Introduction |
Lec1 | Introductory Remarks - Overview and Class and Lab Logistics |
Renfrew, C., and P. Bahn. Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice. 2nd ed. London, UK: Thames and Hudson, Ltd., 1996, chapter 1. ISBN: 9780500050798. Feder, K. "Epistemology: How You Know What You Know." Chapter 2 in Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries. San Francisco, CA: Mayfield Publishing, 1990. ISBN: 9780874849714.
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Lec2 | Archaeology: Nature and Goals; Historical Development as a Discipline |
Renfrew, C., and P. Bahn. Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice. 2nd ed. London, UK: Thames and Hudson, Ltd., 1996, chapter 1. ISBN: 9780500050798. Feder, K. "Epistemology: How You Know What You Know." Chapter 2 in Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries. San Francisco, CA: Mayfield Publishing, 1990. ISBN: 9780874849714.
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Unit 1 - Earlier Prehistory: A Brief Overview |
Lec3 | Becoming Human: Early Hominids and the Earliest Technology |
Ambrose, S. H. "Paleolithic Technology and Human Evolution." Science 291 (2001): 1748-1753. Unit 1 Abstracts and Notes for papers #1-6. Optional Readings The complete papers #1-6 cited in Unit 1 Abstracts and Notes.
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Lec4 | Becoming Human: Early Humans and Emerging Cultural Behavior |
Ambrose, S. H. "Paleolithic Technology and Human Evolution." Science 291 (2001):1748-1753. Unit 1 Abstracts and Notes for papers #7-15. Optional Readings The complete papers #7-15 cited in Unit 1 Abstracts and Notes.
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Lec5 | Becoming Human: Modern Humans and the Advent of Modern Behaviors |
Unit 1 Abstracts and Notes for papers #16-17. Optional Readings The complete papers #16-17 cited in Unit 1 Abstracts and Notes.
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Unit 2 - The Near East Case Study |
Lec6 | Theoretical Perspectives; Variables to be Considered in Comparative Studies. The Environmental Setting for Domestication and the Evolution of Social Complexity in the Near East | LK&S. pp. 1-48 and 341-369. |
Lec7 | Pre-Neolithic Adaptations and the Natufian in the Near East |
LK&S. pp. 49-61. Bar-Yosef, O. "The Natufian Culture in the Levant, Threshold to the Origins of Agriculture." Evolutionary Anthropology 6, no. 5 (1998): 159-177. Henry, D. O. "Preagricultural Sedentism: The Natufian Example." In Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers. Edited by T. D. Price and J. A. Brown. Orlando, FL: Academic Press, 1985, pp. 365-384. McCorriston, J., and F. Hole. "The Ecology of Seasonal Stress and the Origins of Agriculture in the Near East." American Anthropologist 93, no. 1 (1991): 46-69. Unit 2 Abstracts and Notes for papers #1-2. Optional Readings The complete papers #1-2 cited in Unit 2 Abstracts and Notes.
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Lec8 | Domestication: Recognition, Processes and Impact |
Diamond, J. "Evolution, Consequences and Future of Plant and Animal Domestication." Nature 418 (2002): 700-707. Zeder, M. "Central Questions in the Domestication of Plants and Animals." Evolutionary Anthropology 15 (2006): 105-117. Unit 2 Abstracts and Notes for papers #3-6. Optional Readings The complete papers #3-6 cited in Unit 2 Abstracts and Notes.
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Lec9 | Origins and Expansion of Agriculture and Pastoralism in the Near East Context |
LK&S. pp. 61-79. Legge, A. J., and P. Rowley-Conwy. "Gazelle Killing in Stone Age Syria." Scientific American 257, no. 2 (1987): 88-95.
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Lec10 | Early Village Farming Communities: Geographic Expansion, Emerging Class Stratification and Centralization of Religion | LK&S. pp. 80-115. |
Lec11 | The Earliest Stages of Urbanization: Ubaid and Eridu | LK&S. pp. 119-151. (skim section on Egypt) |
Lec12 | Urbanization and City States: Uruk, Civilization and Writing | LK&S. pp. 151-191. |
Lec13 | Urbanization and City States: Ur Political and Social Environments, Material Achievements, the Critical Factors Interacting in the Development of Stratified Society in the Near East | LK&S. pp. 227-233. |
Lec14 | Refocusing on the Comparative Theme: Eurasia - The Americas | LK&S. pp. 237-238 and 342-369. |
Unit 3 - The Mesoamerica Case Study |
Lec15 | Peopling of The Americas. The Mesoamerican Environmental Setting: Lowlands and Highlands |
Unit 3 Abstracts and Notes for papers #1-4. Optional Readings The complete papers #1-4 cited in Unit 3 Abstracts and Notes.
