Transfer Student Courses in Classical Archaeology (Division 342)

Fall Term, 1999 (September 8 - December 22, 1999)

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Section 001.

Instructor(s): Lauren Talalay (talalay@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).

Course Homepage: http://www.umich.edu/~classics/ca/221/

This course surveys the history, culture, and art of Crete and Greece as revealed by archaeology from the third millennium through the 4th century B.C. In the prehistoric period, particular attention is given to architectural and ceramic developments as well as to the crosscurrent of trade and economic contacts among Asia Minor, Crete, and mainland Greece. Emphasis is also given to the impact archaeology has had on views and theories of history: the destructions of the civilizations of Crete and Troy, the end of the Bronze Age, the volcanic eruption of Thera. In the historic period, major artistic developments in architecture, sculpture, and painting are considered and special attention is given to social interpretations: temples as banks and monasteries; sculpture as dedication, decoration, and commemorative propaganda; architectural sculpture as realized myth. Discussions in the sections will be interactive, concentrating on archaeological field techniques, analysis, and ancient society. The sections will meet in the Kelsey Museum where it will be possible to work with the actual ancient artifacts recovered in University of Michigan excavations. There are three one-hour examinations, as well as illustrated lectures and assigned readings.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Susan Alcock (salcock@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).

Course Homepage: http://www.umich.edu/~classics/ca/323/

Admit it – you wanted to be an archaeologist when you grew up, and you enjoy Indiana Jones movies. This course is designed to build on these enthusiasms while also expanding your notions about just what archaeology is and just what archaeologists do. If archaeologists, to put it most simply, ‘study the past’, what is left for them to study? Is digging the only way to find things? Who pays for archaeological work, and who owns the objects discovered? What can we learn about people in the past? What did they eat? What killed them off? Are only ‘real men’ capable of discovering the truth about all this? Who owns the right to talk about the past? To examine these and other questions, archaeological case studies will be drawn from all over the world, with an emphasis on the ancient Greek and Roman Mediterranean. The course is lecture-based, with sections designed to explore particular topics in detail; fieldtrips, for example to various university museums, are also planned. The text book is C. Renfrew and P. Bahn, Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice, together with a supplemental course pack. Requirements include a midterm, final, and one project, which offers the chance to experiment with some ‘real’ (and responsible) archaeology.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): John Pedley (jpedley@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: http://www.umich.edu/~hartspc/histart/fall99/435-001.html

The course will examine the art and archaeology of the Lydians, Greeks, and Romans (and, to some degree, that of their predecessors) in Asia Minor. Town planning, urbanization, architecture, sculpture, and vase painting will be followed, with attention to origin, distribution, and social and political use of types and styles. The process of Hellenization will be one focus of attention, and Romanization will be another. An hour exam at midterm, and a 10-20 page paper will be required.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Nassos Papalexandrou

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU).

Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term).

Course Homepage: http://www.umich.edu/~hartspc/histart/fall99/439-001.html

An introductory survey of the painted pottery produced on the Greek mainland from Mycenaean times through the early Hellenistic period. Pottery will be examined for art-historical, cultural, and archaeological information. The artist's progress in realistic representation of the human figure as revealed on Greek vases will be studied. Emphasis will be placed on the domination of the pottery market by different cities at different times. The use of pottery as an archaeological tool in dating and evaluating an excavation will be discussed. There are illustrated lectures and extensive reserve reading. A midterm, final, and a paper are expected.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Elaine Gazda (gazda@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Hist. of Art 101 or Class. Arch. 222. (3). (Excl).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: http://www.umich.edu/~hartspc/histart/fall99/536-001.html

See History of Art 536.001.