Spring 2005 Advance Course Information

This information effective for Spring 2005. Check with instructor the first day of class for any changes.

Anthropology

[ANTH-003] [ANTH-175A]

3. Introduction to Archaeology

Note: This syllabus is a work in progress and may be subject to change before the start of Spring Quarter 2005.

Tu-Th 12:00-1:45p.m., Media Theater M110
Instructor: Judith Habicht-Mauche
Office: 403 Social Science 1
Phone: 459-3201 (w/ voicemail)
E-mail: judith@ucsc.edu
Hours: Wed 1:00-3:00 p.m. or by appt.

Course Web Page: http://ic.ucsc.edu/~judith/anth3/

Check Anth 3 web site or with your T.A. for their office and office hours.

No sections March 28–April 1. Go to your assigned section during the week of April 4–8 to secure your place in the class.

Course Description:

An 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. We begin with a basic orientation, seeing how American archaeology developed, and the contrast between popular images of archaeology and its real social and political context today. We then explore how archaeologists work—how they gather data and how they reconstruct social behavior and cultural meaning from material remains. Next, we examine how these methods are used to study fundamental aspects of human society and culture, including human ecology and subsistence; social relations and identities; production and exchange; symbolism and ideology; and the relationship between power, social inequality, and the state. We also discuss some of the professional and ethical problems affecting the practice of archaeology today and the conservation, protection, and control of cultural resources.

This course satisfies the social science (IS) general education requirement and is required for all anthropology majors.

Course Requirements:

(1) Mandatory attendance and active participation at weekly discussion sections. In addition to discussing assigned readings, lecture materials, and Workbook and Study Guide materials, several interactive learning activities, completed both in and out of section, will require you to attend section to receive detailed instructions and to report on your observations. [10% of grade/evaluation]

(2) Timely and satisfactory completion of all Workbook assignments. These assignments include 4 typed, double spaced essays (3 pages each) chosen from the "Study and Response Questions" sections of Units 1-10 in the Workbook and Study Guide [30% of grade/evaluation] and occasional short written reports (including tables, graphs, and drawings) on in-class and out-of-class exercises. [20% of grade/evaluation] Your teaching assistant will provide you with a schedule for completing these assignments.

(3) Satisfactory completion of at least eight (8) weekly quizzes based on material presented in lectures and assigned readings. These quizzes will be posted weekly on the Anth 3 web site and will be automatically graded, with grades reported directly to your section leader. It will be virtually impossible to pass these quizzes without attending lectures regularly and keeping up on reading assignments. [20% of grade/evaluation]

(4) A 5-7 page (typed, double-spaced) critical review of a current popular book on archaeology. A list of book options and instructions for this assignment are provided in the Workbook and Study Guide (Appendix 1). All books are available at Bay Tree Bookstore and on Reserve at McHenry Library. [20% of grade/evaluation]

All required work must be completed and submitted on time to pass this class. A passing grade is the equivalent of a "C" grade or better (earned for a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or better). There is no "C-" at UCSC (it gets rounded down to a "D") and a grade of "D" at UCSC is not considered passing for the purposes of fulfilling Gen Ed or major requirements or for maintaining good academic standing.

Required Texts:

• David Hurst Thomas, Archaeology: Down to Earth (2nd Edition)
  
• James Deetz, In Small Things Forgotten (Revised Edition)
  
• Judith Habicht-Mauche, Anthro 3 Reader (2005 Edition)
  
• Judith Habicht-Mauche, Anthro 3 Workbook and Study Guide (2005 Edition)

(All required texts are available at Bay Tree Bookstore and on reserve at McHenry Library.)

Critical Book Review Options (You must choose a book from this list).

Do not purchase any of these books until you understand the options for this part of the course work (see instructions in Workbook and consult with your T.A.). But purchase a selection before the 5th week of the quarter (when the bookstore starts returning overstock). Limited copies of each book are available at Bay Tree Bookstore and on reserve at McHenry Library.

• Cantwell, Anne-Marie and Diana Di Zerega Wall. Unearthing Gotham: The Archaeology of New York City. Yale University Press, New Haven.
  
• Russell, Miles. Digging Holes in Popular Culture: Archaeology and Science Fiction. Oxbow Books Limited.
  
• Ferguson, Leland. Uncommon Ground: Archaeology and Early African America, 1650-1800. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington.
  
• Praetzellis, Adrian. Dug to Death: A Tale of Archaeological Method and Mayhem. AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek, CA.
  
• Reid, J. Jefferson and Stephanie Whittlesey. Grasshopper Pueblo: A Story of Archaeology and Ancient Life. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
  
• Spector, Janet D. What This Awl Means: Feminist Archaeology at a Wahpeton Dakota Village. Minnesota Historical Press, St. Paul.
  
• Watkins, Joe. Indigenous Archaeology. AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek, CA.

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175A. African Archaeology

Note: Tentative Syllabus

Instructor: D. Gifford-Gonzalez

Course Description

Africa is the source of all humans, not only earlier ancestral forms, but also of our own species, Homo sapiens, which emigrated from its land mass into adjacent continents and ultimately into the Americas, beginning about 100,000 years ago.

