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Tentative Lecture, Reading and Exam Schedule

Following is a loosely arranged lecture and reading assignment schedule. I reserve the right to change the schedule based on class needs, illness, or other possible factors. You will be given at least two class periods' notice if a change is made for the milestone quizzes. Below A=Archaeology Annual Editions 98-99, F=Frauds, Myths and Mysteries and S=Discovering Our Past and the numbers following the letter are for chapters or reading numbers, not page numbers. Notice that sometimes you will have a group of readings with nothing following the next class. In bold are key activities, quizzes and due dates. This group of readings may apply over several class periods. Lectures will expand on and illustrate the following topics:

Approx Date Topic or activity Readings (chapters or reading #)
Jan 19

Introduction

 
Jan 21 Connecting with the past S1, A1-2
Jan 26 The power and uses of the past S2, A3-4
Jan 28 This thing called culture 1: What is anthropology?  
Feb 1-5 Lab 1 on your own, due this week in sections  
Feb 2 This thing called culture 2: What is culture?  
Feb 8-12 Milestone quiz 1 in sections  
Feb 4 How do we know what we know? Epistemology/theory F1-2, A6-7, S3
Feb 9 Pseudoscience and archaeology Begin reading remainder of F
Feb 16 Concepts of garbage 1: Artifacts, features, sites S4, S6
Feb 18 Concepts of garbage 2: Context  
Feb 23 Myth and the Moundbuilders video S5
Feb 25 Digging the past: Research problems and designs, Excavation methods  
Mar 1-5 Milestone Quiz 2 in sections.  
Mar 2 Organizing the past 1: Classification  
Mar 4 Organizing the past 2: Taxonomy  
March 1-5 Lab 2 in sections, report due March 9  
Mar 9 Dating the past 1: Relative methods S7
Mar 11 Dating the past 2: Absolute methods  
Mar 23 Interpreting the past 1: Ecofacts and environment S8-9
Mar 25 No class-SAA meetings  
Mar 30 Interpreting the past 2: Experimental archaeology A15-23
Mar 29-Apr 2 First submission of Notebooks/Projects in sections  
Mar 29-Apr 2 Milestone Quiz 3 in sections.  
Apr 1 From the first humans through the Upper Paleolithic A9-11,
Apr 5-9 Lab 3 in sections, report due April 13  
Apr 6 Upper Paleolithic  
Apr13 Mesolithic into Neolithic A13-14
Apr 12-16 Lab 4,  in sections, report due April 20  
Apr 15 Urban Life, State Organized Societies and Civilizations 1  
Apr  19-23 Milestone Quiz 4 in sections.  
Apr 20 Urban Life, State Organized Societies and Civilizations 2  
Apr 22 The Mayan Pompeii video A28-34, S10
Apr 26-30 Lab 5, in sections, report due May 3  
Apr 27 Fantastic archaeology revisited. A8, A12, A24-27, Finish F
Apr 29 Issues in archaeology: Who owns the past?/reburial; Whose story should be told? Bones of Contention video A35-42
Apr 26-30 Web or notebook projects due in sections !  
May 4 Who owns the past? You do, but...  
May 6 Review Session  
May 10 Final Examination,  7:00 PM  225 CB (Chemistry)  

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