Jan.16 Introduction to the Course; The Archaeologist in fact and
fiction, Heinrich
Schlieman and Harriet Boyd Hawes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC1ikwQ5Zgc
Read: Bahn Introduction, Bahn & Fagan Introduction, pp.190-199,
Jan. 18 Pompeii and Herculaneam; Europe discovers its' ancient past.
Read: Bahn Ch 1; Bahn and Fagan pp.292-305 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOEBVWc8crI
Jan. 30 Controlling time and space; The basic dimensions.
Read: Bahn Ch 2 & 3; Bahn & Fagan pp. 532-537
Feb. 1 The Archaeologist as detective; Excavation and survey
Read: Bahn Ch 4 & 5; Bahn & Fagan pp.524-531
Feb.6 How come these stones? Creating archaeological sites
Read: Bahn Ch 6; Bahn & Fagan pp. 314-315, 430-431, 440-441, 538-545, 548-549.
Feb.8 Ancient Astronauts and Other Fantasies Read:Bahn and Fagan pp. 376-381 Optional Video: https://www.ancientaliensdebunked.com/
Feb.13 The on-going destruction of the archaeological record
Read: Bahn & Fagan 473-478,
Feb. 20 - FIRST SECTION EXAM (lectures for Jan. 16 to Feb. 13)
Section Two - Some
Major Theories and Issues of Archaeology
Feb. 15 Heritage in the Modern World
Read: Bahn Ch 8 & 9: Bahn and Fagan pp. 514-519; Patterson ch.
1 & 2
Feb. 22 People make
history; Archaeologists explain the past.
Read: Bahn Ch 7 &10; Bahn and Fagan pp. 522-523
Feb. 27 Family life in
the early Pleistocene; Feminism and Homo
habilis.
Read: Bahn and Fagan pp. 16-29
Feb. 29 Art and Symbolism in the Old Stone Age.
Read:
Bahn and Fagan pp. 30-39, 41-53
Spring Break - NO CLASS March 2 to 10
Mar. 12 The origins of agriculture; The expulsion from Eden
Read: Bahn and Fagan pp. 56-69, 76-109
Mar. 14 The Peopling of the Americas.
Read: Bahn and Fagan pp. 40-41, 70-71, 118-121, 428-435
Mar. 19 Cannibalism and Native Americans
Read:Bahn and Fagan pp.404-407.
Mar. 21 The Ice Man - The First European?
Read: Bahn and Fagan pp. 110-117, 122-131. 546-547;
Mar. 26 SECOND SECTION EXAM (lectures from Febuary 15 to March 21)
Mar. 28 Creating Civilization
Read: Bahn and Fagan pp. 134-141; Patterson ch. 3, 4 & 5
April 1 - No Discussion Sections - Easter
April 2. The fascination and horror of royal burials.
Read: Bahn and Fagan pp. 142-147, 184-189, 252-257, 360-371, 416-421
April 4 Archaeology of West Asia; The first writing.
Read: Bahn and Fagan pp. 148-151, 200-203, 218-237, 550-555
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyjLt_RGEww
https://video-alexanderstreet-com.proxy.binghamton.edu/watch/stealing-history?utm_campaign=Video&utm_medium=MARC&utm_source=aspresolver
April 9 Egypt - the White and Black Nile
Read:
April 11 Africa: The Development of Underdevelopment
Read: Bahn and Fagan pp. 476. 478, 480, 482
April 16 Peaceful Mayas & Savage Aztecs the clash of Imperialism and Nationalism. Read: Bahn and Fagan pp. 204-209, 392-403, 484-489
April 18 Civilization in the high Andes.
Read: Bahn and Fagan 210-215, 384-391, 490-495
Film: The
Great Inca Rebellion (52 min).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JZKUbuclZI Gender and power https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUlKRmMF_NA
April 22-24. Passover Break - No Class
April 25. Monday classes meet includes Discussion Sections for this course
April 30. India - the destruction of the Ayodhya Mosque https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywzVUEzmK6M
Read: Bahn and Fagan pp. 178-183, 352-359, 450-455
May 2. Archaeologists Study the Modern World - the Garbage Project, Ludlow and the US-Mexico border
Read: Bahn and Fagan pp.502-513
Third Sectional Exam (lectures from March 28 to May 2) - Tuesday May 7, 3:15 - 5:15 PM LH 14
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