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[ANTH-003-01][ANTH-172-01][ANTH-177-01][ANTH-194A-01] Anthropology 3: Introduction to Archaeology Please visit the course website at: http://wwwcatsic.ucsc.edu/~anth3
NOTE: THIS WEB PAGE WAS DEVELOPED LAST YEAR BY PROFESSOR HABICHT-MAUCHE. IT IS CURRENTLY BEING UPDATED BY THIS YEARS' INSTRUCTOR, DR. GIFFORD- GONZALEZ. HOWEVER, THE OVERALL FORMAT OF THE COURSE AND TEXTS, ETC. WILL REMAIN THE SAME. Anthropology 172 Archaeological Practice Spring 1998
Time: Tues and Thurs 4-5:45 pm ABOUT THE COURSE: This course introduces students to various research methods and technical approaches used in modern archaeological practice, including survey, sampling, dating, materials analysis, and the reconstruction of paleoenvironments. This is not a field course. The focus of both the in-class discussions and writing assignments will be to develop skills for relating laboratory techniques and field methods to the interpretation of specific archaeological problems, such as the analysis of subsistence, social relations, and trade. The class will combine lectures, guest speakers, and video presentations with seminar discussions of assigned readings. Students are expected to keep up with readings for the course and be prepared to discuss them at each class meeting. **Class attendance and participation will be noted in student evalutations.** PREREQUISITES: Anthropology 3, plus one upper division course in archaeology. Because this course is largely of a technical nature, it is not appropriate for persons seeking to fulfill their Upper Division requirement in archaeology/physical anthropology. Students are directed to Anth 177: European Conquest of the Americas, also being taught this quarter, to fulfill this requirement.
WORK FOR THE COURSE: (All work must be typed)
(1) Submit a brief comment or query on all readings, the day before the class for which it is required, by e-mail to a common mailing list including instructor and all students. (2) Prepare interview questions for guest researchers. Students are expected to actively engage in a dialogue with visiting archaeologists about their specific research designs, methods and results. (3) Using guidelines to be distributed and reviewed in class, prepare a 10-15 page grant proposal (first and final draft) describing research design and evidence to be gathered to address the research questions posed. This paper will require becoming familiar with the culture history of a particular geographic area, as well as understanding the appropriate context for the use of specific field methods and/or laboratory techniques. (4) Serve on a grant review panel, evaluating drafts of other students' grant proposals and providing them with critical and constructive advice on how to refine and develop their final proposal.
REQUIRED TEXTS: (All readings on reserve at McHenry Library)
Topics of Discussion
Tues Apr 7 Introduction to Course
Thurs Apr 9 What is Research Design? Grant Proposals as Research Design. Reading: R&B Part III Introduction; 13; NSF Grant Proposal Guidelines. Look over sample NSF proposals on reserve at McHenry; read at least one example completely.
Tues Apr 14 What is Middle Range Theory? How does it relate to research? Reading: R&B Part I Introduction; 1; Binford 1983; 1980; 1982.
Thurs Apr 16 Site Formation Processes Reading: R&B 2; Schiffer 1972 Movie: The People of Utqiagvik (VT2450) (We will view this together in class)
Tues Apr 21 Survey, Sampling, and Excavation Reading: R&B 3 Do Anth3 WebSite: Valley of Mexico Survey Exercise in UCSC Mac Computer Lab before 4/21
Thurs Apr 23 General Theoretical Frameworks Reading: R&B 12; O'Connell 1995; Brumfiel 1992
RESEARCH PROBLEM ABSTRACT AND BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE
Tues Apr 28 Faunal Analysis I Guest Researcher: Diane Gifford-Gonzalez, UCSC Reading: R&B 6, stress faunal analysis [232-240]; 7, stress faunal evidence [266-289]
Thurs Apr 30 Ceramic Analysis I Guest Researcher: Judith Habicht-Mauche, UCSC Reading: R&B 8, stress ceramic, pyrotechnology evidence [318-334]; 9, characterization [335-350] View Video The Potters of Buur Heybe, Somalia (VT3128) on Reserve at the McHenry Media Center before 4/30.
Tues May 5 Faunal Analysis II Guest Researcher: Diane Gifford-Gonzalez, UCSC Reading: Gifford-Gonzalez selections in Reader.
