Date

Topic

Assignment

January 10

What is archaeology?

January 12

Anthropology and Archaeology

January 15

Martin Luther King
Day

No Class!

January 17

The Beginnings of Archaeology

C & C ch. 1

January 19

Archaeological theory

January 22

Discussion and in-class assignment

“The Golden Marshalltown” on electronic
reserve

January 24

Forager
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 Levant

C & C ch. 16

February 2

Domestication and pottery in China

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 Topics due

February 14

Urbanization and the state

C & C chapter 19

February
16

Exercise

February 19

Results of Domestication in the Levant

C & C ch. 18

February 21

Results of Domestication in Europe

February 23

In-class exercise/discussion

February 26

Results of Domestication in China Part I

“Shamanism and Politics” on electronic  reserve

February 28

Review session

Read over review sheet

March 2

Midterm exam

March 5-9

Spring Break

No Class!

March 12

Part II

March 14

Exercise and discussion

March 16

The effects of maize agriculture in Mesoamerica

March 19

The effects of Woodland agriculture in North
America

March 21

Film

March 23

The effects of maize agriculture in North
America, Part I

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

April 4

Methods:  How
to Dig a Site

“Archaeological Excavation” on electronic
reserve.  Paper due

April 6

State Holiday

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

April 16

How to Get a Date Part II

“Dating Archaeological materials” pp.  27-34 on electronic reserve

April 18

In-class exercise

April 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