Dates |
Topic |
what should i be doing? |
due dates |
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28 Aug
FRI |
Welcome and introduction to class.
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31 Aug
MON |
What is archaeology? Why care about the past? Introduction to 1491.
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Read 1491: Introduction, pp. 3-31
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2 Sep
WED |
What is archaeology? The past as experiment. Last day for late registration.
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Read Deetz: What is Archaeology, pp. 1-19 (see Blackboard, Course Materials)
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4 Sep
FRI |
What is archaeology? Examples of excavation and interpretation. Film: the Archaeology of Range Creek, Utah
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Read Deetz: Dating methods, pp. 21-42 (see Blackboard, Course Materials)
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9 Sep
WED |
What is archaeology? Examples of excavation and interpretation.
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Read Deetz: Space and Time, pp. 55-65 (in Blackboard, Course Materials)
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11 Sep
FRI |
How do we know when things happened in the past? Film: the Archaeology of Range Creek, Utah
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Read 1491: Calendar Math, pp. 409-414
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Review Questions available between 3 pm 9/11 to 10 am 9/14
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14 Sep
MON |
Arriving in North America
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Read 1491: Pleistocene Wars, pp. 155-196
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16 Sep
WED |
Arriving in North America
Film: Seeking the First Americans |
Read 1491: Pleistocene Wars, pp. 155-196
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18 Sep
FRI |
Research seminar: Introduction to cross-cultural research project.
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Read: Ember and Ember, Basic Guide to Cross Cultural Research: Introduction, Organization and Classification, What's the Question
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Review Questions available between 3 pm 18 Sep and 10 am 21 Sep
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21 Sep
MON |
South America and Mesoamerica: Inka, Olmec, Maya. Origins of "civilization."
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Read 1491: In the Land of Four Quarters, pp. 71-109, Read 1491: Talking Knots, pp. 399-404
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23 Sep
WED |
South America and Mesoamerica: Inka, Olmec, Maya.
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Read 1491: Cotton (or Anchovies) and Maize, pp. 197-231. Optional: Read more about Mesoamerican cultures here.
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25 Sep
FRI |
Research seminar: Finding a research question
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Read: Ember and Ember, Basic Guide to Cross Cultural Research: Sampling, Measures
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Review Questions available between 3 pm 25 Sep and 10 am 28 Sep
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28 Sep
MON |
Mesoamerica: Inka. Origins of agriculture.
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Read 1491: Writing, Wheels, and Bucket Brigades, pp. 232-276. Optional: read more about the evolution of corn.
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30 Sep
WED |
Mesoamerica: Inka. Origins of agriculture.
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2 Oct
FRI |
Research seminar: Meet in Library Room 315A for session on eHRAF.
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Review Questions available between 3 pm 2 Oct and 10 am 5 Oct
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5 Oct
MON |
Mesoamerica
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Read: Mesoamerica Overview, pp. 114-125 in Blackboard, Course Materials
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7 Oct
WED |
Mesoamerica
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Read: 1491: Made in America, pp. 277-288
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9 Oct
FRI |
Research seminar: The Art of Measurement
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Read: Ember and Ember, Basic Guide to Cross Cultural Research, Analysis of Results
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Review Questions available between 3 pm 9 Oct and 10 am 12 Oct
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12 Oct
MON |
Area studies: Southwest
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Read: Peeples, Back to Basics, Parts I, II, III. Links at bottom of his page for Part II and Part III.
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14 Oct
WED |
Area studies: Southwest
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Read: Gumerman and Gell-Mann
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16 Oct
FRI |
Research Seminar: Sampling to Analysis; Coding
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Review Questions available between 3 pm 16 Oct and 10 am 19 Oct
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19 Oct
MON |
Area studies: Southwest
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Read: Archaeology Southwest
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21 Oct
WED |
Area studies: Southwest
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Read: Judge (see Blackboard, Course Materials)
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23 Oct
FRI |
Area studies: Southwest
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Read: Cameron (see Blackboard, Course Materials)
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Review Questions available between 3 pm 23 Oct and 10 am 26 Oct
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26 Oct
MON |
Area studies: Southwest
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28 Oct
WED |
Area studies: Moundbuilders and Mississippians
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Read 1491: Made in America, pp. 288-318
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30 Oct
FRI |
Area studies: Moundbuilders and Mississippians
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Review Questions available between 3 pm 30 Oct and 10 am 2 Nov
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2 Nov
MON |
Area studies: Moundbuilders and Mississippians, Northeast Forests
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4 Nov
WED |
Area studies: Cahokia. Last day to drop classes.
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Watch: Cahokia: America's Lost Metropolis (sign in with your UTA ID)
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6 Nov
FRI |
Area studies: Northeast Forests, Interior West. West Coast
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Review Questions available between 3 pm 6 Nov and 10 am 9 Nov
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9 Nov
MON |
Area studies: Northeast Forests, Interior West. West Coast. Registration begins for Spring 2016. Check out the great Anthropology courses here.
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Extra credit activity: Meet the Instructor must be completed by this date.
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11 Nov
WED |
Area studies: Northeast Forests, Interior West. West Coast.
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13 Nov
FRI |
Area studies: West Coast, Arctic and Subarctic
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16 Nov
MON |
Area studies: Film: Netsilik Eskimo or Ishi
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18 Nov
WED |
Workshop on cross-cultural studies.
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Bring a paper copy of your cross-cultural study to class to receive feedback.
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20 Nov
FRI |
Discussion and peer-review of cross-cultural studies.
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Bring a paper copy of your cross-cultural study to class to receive feedback.
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23 Nov
MON |
Discussion of what was learned with the cross-cultural study. Finish watching the film, Ishi.
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Read 1491: Amazonia, pp. 319-359
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Cross-cultural study due by 10 am. Upload to Blackboard.
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25 Nov
WED |
Area studies: Arctic and Subarctic.
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Read 1491: The Artificial Wilderness, pp. 360-378
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30 Nov
MON |
Area studies: Arctic and sub Arctic
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Read 1491: Why Billington Survived, pp. 35-70; Read 1491: Frequently Asked Questions, pp. 110-154
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2 Dec
WED |
What happens when the Old and New Worlds meet? Case studies of the SW and Greenland.
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Read 1491: The Syphilis Exception, pp. 405-408
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4 Dec
FRI |
Class will not meet this day. Use the time to finish reading 1491 and to complete your Book Project.
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Review Questions available between 3 pm 4 Dec and 10 am 7 Dec. Extra credit: Information Mgmt. System due by 10 am
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7 Dec
MON |
Can the past inform the present?
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9 Dec
WED |
Visiting archaeological sites. What have we learned?
LAST DAY OF CLASSES |
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Final
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Book questions due at time scheduled for Final Exam: 14 Dec at 10:30 am
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“As the instructor for this course, I reserve the right to adjust this schedule in any way that serves the educational needs of the students enrolled in this course. –Scott E. Ingram.”
