Reading Assignments (Fall 2004)

 


codes for reading assignments:

 

PF = Price and Feinman

Images of the past **page numbers are for 2nd Edition**

 

TP = Thomas Patterson

The theory and practice of archaeology: a workbook, 2nd Edition

 

JS = Janet Spector

What this awl means: feminist archaeology at a Wahpeton Dakota village

 

BH = Brian Hayden

The pithouses of Keatley Creek

 

CP = course packet

Available @ Broadway Copy

 


Lecture Topic: Introduction

no readings

 

Lecture Topic: A History of Archaeology

JS: Chapters 2-5

 

Lecture Topic: Archaeological Theory

PF: pp. 1-5

TP: pp. 1-7

 

Lecture Topic: Archaeological Methods

JS: Chapters 1, 6-8

 

Lecture Topic: Fossils, Artifacts, Dating

PF: 7-11, 22-23, 120-121

TP: Chapters 1-2

CP: pp. 1-12

 

Lecture Topic: Genus: Australopithecus

PF: 12-21

CP: 13-25

 

Lecture Topic: Genus: Australopithecus to Homo

PF: 24-41

CP: 26-45

 

Lecture Topic: Genus: Homo

PF: 42-73

CP: 46-58

 

Lecture Topic: QUIZ

no readings

 

Lecture Topic: Language Develops

PF: 74-85

TP: Chapter 3

CP: 59-62

 

Lecture Topic: Neanderthals

PF: 86-97

CP: 63-80

 

Lecture Topic: Modern Humans and Early Art

PF: 98-119

CP: 81-104

 

Lecture Topic: Review for Midterm

Hughes article in 'Nature'
Cann article in 'Nature'

optional: Templeton article in 'Nature'

Lecture Topic: MIDTERM

no readings

 

Lecture Topic: Hunting and Gathering

PF: 136-173

TP: Chapter 4

CP: 105-106

 

Lecture Topic: Peopling the New World: Debates

PF: 122-125

CP 107-122

 

Lecture Topic: Peopling the New World: Data

PF: 126-135

CP 123-140

 

Lecture Topic: Increasing Cultural Complexity

BH: all

 

Lecture Topic: Why Do People Farm?

PF: 174-181

TP: Chapter 5

CP: 141-168

 

Lecture Topic: Agriculture: The Old World

PF: 182-213

TP: Chapter 6

 

Lecture Topic: Agriculture: The Americas

PF: 214-281

 

Lecture Topic: Rise of Civilization

TBA 

          will include PF: 282-295

 

Lecture Topic: Conclusions and Review for Final

TBA 

          will include

                   Gamble, Clive (1999)

                   Chapters 1 & 8 of The Palaeolithic Societies of Europe (book chapers)

                   BUTLER RESERVES: GN772.2.A1 G38 1999
          and

                   Leonard, William R. (December 2002)

                   "Food for Thought" (magazine article)

                   In 'Scientific American' December 2002

 

Lecture Topic: Student Presentations

no readings