| Week |
Dates |
Topics and Readings |
| 1. |
May 14 |
Introduction: History and Archaeology
- E. Shook: "Recollections of a Carnegie Archaeologist" (1990)
- H.E.D. Pollock: "Introduction" in "Mayapan" (1962)
- M. Edmonson: "The History of the Itza in the Book of Tizimin" (19xx)
- T. Proskouriakoff: "Mayapan, The Last Stronghold of a Civilization" (1954)
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| 2. |
May 21 |
Interpreting the Archaeological Record: Dating and Chronology
building, Formation Processes, Field Techniques, Research Design, Methods
- G. Vaillant: Chronology and Stratigraphy in the Maya Area (1935)
- E. Shook and W. Coe: "Tikal: Numeration, Terminology, and Objectives" (1962)
- G.R. Willey et al.: "Introduction" in Barton Ramie (1965)
- A. Chase: "Time Depth or Vacuum: the 11.3.0.0.0 Correlation ..." (1986)
- Chases: "Inferences about Abandonment..." (2000)
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| 3. |
May 28 |
Data Analysis and Analytic Techniques: Artifacts, Ceramics, and Features
- Willey,Culbert and Adams: "Maya Lowland Ceramics" (1967)
- A. Chase: "A Contextual Approach to the Ceramics of Caracol, Belize" (1994)
- H. Shafer and T. Hester: "Maya Stone Tool Craft Specialization"
(1986)
- D. Chase and A. Chase: "Yucatec Influence in Northern Belize..." (1982)
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| 4. |
June 4 |
Issues of Inference: Kinship, Household, Demography, Peoples, and Relationships"
- R.R. Wilk: "Maya Household Organization" (1988)
- J. Deetz: "The Inference of Residence and Descent Rules from
Archaeological Data"
- D. Rice and T.P. Culbert: "Historical Contexts for Population Reconstruction in the Maya Lowlands" (1990)
- D. Chase and A. Chase: "Ghosts Amid the Ruins...; (n.d.)
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| 5. |
June 11 |
Issues of Inference: Social, Political, and Economic Organization
- Claessen and van de Velde: "Introduction" (1991)
- D. Chase and A. Chase: "Archaeological Perspectives on Classic Maya Social Organization at Caracol, Belize" (2004)
- A. Chase and D. Chase: "An Archaeological Assessment of Mesoamerican Elites" (1992)
- D. Chase and A. Chase: "Mesoamerican Elites: Assumptions, Definitions, and Models" (1992)
- Kowlalewski, S.A., G.M. Feinman, and L. Finsten: "'The Elite' and Assessment of Social Stratification in Mesoamerican Archaeology" (1992)
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| 6. |
June 18 |
Issues of Inference: Religion, Hieroglyphs, and Iconography
- S. Houston and A. Lacadena: "Maya Epigraphy at the Millenium" (2004)
- A. Chase, D. Chase, and R. Cobos: "Maya Hieroglyphs and History: An Archaeological Perspective" (2007)
- T. Proskouriakoff: "Olmec Gods and Maya God-Glyphs" (19xx)
- A. Ruz: "The Mystery of the Temple of the Inscriptions" (1953)
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| 7. |
June 22 |
Interpreting Change
- D. Chase and A. Chase: "Hermeneutics, Transitions, and Transformations in Classic to Postclassic Maya Society" (2004)
- D. Chase and A. Chase: "Framing the Maya Collapse: Continuity, Discontinuity, Method, and Practice ..." (2006)
- A. Chase and D. Chase: "The Early Classic Period at Caracol, Belize: Transitions, Complexities, and Methodological Issues in Maya Archaeology" (2005)
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