SPRING 2000
This information effective for Spring 2000.
Check with instructor the first day of class for any changes.
A topical introduction to the politics and cultures of Amazonia. In this course we will explore the complex nature of regional social relations and political realities, historicizing and problematizing ideas of Amazonia as a "space of nature,"a place associated in popular imagination above all with biodiversity and deforestation. We will look at a wide range of social actors and practices, and take a long historical view beginning in pre-colonial times, and moving on to pay particular attention to European explorations of the 16th and 19th centuries. We will also be reading a substantial number of ethnographic accounts of regional life and getting a sense of the varied ways in which anthropologists have sought to make sense of this fascinating yet poorly understood part of the world.
Judith A. Habicht-Mauche
Spring 2000
Office: 403 Social Sciences I Lab: 423 Social Sciences I
Phone: 459-3201
e-mail: judith@cats.ucsc.edu
Class Meetings: Tue-Thurs 4-5:45
Room: 451 Social Sciences I
Course Description:
The analysis and interpretation of ceramic remains allows archaeologists to accomplish varied ends: establish a time scale, document interconnections between different groups, suggest what activities were carried out at particular sites, and study the organization of production and division of labor in society. The techniques and theories used to bridge the gap between the recovery of ceramic remains and their interpretation within various anthropological contexts is the focus of this seminar.
(Students Registered For Anth 180 Must Also Take Anth 180L)
Course Requirements:
1) Regular attendence and active participation in class discussions.2) Short reading summaries and discussion questions to be submitted via e-mail by 8:00 am prior to each class meeting.
3) Critical review of a book-length archaeological ceramic report or monograph. (5-7 pages)
4) Research proposal based on fictitious site and data set created by the instructor. (10-15 pages)
Required Texts:
Rice, Prudence M.1987 Pottery Analysis: A Sourcebook. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.Rye, Owen
1981 Pottery Technology: Principles and Reconstruction. Taraxacum, Washington.Ceramic Analysis Course Reader (available at Bay Tree Bookstore)
Judith A. Habicht-Mauche
Spring 2000
Office: 403 Social Sciences I Lab: 423 Social Sciences I
Phone: 459-3201
e-mail: judith@cats.ucsc.edu
Lab Meetings: Wednesday 12-3 pm
Room: 451 Social Sciences I
Course Description:
This two-unit course is the mandatory companion laboratory section for Anth 180 (Ceramic Analysis in Archaeology). The lab meets for three hours each week. Emphasis in laboratory sections will be on providing students with hands-on experience in the techniques of ceramic materials analysis. Activities will include experiments in materials selection and processing, hand-building exercises, and open-pit and kiln firings. Students also will learn and practice standard techniques for describing and measuring formal and technological attributes of pottery. Demonstrations of several basic techniques for the characterization of ceramic materials, such as wet-chemistry and petrography will be presented.
Students will be evaluated on the basis of class attendence and the successful completion of all laboratory exercises. Laboratory notebooks will be collected and evaluated on a regular basis.
Required Texts:
Shepard, Anna O.1980 Ceramics for the Archaeologist. Publication 609. Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C.Orton, C., Tyers, P., and Vince, A.
1993 Pottery in Archaeology. University of Cambridge Press, Cambridge.