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Lecture and Reading Schedule:

[Note: Read assignments BEFORE associated lecture and weekly discussion sections]

NO SECTION MEETINGS DURING WEEK OF MARCH 28-APRIL1

April
May
June
Tues Mar 29

UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION & HISTORY -- The world as seen by archaeologists

  • Thomas: Chapter 1, pp. 1-2; Chapter 2, pp.29-41
  • Deetz: Chapter 1 "Recalling Things Forgotten"
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

  • Thomas: Chapter 1, pp. 2-7
  • Reader:Winchester
Thur Apr 7

UNIT 2: WHO OWNS THE PAST?--Archaeology and "the People without History" (From the Myth of the Moundbuilders to Kennewick)

  • Thomas: Chapter 1, pp. 8-29; Chapter 12, pp. 346-353
  • Reader: Watkins; Meighan; Zimmerman

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
  • Thomas: Chapter 2, pp. 41-59 and Chap ter 12, pp. 337-346
  • Deetz: Chapter  7 "Parting Ways" and Chapter  8 "The African American Past"
  • Reader: Barbour
Thur Apr 14

UNIT 3: PLACING OBJECTS IN TIME & SPACE--Stratigraphy and Seriation

  • Thomas: Chapter 4
  • Deetz: Chapter 4 "Remember Me as You Pass By"                                                                                      
Tues Apr 19

UNIT 3: PLACING OBJECTS IN TIME & SPACE--"Absolute Chronologies

Thomas: Chapter 3
Reader: Renfrew

Out-of-Class Website Visit (see Workbook): UCSB/Chronological Methods

 

Thur Apr 21 UNIT 4: RECOVERING & INTERPRETING EVIDENCE--Survey and Excavation

GUEST LECTUERERS: Jun Sunseri, UCSC

  • Thomas:  Chapter 5
  • Reader: Crumley, Van Noten, Cahen & Keeley

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)

  • Thomas:  Chapter 6
  • Reader: Keeley

In-class Video:  "Flintknapping" by Bruce Bradley
Optional Website Visit>(see Workbook): UCSB/Lithic Technology

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

  • Thomas : Chapter 7 and  Chapter  8, pp. 218-225
  • Reader: Dennell
Tues May 3

UNIT 5: HUMAN ECOLOGY & SUBSISTENCE--The Origins and Implications of Food Production

GUEST LECTUERER: Prof. Diane Gifford-Gonzalez, UCSC

  • Thomas : Chapter 10, pp. 280-287
  • Reader: Smith
Thur May 5

UNIT 6: PRODUCTION AND EXCHANGE--How archaeologist study economic relations

  • Reader: Wells; Harbottle and Weigand; Powell

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

  • Reader: Nelson and Habicht Mauche
Thur May 12 UNIT 7: SOCIAL RELATIONS AND IDENTITIES--Households, families, and communities
GUEST LECTUERER: Sarah Ginn, UCSC
  • Reader: Flannery; Gladikah

In-class Video: "The Hearth"

Tues May 17

UNIT 7: SOCIAL RELATIONS AND IDENTITIES--Gender and the politics of representation

  • Thomas:  Chapter 9, pp. 246-253 and Chapter 12, pp. 333-337
  • Reader: Costin; Gero

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

  • Thomas: Chapter 11
  • Deetz: Chapters 3, 5, and 6
Tues May 24 UNIT 8: SYMBOLISM, IDEOLOGY, AND WORLDVIEW--Paleolithic art and the origins of symbolic behavior

GUEST LECTUERER: Margaret Conkey, UCB

  • Review:Thomas: Chatper 11, especially pp. 300-313
  • Reader: Conkey
Thur May 26

UNIT 9: POWER, SOCIAL INEQUALITY AND THE STATE--Reconstructing social status

  • Thomas: Chapter 9, pp. 243-245 and pp. 253-270
  • Reader: Peebles and Kus

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

  • Thomas: Chapter 10, pp. 287-295
  • Reader: Flannery, Brumfiel
Thur Jun 2

UNIT 10: THE FUTURE OF THE PAST -- Conservation and Stewardship

  • Thomas: Chapter 12, especially pp. 328-333
  • Reader: Harrington; Wertime
 

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)

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