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Winter 2003
This information effective for Winter 2003. Check with instructor the first day of class for any changes.
Anthropology
[ANTH-196A/B]
196A/B. Archaeology of the American Southwest
| ANTH
122/ANTH 196A/B Archaeology of the American Southwest |
UCB/UCSC Winter/Spring 2003 |
| Wed 9 a.m.–12 p.m. | J.
Baskin Engrg 156 (UCSC) 127 Dwinelle (UCB) |
| Instructor:
Judith Habicht-Mauche Office: 403 Soc Sci 1 Phone: 831/459-3201 E-mail: judith@ucsc.edu Hours: Wed 1–3 |
Instructor:
M. Steven Shackley Office: 29 Kroeber Hall Phone: 510/643-1193, ext. 3 E-mail: shackley@uclink.berkeley.edu Hours: Thurs 2-5 |
Web Page: http://www.qal.berkeley.edu/~anth122
Draft Syllabus
Course Description:
This course will outline the development of native cultures in the American Southwest from Paleo-Indian times (ca. 11,500 BC) through early European Contact (ca. A.D. 1600). Topics to be covered include the greater environment; early foraging cultures; the development of agriculture and village life; the emergence and decline of regional alliances; abandonment and reorganization; and changes in social organization, external relations, and trade.
The course is designed as an advanced upper-division seminar for students majoring in anthropology with an emphasis in archaeology. At UCSC, the course fulfills the senior seminar exit requirement in the major, as well as the General Education writing intensive requirement (W). UCSC prerequisites are Anth 1, 2, and 3. A previous course in American archaeology is highly recommended, but not required (UCSC). At UCB, prerequisites include Anth 1, 2, 3, and at least junior standing.
The course will be co-taught via teleconferencing facilities between UCSC and UCB. The course schedule will follow Berkeley's semester system, which overlaps Santa Cruz's Winter and Spring Quarters. UCSC students must enroll in both 196A (Winter) and 196B (Spring) to receive credit and an evaluation for either course.
Students enrolled in this course must have a basic familiarity with using e-mail and the web, including access to Adobe Acrobat 3+, since a variety of course material only will be available electronically; and communication among the professors and the course participants at both campuses will be largely through the Internet and e-mail, to include the take-home exams, and the option of submitting the research paper electronically (any version of Microsoft Word is acceptable).
Course Requirements:
*Two take-home essay-style exams
*20-page research paper (For UCSC students: This paper fulfills the senior thesis requirement in Anthropology. Drafts and revisions will be required.)
Required Texts:
Cordell, Linda S. (1997). Archaeology of the Southwest. 2nd Edition. Academic Press, San Diego.
(Other readings will be available via electronic reserves: http://eres.ucsc.edu/. This is a password protected site. Passwords will be disseminated in class.)
Also Recommended:
Hubbach, Susan M. (1996). Writing Research Papers Across the Curriculum.
4th Edition. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, Fort Worth.
Topics of Discussion:
Readings to be completed prior to class meeting for which they are assigned. Come prepared to discuss material in class. All readings, besides those from the Cordell text, are available via electronic reserves at http://eres.ucsc.edu. Other course material may be available at our web site.
| Date | Topic (J = Judith, S = Steve) |
| Jan 8 | Judith meets w/ UCSC section |
| Jan 15 |
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| Jan 22* |
Course Introduction (J&S) and The Greater SW Environment (S)
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| Jan 29* |
The Earliest Hunter-Gatherers: Paleoindians in a Diverse Environment (S)
(UCSC Thesis Abstract and Bibliography Due) |
| Feb 5* |
The History of Archeological Exploration in the Southwest (S)
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| Feb 12* |
Intellectual Frameworks of Southwest Prehistory (J)
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| Feb 19* |
The Archaic Hunter-Gatherers (S)
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| Feb 26* |
Agricultural Origins: From the Sonoran Desert to the Uplands (S)
(UCSC—Outline plus 5 pages of Thesis Draft Due) |
| Mar 5* |
Paradise in the Dry Land: The Hohokam and Salado in the Sonoran Desert (S)
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| Mar 12* |
The Chaco Phenomenon (J)
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| Mar 19 | No Class Meeting: Take Home Mid-Term
Exam Due (UCSC Winter final exam week) |
| Mar 26 | No class meeting (Spring recess at UCB and Intersession at UCSC) |
| Apr 2* |
Little Colorado, Mimbres and Jornado Mogollon (J)
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| Apr 9* |
The Turbulent 1200s on the Colorado Plateau (J)
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| Apr 16* |
Casas Grandes (J)
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| Apr 23* |
Late Prehistoric Pueblos (J)
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| Apr 30* |
Technology and Archaeometry in Southwestern Archaeology
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| May 7* |
Athapaskan Archaeology (J) / Course Wrap-up and Discussion (S&J)
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| May 16 | UCB Term Papers Due: 103 or 232
Kroeber Hall, 5 p.m. UCSC Thesis Drafts Due: 423 Social Sciences 1, 5 p.m. |
| May 21 | UCB Take Home Final Exams Due: 103
Kroeber Hall, 5 p.m. UCSC Take Home Final Exams Due: 423 Social Sciences 1, 5 p.m. |
| May 28 | UCSC section meets to discuss thesis revisions (Soc Sci 1, Rm. ____) |
| Jun 4 | UCSC Senior Thesis Due: 403 Social Sciences 1, 5 p.m. |
*Dates
we will meet in teleconferencing classrooms at UCB and UCSC