Later Mississippian peoples and Contact
March 30	Exercise
April 1	Methods: How to Find a Site
April 3	Methods: How to Dig a Site	“Archaeological Excavation” on electronic reserve.
April 6	Methods: More How to Dig a Site	Paper due
April 8	The problem of Archaeology: Interpretation—in class exercise
April 10	State Holiday	No Class
April 13	How to Get a Date Part I	“Dating Archaeological materials” pp. 15-27 on electronic reserve
April 15	How to Get a Date Part II	“Dating Archaeological materials” pp. 27-34 on electronic reserve
April 17	In-class exercise
April 20	Historical Archaeology	“Historical Archaeology,” on electronic reserve
April 22	Why is archaeology important?	C & C ch. 27
April 24	Film: Who Owns the Past?
April 27	Review Session for Final Last Day of Class	Read over review sheet