[Note: Read assignments BEFORE associated lecture and weekly discussion sections]
NO SECTION MEETINGS DURING WEEK OF MARCH 28-APRIL1
| Tues Mar 29 | UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION & HISTORY -- The world as seen by archaeologists
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| Thur Mar 31 | (Society for American Archaeology Meetings in Montreal) In-class Video: The African Burial Ground: An American Discovery GO TO YOUR FIRST SECTION MEETING DURING WEEK OF APRIL 5-8 TO SECURE YOUR PLACE IN THE CLASS |
| Tues Apr 5 | UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION & HISTORY--The Roots of Archaeology
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| Thur Apr 7 | UNIT 2: WHO OWNS THE PAST?--Archaeology and "the People without History" (From the Myth of the Moundbuilders to Kennewick)
Out-of-Class Website Visits (see Workbook): Kennewick Case Websites |
| Tu 4/12 -- F 4/15 | CRITICAL BOOK REVIEW SELECTION FORM [in Workbook Appendix 1] DUE IN SECTION |
| Tues Apr 12 | UNIT 2: WHO OWNS THE PAST?--Archaeology and "the People without History" GUEST LECTURER: Vicki Wedel, UCSC
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| Thur Apr 14 | UNIT 3: PLACING OBJECTS IN TIME & SPACE--Stratigraphy and Seriation
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| Tues Apr 19 | UNIT 3: PLACING OBJECTS IN TIME & SPACE--"Absolute Chronologies Thomas: Chapter 3 Out-of-Class Website Visit (see Workbook): UCSB/Chronological Methods
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| Thur Apr 21 | UNIT
4: RECOVERING & INTERPRETING
EVIDENCE--Survey and Excavation
GUEST LECTUERERS: Jun Sunseri, UCSC
In-Class WebSite visit: "Excavating Occaneechi Town" -- http://www.ibiblio.org/dig/html/ Optional Website Visit (see Workbook): UCSB/Valley of Mexico Survey Simulation GRAVESTONE SERIATION DUE IN SECTION THIS WEEK (APR 26-29) |
| Tues Apr 26 | UNIT 4: RECOVERING & INTERPRETING EVIDENCE--Giving meaning to archaeological finds (Middle Range Research)
In-class Video: "Flintknapping" by Bruce Bradley GRAVESTONE SERIATION DUE IN SECTION THIS WEEK (APR 27-30) |
| Thur Apr 28 | UNIT 5: HUMAN ECOLOGY, & SUBSISTENCE-- Reconstructing Past Environments and Human Diet GUEST LECTUERER: Charlotte Cooper, UCSC
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| Tues May 3 | UNIT 5: HUMAN ECOLOGY & SUBSISTENCE--The Origins and Implications of Food Production GUEST LECTUERER: Prof. Diane Gifford-Gonzalez, UCSC
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| Thur May 5 | UNIT 6: PRODUCTION AND EXCHANGE--How archaeologist study economic relations
In-class Video: "Artisans and Traders" Bring a Draft Copy of your Critical Book Review to Section during the week of May 10-13 |
| Tues May 10 | UNIT 6: PRODUCTION
AND EXCHANGE--Using
material science techniques to reconstruct production and exchange
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| Thur May 12 | UNIT 7: SOCIAL
RELATIONS AND IDENTITIES--Households, families, and communities
GUEST LECTUERER: Sarah Ginn, UCSC
In-class Video: "The Hearth" |
| Tues May 17 | UNIT 7: SOCIAL RELATIONS AND IDENTITIES--Gender and the politics of representation
BOOK REVIEWS DUE IN CLASS--5/19 (Papers not turned in during class will not be accepted. This could result in you not passing the course.) |
| Thur May 19 | UNIT 8: SYMBOLISM, IDEOLOGY, AND WORLDVIEW -- Ideology and practice: the archaeology of habitus
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| Tues May 24 | UNIT
8: SYMBOLISM, IDEOLOGY, AND WORLDVIEW--Paleolithic
art and the origins of symbolic behavior
GUEST LECTUERER: Margaret Conkey, UCB
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| Thur May 26 | UNIT 9: POWER, SOCIAL INEQUALITY AND THE STATE--Reconstructing social status
In-class Video: "Power, Prestige, and Wealth" |
| Tues Mar 31 | UNIT 9: POWER, SOCIAL INEQUALITY AND THE STATE--The nature and origin of state societies
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| Thur Jun 2 | UNIT 10: THE FUTURE OF THE PAST -- Conservation and Stewardship
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COMPLETED WORKBOOKS MUST BE TURNED IN ON FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2005 BETWEEN 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM IN SOCIAL SCIENCES 1, ROOM 461 (SECTION ROOM) |