Thurs May 7 Ceramic Analysis II Guest Researcher: Judith Habicht-Mauche, UCSC Reading: Habicht-Mauche selections in Reader.
Tues May 12 Lithic Analysis I (MEET IN 318 APPLIED SCIENCES) Guest Researcher: Steve Shackley, UCB Reading: R&B 4, stress obsidian hydration, therrmoluminescence [131-151]; 8, stress lithic evidence [295-311]; 9, stress characterization [335-350]; Shackley selections in Reader. View Video Flintknapping with Bruce Bradley (VT4342) on reserve at the McHenry Media Center before 5/12
Thurs May 14 Lithic Analysis II (MEET IN 318 APPLIED SCIENCES) Guest Researcher: Steve Shackley, UCB Reading: same as above
FIRST DRAFT OF RESEARCH PROPOSAL DUE
Tues May 19 Botanical Analysis I Guest Researcher: Charlie Miksicek, Garcia and Assoc. Reading: R&B 6, stress botanical evidence [224-232]; 7, stress botanical evidence [253-266]; Miksicek selections in Reader.
Thurs May 21 Botanical Analysis II Guest Researcher: Charlie Miksicek, Garcia and Assoc. Reading: same as above
Tues May 26 No Class--Exchange Day
Thurs May 28 Panel Meetings (grant proposal reviews and feedback to applicants)
Tues Jun 2 Panel Meetings (grant proposal reviews and feedback to applicants)
Thurs Jun 4 Final grant proposal presentations and discussions (15 minutes each)
Tues Jan 9 Final grant proposal presentations and discussions (15 minutes each)
Thurs Jun 11 Final grant proposal presentations and discussions (15 minutes each)
FINAL GRANT PROPOSALS DUE MON JUN 15 BY 5:00
Anthropology 177 European Conquest of the Americas Spring 1998 Instructor: Prof. Judith A. Habicht-Mauche Office: 403 Social Sciences I Lab: 423 Social Sciences I Phone: 459-3201 E-mail: judith@cats.ucsc.edu Hours: Wed 12-3pm Course Description: This course explores the processes of cultural confrontation, resistance, and transformation among Native American groups in the wake of European colonial expansion in the Western Hemisphere during the late fifteenth through mid-nineteenth centuries. Within this historical context we will discuss the recent development of anthropological theories of culture contact and change, including world systems theory, historical political economy and marxian approaches to the study of power, domination, and resistance. The case studies examined in this class use an ethnohistoric approach, that combines the methodologies of archaeology, history, and ethnography. This perspective is used to develop a broader understanding and deeper appreciation of the role of Native Americans as social and political actors in their own and world history. Course Requirements: Course evaluations will be based on attendance and participation in class discussions as well as two short, synthetic essays (5-7 pages) based on a critical analysis of assigned readings. In addition, for each class meeting students will be required to produce two or three study questions based on assigned readings that will be used as the focus of small group discussions. Required Texts: Available at Bay Tree Bookstore:
Available at UCSC Copy Center, Communications Building: Anth 177 Course Reader (All assigned readings are on reserve at McHenry Library)
Late Paper Policy: Extensions for paper deadlines will be granted only for serious medical or personal emergencies and only when accompanied by an official letter from the Campus Health Center or your College Academic Preceptor. Otherwise late papers will be accepted at the discretion of the instructor. Turning assignments in late will be noted specifically in course evaluations and could negatively effect your overall evaluation for the course. Meeting Schedule and Assigned Readings: (Notes: *Reader Articles; §Books. All readings should be completed before the class session for which they are assigned)
Tues Apr 7 Course Introduction and General Enrollment Mayhem
Thur Apr 9 The Ethnohistoric Approach *Brain (1988) "Introduction" from Tunica Archaeology. *Thomas (1989)"Columbian Consequences, The Spanish Borderlands in Cubist Perspective." *Trigger (1986)"Ethnohistory: The Unfinished Edifice."
Tues Apr 14 The European Conquest of the Americas: Frameworks for Analysis *Wallerstein(1974) "The Rise and Future Demise of the World Capitalist System: Concepts for Comparative Analysis" §Wolf(1997) both "Prefaces," pp. ix-xvii , "Introduction," pp.3-23 and "Afterword," pp.385-391 in Europe and the People without History
Thur Apr 16 The World in the 1400s: Europe §Wolf (1997) "The World in 1400," pp.24-58 and "Europe, Prelude to Expansion," pp.101-125 in Europe and the People without History. *Helms (1992)"Long-Distance Contacts, Elite Aspirations, and the Age of Discovery in Cosmological Context."
