Archaeology
Early Societies and Cultures

SCHEDULE OF READINGS

In addition to the three text books, students are responsible for several articles which will be assigned throughout the semester. All readings as well as the texts have been placed on reserve at Bobst library. Students are expected to have read the relevant class materials prior to lecture and be prepared to discuss them.

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WEEK 1 (1/20-1/22)

Renfrew and Bahn 2000: Chs 1 and 2
Blanton, "Archaeologist at Work"
Brumfiel, "Origins of Social Inequality"
Gould, "WTC Archaeology: What we Saw, What we Learned, and What we Did About It?"

WEEK 2 (1/27, 1/29)

Renfrew and Bahn 2000:  Ch 3

WEEK 3 (2/3, 2/5)

Renfrew and Bahn 2000: Chs 4 and 11

WEEK 4 (2/10, 2/12)

Renfrew and Bahn 2000:  Chs 8 and 10

WEEK 5 (2/17, 2/19)

Renfrew and Bahn 2000:  Chs 6 and 7

WEEK 6 (2/24, 2/26)

Renfrew and Bahn 2000:  pp 471 and 280-81
Flannery  "The Ecology of Early Food production in Mesopotamia"
Renfrew and Bahn 2000:  Chs 8, 9, and pp. 40-45

WEEK 7 (3/2, 3/4)

Renfrew and Bahn 2000:  Ch 5 and pp. 180-81, 62-64, 92-94, 128
Adams: "The Study of Ancient Mesopotamian Settlement Patterns and the Problem of Urban Origins"
Wenke: "The Evolution of Early Egyptian Civlization:  Issues and Evidence"

WEEK 8 (3/9, 3/11)

Watson and Kennedy.  "The Development of Horticulture in the Eastern Woodlands of North America:  Women's Role"
Price and Feinman.  "The Peopling of the New World"

WEEK 9 (3/16, 3/17)

SPRING BREAK

WEEK 10 (3/23, 3/25)

Renfrew and Bahn 2000:  Pp. 90, 130, 205, 405, 484, 552
Renfrew and Bahn 2000:  Pp. 218-21,  344, 478, 544
Conrad and Demarest  "The Inca Imperial Expansion"

WEEK 11 (3/30, 4/1)


WEEK 12 (4/6, 4/8)

Cantwell and Wall 2003: Chs 1 - 5

WEEK 13 (4/13, 3/15)

Cantwell and Wall 2003: Chs 6 - 10

WEEK 14 (4/20, 4/22)

Cantwell and Wall 2003: Chs 11 - 16

WEEK 15 (4/27, 4.29)

Renfrew and Bahn 2000: Ch  14

 

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