Date	Topic	Assignment
January 6	What is archaeology?
January 8	Anthropology and Archaeology
January 11	The Beginnings of Archaeology	C & C ch. 1
January 13	Archaeological theory
January 15	Discussion and in-class assignment	“The Golden Marshalltown” on electronic reserve
January 18	Martin Luther King Day	No Class!
January 20	Forager film clips and discussion
January 22	The Archaeology of Foragers	“Bushmen” on electronic reserve
January 25	Food Production and Domestication	C & C ch. 15
January 27	The First Domestication: the Levant	C & C ch. 16
January 29	Domestication and pottery in China	C & C ch. 22
February 1	Mesoamerican Domestication	C & C ch. 17
February 3	North American Domestication	“Agriculture in the Eastern Woodlands,” on electronic reserve
February 5	Exercise and Discussion	Paper Topics due
February 8	The Archaeology of Religion and Ritual
February 10	Urbanization and the state	C & C chapter 19
February 13	Exercise
February 15	Results of Domestication in the Levant	C & C ch. 18
February 17	Results of Domestication in Europe
February 19	In-class exercise/discussion
February 22	Results of Domestication in China Part I	“Shamanism and Politics” on electronic reserve
February 24	Part II
February 26	Exercise and discussion
March 1	The effects of maize agriculture in Mesoamerica
March 3	Review session	Read over review sheet
March 5	Midterm exam
March 6-14	Spring Break	No Class!
March 15	The effects of Woodland agriculture in North America
March 17	Film
March 19	The effects of maize agriculture in North America, Part I	C & C pp. 391-399 Thesis statements due!
March 22	Part II
March 24	Later Mississippian peoples
March 26	Film and exercise
March 29	Methods: How to Find a Site
March 31	Methods: How to Dig a Site	“Archaeological Excavation” on electronic reserve.
April 2	Good Friday Holiday	No Class
April 5	Methods: More How to Dig a Site
April 7	The problem of Archaeology: Interpretation—in class exercise	Paper due
April 9	How to Get a Date Part I	“Dating Archaeological materials” pp. 15-27 on electronic reserve
April 12	How to Get a Date Part II	“Dating Archaeological materials” pp. 27-34 on electronic reserve
April 14	In-class exercise
April 16	Study and Catch-up Day	No Class
April 19	Historical Archaeology	“Historical Archaeology,” on electronic reserve
April 21	Film: Who Owns the Past?
April 23	Why is archaeology important?	C & C ch. 27
April 26	Review Session for Final Last Day of Class	Read over review sheet