Schedule of Course Meetings (DRAFT 9/20/17; 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 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 Principles and Practice 9/7 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. M Neolithic in the Fertile Crescent “Revolution” 9/11 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. Reading: Images of the Past, 7th ed.: pp. 179-224. Curry, Andrew. (2008). Gobekli Tepe: The World's First Temple? Smithsonian Magazine, Nov. 2008: Dietrich, Oliver, et al. (2012) The role of cult and feasting in the emergence of Neolithic communities. New evidence from Gobekli Tepe, south-eastern Turkey. Antiquity86(333): 674 695. – W Neolithic in the Fertile Crescent “Revolution” 9/13 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. Reading: Images of the Past, 7th ed.: pp. 179-224. TH Agriculture in the Americas and Early Moundbuilders Moundbuilders of Poverty Point; 9/14 Domestication of Maize; Tehúacan Valley; Guila Naquitz. Reading:
Schedule of Course Meetings (DRAFT 9/20/17; 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 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 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. M 9/11 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. Reading: Images of the Past, 7th ed.: pp. 179-224. Curry, Andrew. (2008). Gobekli Tepe: The World's First Temple? Smithsonian Magazine, Nov. 2008: Dietrich, Oliver, et al. (2012) The role of cult and feasting in the emergence of Neolithic communities. New evidence from Gobekli Tepe, south-eastern Turkey. Antiquity86(333): 674 – 695. W 9/13 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. Reading: Images of the Past, 7th ed.: pp. 179-224. TH 9/14 Agriculture in the Americas and Early Moundbuilders Moundbuilders of Poverty Point; Domestication of Maize; Tehúacan Valley; Guila Naquitz. Reading:
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