World Prehistory Anthropology 202
Fall 2011
Monday and Wednesday, Building 3 Room 213
| Office Hours | Required Text | General Information | Performance Evaluation |
| Date | Topic | Reading Note: 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. | |
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19 September, Monday |
Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory | Fagan pp. 3-29, 30-34
Sebastian pp. 3-4 in Parker and Angeloni |
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21 September, Wednesday |
Geologic Time and the Antiquity of the Earth | Thinking About Our Origins
DeSalle and Tattersall pp. 11-47 (available only on course website) |
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26 September,
Monday |
Beginnings: Africa |
Fagan pp. 35-52 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 |
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28 September,
Wednesday |
The Genus Homo |
Fagan pp. 52-85 |
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3 October, Monday | The Emergence of Modern Humans (Homo sapiens ) |
Fagan pp. 85-99 Klein pp. 159-161 in Parker and Angeloni Hublin pp. 156-158 in Parker and Angeloni http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/species.html#neandertals |
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5 October, Wednesday | The Upper Paleolithic and the spread of Homo sapiens sapiens |
Fagan pp. 103-121, Gibbons pp. 61, in Parker and Angeloni Pringle pp. 62-67, in Parker and Angeloni |
| 10 October,
Monday |
First Midterm Examination |
Please bring an IBM Scantron Form 882-E, and a #2 lead pencil |
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12 October, Wednesday |
Colonization of the New World |
Fagan pp. 122-127 |
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17 October, Monday |
Colonization of the New World (continued) |
Lemonick and Dorfman pp. 44-49 in Parker and Angeloni Schmid pp. 50 in Parker and Angeloni |
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19 October, Wednesday |
Colonization of the Pacific |
Fagan pp. 192-187 |
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24 October, Monday |
Early Holocene Adaptations: Foragers, Simple and Complex |
Fagan pp. 129-136 Yellen pp. 79-84 in Parker and Angeloni |
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26 October, Wednesday | Early Holocene Adaptations: Origins of Food Production |
Fagan pp. 136-162, pp. 171-177 |
| 31 October, Monday | Early Farming Societies in the Old World: The European Neolithic |
Fagan pp. 163-166 |
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| 2 November, Wednesday | SECOND MIDTERM EXAMINATION |
Please bring an IBM Scantron Form 882-E, and a #2 lead pencil |
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7 November, Monday |
Early Farming Societies in the New World : The American Southwest |
Fagan p. 29, pp. 187-194 |
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9 November, Wednesday |
Early Farming Societies in the New World: The American Southwest (continued) |
LeBlanc pp. 35-39 in Parker and Angeloni Gibbons pp. 51-54 in Parker and Angeloni |
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14 November, Monday | Early Farming Societies in the New World : The American Southeast |
Fagan 194-203 |
| 15 November, Tuesday |
Guest Lecture on Modern Human Origins by Dr. Klein from Stanford University 6:30-8:00 PM in Spanos Theatre |
http://theforumatpoly.com/ | |
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16 November, Wednesday |
Civilization I: Mesopotamia and Egypt |
Fagan pp. 207-239, pp. 251-267 Preston pp. 9-20. in Parker and Angeloni |
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21 November, Monday |
Civilization II: Mesoamerica |
Fagan pp. 301-345 Diamond pp. 85-93 in Parker and Angeloni Papers on Klein Lecture Due in Class |
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23 November, Wednesday | HOLIDAY!! |
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| 28 November, Monday | Civilization III:Andean States |
Fagan pp. 347-369 |
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30 November, Wednesday | The End of Prehistory: Conquest of the Inca and the Legacy of Civilization |
Fagan pp. 369-373 |
| 5 December, Monday | FINAL EXAM |
10:10 - 1:00 PM, Building 3 Room 213 |
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