Date
|
Topic |
Assignment |
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January 10 |
What is archaeology? |
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January 12 |
Anthropology and Archaeology |
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January 15<= o:p> |
Martin Luth=
er King
Day |
No Class! |
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January 17 |
The Beginnings of Archaeology |
C & C ch. 1 |
|
January 19 |
In-class assignment |
“The Golden Marshalltown” on electronic reserve |
|
January 22 |
Archaeological theory |
“A Tale of Two Obsessed Archaeologists” = on electronic reserve |
Janu=
ary 24
|
Fora=
ger
film clips and discussion
|
|
January 26
|
The Archaeology of Foragers=
|
“Bushmen” on electronic
reserve
|
January 29
|
Food Production and Domestication |
C & C ch. 15 |
January =
31
|
The First Domestication: the |
C & C ch. 16 |
February 2
|
Domestication and pottery in |
C & C ch. 22 |
February 5
|
Mesoamerican Domestication |
C & C ch. 17 |
February 7
|
North American Domestication |
“Agriculture in the Eastern Woodlands,” = on electronic reserve |
February 9
|
Exercise and Discussion |
|
February 12 |
The Archaeology of Religion and Ritual |
Paper Topic=
s due |
February=
14
|
Urbanization and the state |
C & C chapter 19 |
Febr=
uary
16
|
Exercise |
|
February 19
|
Results of Domestication in the |
C & C ch. 18 |
February 21
|
Results of Domestication in |
|
February 23
|
In-class exercise/discussion |
|
|
February 26=
|
Results of Domestication in |
“Shamanism and Politics” on electronic |
|
February 28 |
Review session |
Read over review sheet |
|
March 2 |
Midterm exam |
|
|
March 5-9 |
Spring Brea=
k |
No Class! |
|
March 12 |
Part II |
|
|
March 14 |
Exercise and discussion |
|
|
March = 16 |
The effects of maize agriculture in |
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|
March 19 |
The effects of Woodland agriculture in |
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|
March 21 |
Film |
|
|
March 23 |
The effects of maize agriculture in |
C & C =
pp.
391-399 |
|
March 26 |
Part II |
|
|
March 28 |
Later Mississippian peoples |
|
|
March 30 |
Film and exercise |
|
|
April 2 |
Methods: How to Find a Site |
“Whe=
re? Survey and =
Excavaton
of Site and Features” on electronic reserve |
April 4
|
Methods: How to Dig a Site |
“Archaeological Excavation” on electronic reserve. Paper due |
April 6 |
State |
No Class |
|
April 9 |
Methods: More How to Dig a Site |
|
|
April 11 |
The problem of Archaeology: Interpretation—in = class exercise |
|
|
April 13 |
How to Get a Date Part I |
“Dating Archaeological materials” pp. 15-27 on electronic reserve<= /p> |
|
April 16 |
How to Get a Date Part II |
“Dating Archaeological materials” pp. |
|
April 18 |
In-class exercise |
|
Apri=
l 20
|
Historical Archaeology |
“Historical Archaeology,” on electronic reserve |
April 23
|
Film: = Who Owns the Past? |
|
|
April 25 |
Why is archaeology important? |
C & C =
ch. 27 |
|
April 27 |
Society for American Archaeology meeting |
Study Day |
|
April 30 |
Review Session for Final Last Day of Class |
Read over review sheet |