Transfer Student Courses in Anthropological ArchaeologyConsult the new Course Guide at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/lsa/cg_subjectlist/0,2030,8,00.html?show=20&termArray=f_04_1510&cgtype=ug This page was created at 12:49 PM on Wed, May 5, 2004. Fall Academic Term, 2004 (September 7 - December 23)Anthropology Waitlist/Override Procedures For courses that are closed and do not maintain waitlists on wolverine access:
ANTHRARC 282(ANTHRCUL 282). Introduction to Prehistoric Archaeology.
Section 001.Instructor(s): John M O'Shea (joshea@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. The course is designed to provide students with a general introduction to the techniques, methods, and theories of anthropological archaeology, and to provide an overview of human prehistory from earliest times to the emergence of complex societies. In the first half of the academic term, the class will consider how archaeologists can determine the age and other characteristics of past societies. Topics will range from radiocarbon dating to how sites are discovered and excavated. The second half of the academic term will involve a 'greatest hits' tour of world prehistory, looking critically at some of the key points in human cultural development, such as the appearance of the first proto-humans in Africa, the colonization of the New World, the spread of agriculture, and the origins social inequality. The course is specifically designed to be accessible to students regardless of their previous backgrounds in anthropology, but it will provide the foundation necessary for students that want to take more advanced courses in archaeology. There will be two lectures and one discussion section per week. Requirements: Two in-class exams, plus two take-home projects. Texts: Archaeology: Down to Earth, by David Hurst Thomas, and The Past in Perspective, by Kenneth L. Feder
ANTHRARC 382(ANTHRCUL 382). European Prehistory.
Section 001.Instructor(s): Robert E Whallon Jr (whallon@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. A broad survey of the archaeology of Europe from the earliest evidence for human occupation to the Roman conquest of Gaul. Major themes include the emergence of human culture during the Ice Age, the introduction of agricultural economies and village life, and the development of complex societies, based on metallurgy, trade, and warfare. Students will be introduced to painted caves such as Lascaux, Venus figurines and other Paleolithic art, mammoth hunters of the steppe, megalithic tombs, Stonehenge and other ritual monuments, the princely tombs of the Early Iron Age, Vercingetorix and the assembly of the tribes of Gaul, and many other phenomena of European prehistory. Lectures will be frequently illustrated with slides and supplemented by selected films. Student evaluation is based on examinations.
ANTHRARC 385(ANTHRCUL 385). The Archaeology of Early Humans.
Section 001.Instructor(s): John D Speth (jdspeth@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: Sophomore standing. (3). (SS). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course introduces students to the many exciting new discoveries in the archaeology of our earliest human ancestors, tracing what we know of human cultural and biological evolution from the first appearance of upright, small-brained, tool-making humans, 2.0 to 2.5 million years ago, to the appearance of fully modern humans in the last 30,000 to 40,000 years. The course is divided into two segments. The first briefly surveys the techniques and methods used by archaeologists to find ancient archaeological sites, and how they go about studying the fossil human remains, animal bones, and stone tools from these sites to learn about ancient lifeways. This section also looks at how studies of living primates in the wild, such as chimpanzees, as well as modern hunter-gatherers, such as the Bushmen and Australian Aborigines, can help us to interpret the distant past. The second segment of the course turns to the actual archaeological record, looking at some of the most important finds from Africa, Asia, and Europe. In this segment, the course follows the accelerating developmental trajectory of our ancestors from the simplest tool-makers, who lacked any sign of art or religion, to humans much like ourselves, who began to bury their dead with clear displays of ritual and who adorned the walls of their caves and their own bodies with art. The course is oriented as much toward students with a general curiosity and interest in the human past as toward students who will become eventual concentrators in anthropology. Requirements include three in-class hourly exams. Required readings: a text and course pack with articles supplementing the lectures.
ANTHRARC 484 / CAAS 484. Archaeology of Mind.
Section 001.Instructor(s): Augustin Holl (holla@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: ANTHRARC 282 recommended. (3). (Excl). May not be repeated for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. What are the remote foundations of art, religion, and the sciences? These are a few of the most "human" characteristics we possess. Their common denominator is clearly, the mind. This course takes advantage of the increasing convergence between neuroscience, cognitive science, paleontology, and archaeology to offer an archaeological perspective on the issues being discussed. The course "Archaeology of mind" intends to address a set of issues revolving around the emergence, development, consolidation, and expansion of human ability to think and create, from the analysis of archaeological evidence. Three core issues will be discussed using contrastive and complementary case studies from different parts of the world: the development of stone tool making expertise during the Paleolithic period (ca. 2.7 million years - 10,000); the development and expansion of mortuary practices (ca. 100,000 - present); and the emergence, development, and expansion of artistic expressions (ca. 40/35,000 - present). Every student will be expected to present at least two exposés from the reading list and write a 20 page research paper.
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