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Lec16 | Plant and Animal Domestication and the Emergence of Settled Village Life: Tehuacan and Oaxaca |
LK&S. pp. 239-255. Flannery, K. "Archaeological Systems Theory and Early Mesoamerica." In Anthropological Archaeology in the Americas. Edited by B. J. Meggers. Washington, DC: Anthropological Society of Washington, 1968. Zeder, M. "Central Questions in the Domestication of Plants and Animals." Evolutionary Anthropology 15 (2006): 105-117. (see Required Readings Unit 2, #6). Unit 3 Abstracts and Notes for papers #5-9. Optional Readings The complete papers #5-9 cited in Unit 3 Abstracts and Notes.
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Lec17 | Plant and Animal Domestication and the Emergence of Settled Village Life: Comparing Processes in Mesoamerica and the Near East |
LK&S. pp. 239-255. Flannery, K. "Archaeological Systems Theory and Early Mesoamerica." In Anthropological Archaeology in the Americas. Edited by B. J. Meggers. Washington, DC: Anthropological Society of Washington, 1968. Zeder, M. "Central Questions in the Domestication of Plants and Animals." Evolutionary Anthropology 15 (2006): 105-117. (see Required Readings Unit 2, #6). Unit 3 Abstracts and Notes for papers #5-9. Optional Readings The complete papers #5-9 cited in Unit 3 Abstracts and Notes.
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Lec18 | The Emergence of the Olmec and Early Lowland Civilization - La Venta |
LK&S. pp. 255-276. Coe, M. "Gift of the River: Ecology of the San Lorenzo Olmec." In The Olmec and Their Neighbors. Edited by E. P. Benson. Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks, 1981. ISBN: 9780884020981. Unit 3 Abstracts and Notes for paper #10. Optional Readings The complete paper #10 cited in Unit 3 Abstracts and Notes.
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Lec19 | Olmec Accomplishments | Hosler, D., S. L. Burkett, and M. J. Tarkanian. "Prehistoric Polymers: Rubber Processing in Ancient Mesoamerica." Science 284 (1999): 1988-1991. |
Lec20 | The Maya: The Rise of Tropical Rain Forest City-states |
LK&S. pp. 276-287. Rathje, W. "Praise the Gods and Pass the Metates." In Contemporary Archaeology: A Guide to Theory and Contributions. Edited by M. Leone. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1972. ISBN: 9780809305346. Unit 3 Abstracts and Notes for paper #11. Optional Readings The complete paper #11 cited in Unit 3 Abstracts and Notes.
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Lec21 | Maya Achievements and the Decline of the Classic Maya |
LK&S. pp. 288-303. Haug, et al. "Climate and the Collapse of Maya Civilization." Science 299 (2003): 1731-1735.
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Lec22 | Prof. Dorothy Hosler: West Mexican Metallurgy and its Importance in Interregional Contact |
LK&S. pp. 304-314. Unit 3 Abstracts and Notes for paper #12. Optional Readings The complete paper #12 cited in Unit 3 Abstracts and Notes.
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Lec23 | Teotihuacan: The Rise and Fall of a Highland State: its Social Consequences | LK&S. pp. 314-336. |
Unit 4 - Decline and Collapse |
Lec24 | Decline of Early Civilizations - Social, Political, Economic - An Examination of Potential Causes in Mesopotamia and Mesoamerica |
LK&S. pp. 167-169, 288-296, and 313-314. Weiss, H., and R. S. Bradley. "Archaeology: What Drives Societal Collapse?" Science 291, no. 5504 (2001): 609-610. Jacobsen, T., and R. McC. Adams. "Salt and Silt in Ancient Mesopotamian Agriculture." Science 128 (1958): 1251-1258. Gibson, M. "Violation of Fallow and Engineered Disaster in Mesopotamian Civilization." In Irrigation's Impact on Society (Anthropological Papers No. 25). Edited by T. Downing and M. Gibson. Tuscon, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1974. ISBN: 9780816504190. Unit 4 Abstracts and Notes for paper #1. Optional Readings The complete paper #1 cited in Unit 4 Abstracts and Notes.
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Lec25 | Decline of Early Civilizations (cont.) |
LK&S. pp. 167-169, 288-296, and 313-314. Weiss, H., and R. S. Bradley. "Archaeology: What Drives Societal Collapse?" Science 291, no. 5504 (2001): 609-610. Jacobsen, T., and R. McC. Adams. "Salt and Silt in Ancient Mesopotamian Agriculture." Science 128 (1958): 1251-1258. Gibson, M. "Violation of Fallow and Engineered Disaster in Mesopotamian Civilization." In Irrigation's Impact on Society (Anthropological Papers No. 25). Edited by T. Downing and M. Gibson. Tuscon, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1974. ISBN: 9780816504190. Unit 4 Abstracts and Notes for paper #1. Optional Readings The complete paper #1 cited in Unit 4 Abstracts and Notes.
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