This course presents an archaeological history of Africa, from earliest artifactual traces 2.5 million years ago to emergence of African cities, states, and commercial relations with Medieval Asia and Europe. It will present evolutionary and sociopolitical models relevant to the analysis of African history on different time scales. Models and assumptions will be critically examined in their historic and political contexts.

Prerequisite: Anthropology 3, or equivalent, or consent of instructor. See (6) below.

Required Work:

Students will read two books and about ten articles and book chapters on E-Reserves.

1. Attend all lectures and participate in class discussions. [Poor attendance will negatively reflect on final evaluation and grade.]
2. Submit brief discussion comments on each assigned reading on the Eres discussion site by 5 pm the day before the articles and book chapters are discussed in class. Persons without access to computers at all should make special arrangements with DGG. [15% of grade]
3. A take-home essay midterm, distributed in class and posted to the Anthropology 175A Web Site at the beginning of the quarter and due in class the third week of the term. [30% of grade]
4. A take-home essay final, distributed and posted to the Anthropology 175A Web Site the eighth week of the term. and due in DGG's mailbox, 317 Social Sciences I, by 4 p.m., the final exam date. Exams may be turned in earlier. [30% of grade]
5. A 5-7 page critical book review of one of 10 recent books on African archaeology; see list of books on page 2. [25% of grade]
6. All students who have not had an introductory course in archaeology should purchase or check out D. H. Thomas's Archaeology Down to Earth, 2nd Edition, and read it during the first two weeks of the course.

Required Texts at Bay Tree Bookstore and McHenry Reserve

Stahl, Ann B. (editor), 2005, African Archaeology. Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA.

Required for all students who have not had an introductory archaeology course.

Thomas, David Hurst, Archaeology Down to Earth, 2nd Edition. Harcourt Brace College Publishers, Fort Worth, TX.

Book Review Options at Bay Tree Bookstore and at McHenry Reserve

Students must choose one of these for their critical book review and EITHER buy it OR read it on Reserves in the first half of the term.*

*Bay Tree Bookstore begins sending back unpurchased books about the seventh week of the quarter for which they were ordered. Please purchase or check out the book early to avoid missing the chance to buy it or to have a chance to use it on One-Day Reserve from the McHenry Reserve desk.

• Deacon, Hilary J. and Janette Deacon, 1999, Human Beginnings in South Africa: Uncovering the Secrets of the Stone Age. AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek, CA.
• Ehret, Christopher, 1998, An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400. University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville.
• Kent, Susan (editor), 1998, Gender in African Prehistory. AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek, CA.
• Kusimba, Chapurukha, 1999, The Rise and Fall of Swahili States. AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek, CA.
• [McIntosh, Susan Keech, 1999, Beyond Chiefdoms: Pathways to Complexity in Africa. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. NOTE: out of print, but worth searching for on-line]
• Mitchell, Peter, 2002, The Archaeology of Southern Africa. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
• Pikirayi, Innocent, 2001, The Zimbabwe Complex: Origins and Decline of Southern Zambezian States. AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek, CA.
• Schmidt, Peter R., 1997, Iron Technology in East Africa: Symbolism, Science, and Archaeology. Indiana University Press, Bloomington.
• Schmidt, Peter R. and Roderick J. McIntosh, editors, 1996, Plundering Africa's Past. Indiana University Press, Bloomington.

E-Reserves Readings

Revise http://eres.ucsc.edu/coursepage.asp?cid=639

1. Brown, F., J. R. Harris and A. Walker, 1985, Early Homo erectus skeleton from west Lake Turkana, Kenya. Nature 316:788-792.
2. Carney, Judith A., 2001, African rice in the Columbian Exchange. Journal of African History 42:377-396.
3. Grove, A. T., 1991, NAME, IN Shaw, T., P. Sinclair, B. Andah and A. Okpoko, The Archaeology of Africa: Foods, Metals, and Towns. Routledge, London. Pp.
4. Holl, A. F. C.,1997, Pan Africanism, diffusionism, and the Afrocentric idea. In Encyclopedia of Precolonial Africa: Archaeology, History, Languages, Cultures, and Environments, edited by J. O. Vogel, pp. 58-65. AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek, CA.
5. Klein, Richard G., 1999, Chapter on Homo erectus. IN The Human Career, 2nd edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
6. Maley, P., 1991, NAME, IN Shaw, T., P. Sinclair, B. Andah and A. Okpoko, The Archaeology of Africa: Foods, Metals, and Towns. Routledge, London. Pp.
7. Nyamweru, Celia, 1997, Geography and geology. In Encyclopedia of Precolonial Africa: Archaeology, History, Languages, Cultures, and Environments, edited by J. O. Vogel, pp. 29-35. AltaMira, Walnut Creek, CA
8. O'Connell, J. F., K. Hawkes and N. Blurton Jones, 1999, Grandmothering and the evolution of Homo erectus. Journal of Human Evolution 36:461-485.

On Reserve at McHenry Library Reserves: all of the above, plus

Vogel, J. O., editor, 1997, Encyclopedia of Precolonial Africa: Archaeology, History, Languages, Cultures, and Environments. AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek, CA.

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