Tues Apr 21 The World in the 1400s: The Americas §Wolf(1997) "The World in 1400," pp.58-72 in Europe and the People without History. §Feidel(1992)"Parallel Worlds," pp.349-366 in Prehistory of the Americas.
(Read: Wolf (1997) "Iberians in America," pp.131-157 in Europe and the People without History , as background for the next case study)
Thur Apr 23 Demographic Collapse and Political Change in the Interior Southeast I §Smith(1995) Archaeology of Aboriginal Culture Change in the Interior Southeast, pp.1-53. §Feidel(1992) "Chiefdoms and States," pp.251-261 in Prehistory of the Americas. *Steward(1977)/[1942]"The Direct Historical Approach to Archaeology."
Tues Apr 28 Demographic Collapse and Political Change in the Interior Southeast II §Smith(1995) Archaeology of Aboriginal Culture Change in the Interior Southeast, pp.54-112.
Thur Apr 30 Demographic Collapse and Political Change in the Interior Southeast III §Smith(1995) Archaeology of Aboriginal Culture Change in the Interior Southeast, pp.113-147.
(Read: Wolf (1997) "The Fur Trade," pp.158-194 in Europe and the People without History, as background for the next three case studies)
Tues May 5 Global Politics in the Eastern Forests I §Richter (1992) The Ordeal of the Longhouse, pp. 1-74. *Trigger (1992) Maintaining economic equality in opposition to complexity an Iroquoian case study."
Thur May 7 Global Politics in the Eastern Forests II §Richter (1992) The Ordeal of the Longhouse, pp. 75-189.
Handout First Essay Assignment 5/7/98
Tues May 12 Global Politics in the Eastern Forests III §Richter (1992) The Ordeal of the Longhouse, pp. 190-280.
Thur May 14 MOVIE: Black Robe (Screenplay by Brian Moore, Directed by Bruce Beresford, 101 min. VT 3639)
First Essay Due 5/14/98
Tues May 19 Constructing a New World on the Southwestern Plains I §Comer (1996) Ritual Ground, pp. 1-89
Thur May 21 Constructing a New World on the Southwestern Plains II §Comer (1996) Ritual Ground, pp. 90-196
Tues May 26 Exchange Day--No Class!!
Thur May 28 Constructing a New World on the Southwestern Plains III §Comer (1996) Ritual Ground, pp. 197-284
Tues Jun 2 NW America and the Pacific World System I §Feidel(1992) "The Archaic," pp.146-160 in Prehistory of the Americas. §Crowell (1997) Archaeology and the Capitalist World System, pp. 1-74
Thur Jun 4 NW America and the Pacific World System II §Crowell (1997) Archaeology and the Capitalist World System, pp. 75-153
Handout Second Essay Assignment 6/4/98
Tues Jun 9 NW America and the Pacific World System III §Crowell (1997) Archaeology and the Capitalist World System, pp.155-235
Thur Jun 11 Course Wrap-up and Discussion
Second Essay Due in Class 6/11/98.
Anthro 194A History of Evolutionary Theory Instructor: Adrienne L. Zihlman, Anthropology Location: Social Sciences 1 Telephone: 459-4467 Email: zihlman@cats.ucsc.edu
This course is designed for students who have an interest in evolutionary theory or are planning to pursue graduate work in some aspect of physical anthropology, biology or animal behavior. The course samples major themes in the history of evolutionary theory. References to human evolution serve as an underlying thread. Five areas will be explored:
Readings recommended and assigned:
Topics by Week: Weeks 1 and 2. The dimensions of Darwin's work. Week 3. The rise of genetics and rejection of Darwin. Week 4. The modern synthesis: natural history, population genetics and paleontology. Week 5. The impact of molecular biology on evolutionary theory Week 6. Animal behavior: past and present; the tenets of sociobiology Week 7. Alternative to sociobiology; life history Week 8. Modern synthesis and its shaping of human evolution. Week 9. Current issues and discussions in evolutionary theory.
This senior seminar requires weekly papers and presentations based on the assigned readings. Students will focus on a particular problem that forms the basis for a long paper (20 pages). Reading original historical materials is encouraged.
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