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World Prehistory Anthropology 202

Fall 2009

Terry L. Jones

Monday and Wednesday, Building 3 Room 213

Course Description and Learning Objectives

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Required Text

General Information

Performance Evaluation

Date	Topic	Reading (Fagan refers to the textbook World Prehistory by Brian Fagan and Parker and Angeloni” refers to the reader, Archaeology, edited by Mari Pritchard Parker and Elvio Angeloni.
23 September, Wednesday	Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory	Fagan 3-32 Sebastian pp. 3-4 in Parker and Angeloni Fact Sheet Week 1 POWER POINT
28 September Monday	Geologic Time and the Antiquity of the Earth	Thinking About Our Origins DeSalle and Tattersall pp. 11-47 Section I (pdf) Section 2 (pdf) Section 3 (pdf) Fact Sheet Week 2 POWER POINT
30 September, Wednesday	Beginnings: Africa	Fagan 35-50 http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/species.html#ramidus http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/species.html#afarensis http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/species.html#africanus http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/species.html#robustus POWERPOINT
5 October, Monday	The Genus Homo	Fagan 50-78 http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/species.html#erectus POWERPOINT
7 October, Wednesday	The emergence of modern humans (Homo sapiens )	Fagan 82-96 Klein pp 159-161 in Parker and Angeloni Hublin 156-158 in Parker and Angeloni http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/species.html#neandertals http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/species.html#moderns POWERPOINT Fact Sheet Week 3 Midterm Review
12 October, Monday	First Midterm Examination	Please an IBM Scantron Form 882-E, and a #2 lead pencil
14 October, Wednesday	The Upper Paleolithic and the spread of Homo sapiens sapiens	Fagan 99-115, Gibbons p 61, in Parker and Angeloni http://www-personal.une.edu.au/~pbrown3/KowS.html POWERPOINT Fact Sheet Week 4
19 October, Monday	Colonization of the New World	Fagan 116-123 Lemonick and Dorfman pp. 44-49 in Parker and Angeloni Schmid p. 50, in Parker and Angeloni Fact Sheet Week 5 POWERPOINT
21 October, Wednesday	Colonization of the Pacific	Fagan 174-180 The Polynesian Connection by Blake Edgar POWERPOINT
26 October, Monday	Furlough Day	No class
28 October, Wednesday	Early Holocene Adaptations: Complex Foragers in California	Fagan 131 POWERPOINT
2 November, Monday	Early Holocene Adaptations: Food Production and the European Neolithic	Fagan 125-156, 159-164,167-171 Fact Sheet Week 7 Midterm Review Midterm Review (continued) POWERPOINT
4 November, Wednesday	Second Midterm Examination	Please an IBM Scantron Form 882-E, and a #2 lead pencil
9 November, Monday	Early Farming societies in the New World : The American Southwest	Fagan 28, 180-187 Lecture by Dr. Michael Love Pavilon, Performing Arts Center 6:10-7:30 PM Fact Sheet Week 8 POWERPOINT Michael Love Power Point
11 November, Wednesday	HOLIDAY
16 November, Monday	TheAmerican Southwest (continued)	LeBlanc pp. 35-39 in Parker and Angeloni Gibbons pp. 51-54 in Parker and Angeloni Reinhard 55-60 in Parker and Angeloni Fact Sheet Week 9 POWERPOINT
18 November, Wednesday	Early Farming societies in the New World : TheAmerican Southeast	Fagan 187-196 POWERPOINT
23 November, Monday	Civilization I: Mesopotamia and Egypt	Fagan 199-230, 241-245 Preston pp. 9-20. in Parker and Angeloni Papers on Love lecture due Fact Sheet Week 10
25 November, Wednesday		Holiday!!!
30 November, Monday	Civilization I: Mesoamerica	Fagan 287-327 Diamond pp. 85-93 in Parker and Angeloni
2 December, Wednesday	Civilization III:Andean States and the End of Prehistory	Fagan 329-354
7 December, Monday	Final Examination 10:10 AM - 1:00 PM	Building 3 Room 213 Please bring an IBM Scantron Form 882-E, and a #2 lead pencil