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multidisciplinary nature of archaeology, comparative examination of the origins of agriculture and the rise of early civilizations in the ancient Near East and Mesoamerica: readings

no-frills, all information experiment, notes from 2 introductory, core university courses: Introduction to Anthropology, Introduction to Archaeology (with lab)

Lectures and Workshops (Bringing Things Back to Life, Prehistoric Figurines, Drawing on rocks, gathering by the water, Presentations and discussion responses from a JIAAW workshop/conference, Making Mounds out of Sherd Heaps, Discoveries at Abydos, Shaping Space into Place and Idea, The Archaeology of Cultural Evolution, Archaeology and Ideology in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Rome), Documentaries/Video Diaries

analytical survey of social & cultural history of Near East, tracing variety of cultural developments from prehistory to end of Iron age, archaeological evidence & textual sources examined: Early settled communities, Neolithic settlement, social complexities in Mesopotamia, Ceremonial centers, Early Dynastic period, Royal tombs of Ur, city state of Lagash, Gudea & Second dynasty of Lagash, Akkadian kingdom in Southern Mesopotamia, Middle Bronze Age, site of Ebla, Hittite kingdom in Anatolia, Early Iron Age, Neo-Assyrian Empire, Babylon & Neo-Babylonian kingdom, Persepolis & Persian Empire: writing tips, exam essay questions, bibliography

development of native cultures in North America from the end of the last ice age (ca. 20,000 BP) up to the time of European contact (ca. AD. 1500), variability of cultural expression in each region, historical continuity between the archaeological record and modern Native Americans, peopling of the New World, development of early foraging societies in the Far West and Far North, origins of agriculture and village life, emergence of politically complex societies in Southwest and Eastern Woodlands.

introduction to how archaeology is used to tell stories about the past, especially that part of the human past beyond the scope of written history, Readings, lectures, section discussions, and out-of-class exercises explore the practical and social dimensions of archaeology: Computer Exercises
On-line Quizzes, links, study guide

examines dynamic interrelations among physical and behavioral traits of humans, environment and culture to provide an integrated framework for studying human biological evolution and modern diversity, morphological evolution and adaptation, fossil and cultural evidence for human evolution from earliest times through the Pleistocene, evolution of tool use and social behavior, modern human variation and concepts of race, stone artifacts and fossil specimens

basic methods and theoretical approaches used to reconstruct the past, major developments in human prehistory including human origins, the peopling of the globe, the origins of agriculture, and ancient Egyptian and Maya civilizations: study guide, assignments (video introductions, exercises), midterm and final essay questions, writing guide

introduction to the study of material culture, interpreting archaeological evidence, archaeological methods, site formation processes and dating techniques, interpreting early Oldowan technology sites, Acheulian technology, definitive evidence for hunting, Ice Age environments, Middle Paleolithic to Upper Paleolithic, Peopling of New worlds, ethics of archaeological research, Archaic to Mississippian in North America, origins of food production in the Near East