INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY Nancy White - Touro Institute

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7 8 Public archaeology and modern society; managing cultural resources. MOVIE: Assault on Time EXAM Human prehistory: the first people and culture, Lower Paleolithic A&S 227-242 P&F 22-95 9 10 Middle and Upper Paleolithic hunter-gatherers; the emergence of modern humans; Old World foragers, Mesolithic Origins of food production. MOVIE: Corn and the Origins of Settled Life P&F 96-195 P&F 196-255 11 North American, some Mesoamerican prehistory P&F 256-363 12 13 14 Finish Mesoamerican, South American archaeology. MOVIE: Peru, People of the Sun Old World prehistory, civilizations. MOVIE: Pakistan, Mound of the Dead Review and relevance of twenty-first century principles of archaeology FINAL EXAM P&F 364-405 P&F 406-520 COURSE GOALS AND EMPHASES Archaeology is the study of past cultures and societies through their material remains. We will explore different varieties of archaeology and examine theory, methods, and techniques for investigating, reconstructing, interpreting, preserving, and ultimately, learning from the past. We will then briefly review human cultural chronology from the time of the first people, the earliest Paleolithic ages, to the present, and deal with not only the artifact remains but also important social, economic, and even ideological questions, such as those on the origins of food production, social inequality, and civilization. Two major emphases throughout the course are archaeology as anthropology and the relevance of archaeology to modern human society and politics. We will also examine exciting discoveries that make the news during the semester. This year the Society for American Archaeology, the premier professional association, wishes to improve the archaeology curriculum, not only to help the student learn better, but also to convey seven important principles of GOOD <strong>ARCHAEOLOGY</strong>. This class is one of the case studies of the renewed curriculum project, and will be experimental and dynamic. The principles are listed below in terms of course goals you should aim toward. These principles are also a major part of
USF's public archaeology program. Thus we will discuss them throughout every aspect of the course, as associated with the material and ideas assigned for the week. By or before the end of this course you should be able to do the following: Describe the BASIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL SKILLS: how to locate, record, investigate, analyze, and interpret archaeological sites Demonstrate good COMMUNICATION skills: written, oral, visual, and interactive, to understand and tell the story of the past Discuss critically PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND VALUES in archaeology: skills, honesty, responsibility to science and to the many different publics Understand and compare DIVERSE INTERESTS IN THE PAST: different people's associations with prehistory and history Describe the processes and methods of STEWARDSHIP: preserving nonrenewable cultural resources through policy, law, and public education Discuss critically archaeology's SOCIAL RELEVANCE: connections of past human systems and adaptations with today's world Describe not only specific case studies but general archaeological principles relating to REAL- WORLD PROBLEM SOLVING: practical application of knowledge from the human past LEARNING OBJECTIVES You will have succeeded in this course when you are able to: 1. Demonstrate knowledge of archaeological methods, theories, ethics and values, cultural resources preservation, conservation archaeology, and stewardship. 2. Evaluate a local archaeology lecture for content, research goals, philosophy, communication, and social relevance 3. Analyze details of past important cultures worldwide, describing major transitions in prehistory and how this knowledge is important for modern humans and interpreted differently by different interest groups 4. Demonstrate clarity in all assignments, indicating good preparation and organization 5. Understand the value of archaeology to your own individual life and to modern society
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