ANG6110a - Schedule

Class Schedule

Topics and Assignments: (parentheses indicate a day on which there is no class meeting) Please not that hurricanes may modify this schedule.

Week	Dates	Topics and Readings	Workbook Exercise
1.	August 26	Introduction Sharer & Ashmore: Introduction & Ch. 1 Patterson: Preface and Introduction ARTICLES: (only 2 per week to be posted [unless only one is listed]; select from those listed each week) Leventhal & Cornavaca 2007 (to be posted by Sept. 4)	Falasia not posted
2.	September 2	PseudoArchaeology; The Development of Archaeology Sharer & Ashmore: Ch. 2,3 Patterson: Chapter 1 (Haywood: pp. 8-14) EXTRA REQUIRED POSTINGS: Harris on "Cultural Materialism" and "Postmodernism" (found as pdf's in "readings") ARTICLES: Berggren & Hodder 2003 Binford 1972 Lyman & O'Brien 2004 VIDEOS: Mayan Prophecy; Izapa and 2012; Ancient Doomsday Phrophecy	Hacienda Plain
3.	September 9	Archaeological Data & Research Sharer & Ashmore: Ch. 4,5 Patterson: Chapter 2 (Renfrew & Bahn:) concepts of time principles of stratigraphic succession ARTICLES: Binford 1962 Binford 1989 Hodder 1992	Island of Coolay
4.	September 16	Archaeological Data Acquisition Sharer & Ashmore: Chs. 6,7,8 Patterson: Chapter 3 (Renfrew & Bahn:) archaeological formation processes ARTICLES: Flannery 1976 Schiffer 1983 Sheets 1998	Kara Kavan
5.	September 23	Temporal Frameworks & Chronology Sharer & Ashmore: Chs. 8 & 9 Patterson: Chapter 4 (Renfrew & Bahn:) ideas of relative and absolute dating ARTICLES: Deetz & Dethlefsen 1967; Ford 1954; Spaulding 1953	Petristan
6.	September 30	Assessment #1: Grant Review #1
7.	October 7	Data Analysis I: Artifacts Sharer & Ashmore: Ch. 10 Patterson: Chapter 5 ARTICLES: Allen 2003 Beck 2003 A. Chase and D. Chase 2004a Schiffer 1985 Sinopoli 1999 VIDEOS: Potters of Bur Hebe; Stone Tools	Sierra de la Serenidad
8.	October 14	Data Analysis II : Ecofacts Sharer & Ashmore: Ch. 11 Chapman: Chapter 1 (Haywood: Part 1) CERAMIC EXERCISE ARTICLES: Teeter and Chase 2004	Adrar Abu
9.	October 21	Data Analysis III : Features Sharer & Ashmore: Ch. 12 Chapman: Chapter 2 (Haywood: Part 2) MORTUARY ARCHAEOLOGY LECTURE ARTICLES: A. Chase and D. Chase 2001 D. Chase and A. Chase in press a Plunket and Urunuela 2003 Webb and Hirth 2003	Pitts River
10.	October 28	Analogy and Technology Sharer & Ashmore: Chs. 13,14 Chapman: Chapter 3 (Haywood: Part 3) ARTICLES: Chase and Chase 1983 Layton 2003 Lyman & O'Brien 2001 Schmidt & Childs 1991 Wobst 1999	Uhuru
11.	November 4	Assessment #2
12.	November 11	HOLIDAY: no physical class, but book chapter, postings and workbook Chapman: Chapter 4 ARTICLES: Chase and Chase 2006 Flannery 1982 Reid et al. 1975 Saperstein 1995 Stein 1999	Lon Gon Bronzes
13.	November 18	Social Systems Sharer & Ashmore: Ch. 15 Chapman: Chapter 5 (Haywood: Part 5) (Renfrew & Bahn:) the evolution of social complexity and the state organisation of societies, including chiefdoms peer polity interaction ARTICLES: D. Chase and A. Chase 2004b Cowgill 2004 Hill 1970 Hirth 1998 Smith 2004	Kurgans of Nevelo
14.	November 25	Ideological Systems and Archaeological Frameworks Sharer & Ashmore: Chs. 16 and 17 Chapman: Chapter 6 (Haywood: Part 6) (Renfrew & Bahn:) archaeology of cult and religion ARTICLES: D. Chase and A. Chase in press b Flannery and Marcus 1993 Mills 2002	Cemetary of Bilj
15.	December 2	Frameworks for the Past: Ethics Sharer & Ashmore: Ch. 18 Chapman: Chapter 7 (Haywood: Part 4) ARTICLES: Chase, Chase, & Topsey 1988 VIDEO: Loot	New Frisia
16.	Tuesday, Dec. 9	Assessment #3