Anthropology 2.2 Introduction to Archaeology
This is a general course syllabus modified when the course is taught. This syllabus is based on a 3 1-hour meeting per week schedule.
Course structure: This is an introductory course with a lecture-discussion format. Attendance will count in your grade; excessive absences (over four without a valid excuse) will be penalized. There will be a midterm, a cumulative final, and exercises during the course of the term.
Every week there will be a short quiz based on the topics covered during the week. The quiz will consist of a single question. Answers will be graded either Pass or Fail. Failing more than half the quizzes automatically drops your final mark by one grade. (Absences, without a valid excuse, count as Fails -- no makeups.)
The following components go into the grading:
Class participation 20% Midterm 25% Quizzes 20% Final (Cumulative) 35% Texts:
Annual Editions: Archaeology 95/96, Linda Hasten (ed.). Dushkin Publishing.(AE)
Archaeology: Down to Earth, D. H. Thomas. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovic (T)
DATE TOPIC READING
Feb 1
Feb 6 Introduction
Feb 8 History of archaeology T 8-21, AE 1, 3
Feb 13 T 22-32; AE 5, 6, 7
Feb 20 Anthropology T 33-46; AE 10, 22, 23, 9
Feb 22 T 47-59; AE 24, 21, 31
Feb 27 Chronology T 59-73; AE 29
Feb 29 T 74-79
Mar 7 Typology/Seriation T 80-95; AE 25, 27
Mar 12
Mar 14 Typology/Seriation T 95-106
Mar 19 Fieldwork T 106-119; AE 40, 36, 15
Mar 21 Fieldwork T 120-130; AE 35, 37, 38
Mar 26 MIDTERM
Mar 28 Middle-Range Theory T 131-140; AE 16, 18
Apr 2 Ethnoarchaeology/Experiments T 140-155; AE 17, 13, 19
Apr 16 Subsistence T 156-177; AE 20
Apr 18 T 180-183
Apr 23 Problem 2
Apr 25 Social Systems T 185-184; AE 28, 30
Apr 30 T 195-202
May 2 T 203-210
May 7 Problem 3
May 9 Religion T 211-223; AE 8, 12
May 14 T 224-237
May 16 Theory T 238-249; AE 2, 41
May 21 T 250-261; AE 4, 34
