Schedule of Course Meetings (DRAFT 8/29/17; READINGS WILL CHANGE) Readings should be prepared prior to the first class meeting of each unit. Any additional assigned readings with be posted on our course website and announced well in advance. W Introduction - What is Archaeology? 8/30 Course description, requirements, and expectations; Definition and goals of archaeology; History of Archaeology; Culture, context. Reading: Images of the Past 7th ed.: pp. 1–7 TH NO CLASS PROF. GOLDEN IN NEW ORLEANS – 8/31 M NO CLASS LABOR DAY – 9/4 W Principles and Practice 9/6 Stratigraphy and association; Doing archaeology: survey, excavation, analysis; Publication, dissemination, and the public interest. Reading: Images of the Past, 7th ed.: pp. 8–33, 137-138. TH Neolithic in the Fertile Crescent “Revolution” 9/7 The transition from the Final (Epi-)paleolithic to the early Neolithic: villages at Jericho and Abu Hureyra. The first domestication of plants and animals. The Neolithic town of Çatal Hüyük, world’s city.” “first Reading: Images of the Past, 7th ed.: pp. 179-224. Curry, Andrew. (2008). Gobekli Tepe: The World's First Temple? Smithsonian Magazine, Nov. 2008: n.p. M Neolithic in the Fertile Crescent “Revolution” 9/11 The transition from the (Epi-)paleolithic to the early Neolithic: villages at Jericho and Abu Hureyra. The first domestication of plants and animals. The Neolithic town of Çatal Hüyük, world’s city.” “first Reading: Images of the Past, 7th ed.: pp. 179-224. W Agriculture in the Americas and Early Moundbuilders Moundbuilders of Poverty Point; 9/13 Domestication of Maize; Tehúacan Valley; Guila Naquitz. Reading: Images of the Past, 7th ed.: 225-247 TH The Myth of the Moundbuilders and the Societies of the Southwest 9/14 controversies over the origin of the earthen mounds of eastern North America; Cahokia; regional centers in the Southwest. Reading:
Schedule of Course Meetings (DRAFT 8/29/17; READINGS WILL CHANGE) Readings should be prepared prior to the first class meeting of each unit. Any additional assigned readings with be posted on our course website and announced well in advance. W 8/30 Introduction - What is Archaeology? Course description, requirements, and expectations; Definition and goals of archaeology; History of Archaeology; Culture, context. Reading: Images of the Past 7th ed.: pp. 1–7 TH 8/31 NO CLASS – PROF. GOLDEN IN NEW ORLEANS M 9/4 NO CLASS – LABOR DAY W 9/6 Principles and Practice Stratigraphy and association; Doing archaeology: survey, excavation, analysis; Publication, dissemination, and the public interest. Reading: Images of the Past, 7th ed.: pp. 8–33, 137-138. TH 9/7 Neolithic “Revolution” in the Fertile Crescent The transition from the Final (Epi-)paleolithic to the early Neolithic: villages at Jericho and Abu Hureyra. The first domestication of plants and animals. The Neolithic town of Çatal Hüyük, world’s “first city.” Reading: Images of the Past, 7th ed.: pp. 179-224. Curry, Andrew. (2008). Gobekli Tepe: The World's First Temple? Smithsonian Magazine, Nov. 2008: n.p. M 9/11 Neolithic “Revolution” in the Fertile Crescent The transition from the (Epi-)paleolithic to the early Neolithic: villages at Jericho and Abu Hureyra. The first domestication of plants and animals. The Neolithic town of Çatal Hüyük, world’s “first city.” Reading: Images of the Past, 7th ed.: pp. 179-224. W 9/13 Agriculture in the Americas and Early Moundbuilders Moundbuilders of Poverty Point; Domestication of Maize; Tehúacan Valley; Guila Naquitz. Reading: Images of the Past, 7th ed.: 225-247 TH 9/14 The Myth of the Moundbuilders and the Societies of the Southwest controversies over the origin of the earthen mounds of eastern North America; Cahokia; regional centers in the Southwest. Reading: