Prof. Anthony P. Andrews
Office: College Hall 212
Office Hours: Wednesday, 1-3
andrews@ncf.edu
Fall 2005
Anthropology Lab
Tues & Fri: 12:30-1:50
http://faculty.ncf.edu/andrews
In this seminar we will survey the basic field and analytical methods of archaeology and examine the theoretical approaches to topics which are of major concern to the discipline. Special emphasis will be placed on the following subjects: structure and history of the discipline, development of a theoretical framework, approaches to temporal and behavioral reconstructions, and an examination of current issues of archaeological inquiry. The seminar will also focus on several case studies and specialized subjects, such as paleoecology, prehistoric trade, human osteology, and historical archaeology, conservation archaeology, professional ethics, and the destruction and preservation of the cultural heritage.
Evaluation of performance will be based on class participation, as well as three written assignments. Effective class participation will require a careful reading of all assignments. The five required texts contain most of the readings; additional materials will be placed on reserve. As this is an advanced seminar focusing on a large body of literature, the written assignments will focus on the readings and the class discussions of them, as follows: 1) a short essay discussing the history of archaeology -- 5 pages, due Sept. 23; 2) a short essay presenting a summary and critical assessment of two of the assigned readings on methodology BB 6 pages, due Oct. 21; 3) a term paper that evaluates the application of one of the theoretical approaches from the course in a specific archaeological case study -- 10 pages, due December 2. The papers should be printed double-spaced, approx. 250 words to a page.
1972 Contemporary Archaeology: A Guide to Theory and Contributions. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
1995 Toward a Social History of Archaeology in the United States. Harcourt Brace, Orlando.
1996 Contemporary Archaeology in Theory. A Reader. Blackwell Publishers, Oxford and Malden.
2004 Archaeology. Theories, Methods, and Practice. 4th edition. Thames & Hudson, New York.
1998 Reader in Archaeological Theory. Post-Processual and Cognitive Approaches. Routledge, London & New York.
The above texts and the volumes listed below have been placed on reserve at the Circulation Desk at the Library. Other assigned articles have been placed on electronic reserve, (ER) or are available online, as indicated. In most instances, we also have the journals in which assigned articles appear, so two copies of many assigned articles are available. If you read the articles in the journals, please return the issues to their proper place in the journal stacks.
1976 The Early Mesoamerican Village.
2003 Archaeology: Discovering our Past. 3rd Edition.
1993 A History of American Archaeology. 3rd edition.
2004 Marketing Heritage. Archaeology and the Consumption of the Past.
2003 Ethical Issues in Archaeology.
Renfrew & Bahn: Introduction and Chap. 13
Preucel & Hodder: Prologue
Renfrew & Bahn: Chap. 1.
Preucel & Hodder: Chaps. 20 (Gero and Root), 21 (Arnold), 23 (Trigger)
Patterson: Entire book.
1993 A History of American Archaeology (3rd edition).
Leone: Chaps. 8 (Klukhohn), 10 (Binford), 3 (Taylor), and 11 (Flannery) Read in that order.
Preucel & Hodder: Chap. 13, or Whitley: Chap 2 (Flannery & Marcus)
Whitley: Chaps. 3 (Leone), 4 (Shanks & Hodder).
The Craft of Archaeology. American Antiquity, 61(1): 75-88. [Available online]
Renfrew & Bahn: Chaps. 2 and 3.
The Early Mesoamerican Village. Read Chaps. 1-2; skim Chaps. 3-5. [On reserve at Circulation Desk]
2003 Peeling Off Layers. In Archaeology: The Comic: 43-69. (ER)
Renfrew & Bahn: Chap. 4.
Leone: Chap. 33 (Deetz & Dethlefsen).
1995/96 Radiocarbon Dating: The Continuing Revolution. Evolutionary Anthropology, 4 (5): 169-81. (ER)
2003 Archaeology: Discovering our Past. Read chapters 8 and 10.
Renfrew & Bahn: Chap. 5
Whitley: Chaps. 5 (Hosler)
1979 Inference and Imposition in Lithic Analysis. In Lithic Use-Wear Analysis (B. Hayden, ed.): 269-81. (ER)
Renfrew & Bahn: Chaps. 6 and 7.
Leone: Chap. 20 (Flannery)
Preucel & Hodder: Chaps. 2 (Hastorf & Johannessen), 3 (Mithen).
1994 The Role of Archaeology in Raising Environmental Consciousness: An Example from Southwest Florida. In Historical Ecology: Cultural Knowledge and Changing Landscapes (Carole L. Crumley, ed.): 203-21. (ER)
Renfrew & Bahn: Chap. 5
Leone: Chaps 28 (Hill)
Preucel & Hodder: Chaps. 10 (Clark & Blake), 12 (Yentsch), 17 (Hastorf), and 18 (Spector)
Whitley: Chap. 11 (Watson & Kennedy) and 12 (Knapp).
Renfrew & Bahn: Chap. 11.
Preucel & Hodder: Chaps. 15 (Barrett), 26 (Vizenor),
1993 Intensive Agriculture, Social Status, and Maya Diet at Pacbitún, Belize. Journal of Anthropological Research, 49 (4): 347-75 (Skim). (ER)
2003 Ethical Issues in Archaeology. Read chaps.10 (Watkins), 11 (Singleton & Orser), and 14(Smith & Burke). [On reserve at Circulation Desk; Singleton & Orser also on ER]
Renfrew & Bahn: Chap. 9.
Leone: Chap. 31 (Rathje).
Preucel & Hodder: Chaps. 4 (Renfrew), 5 (Kohl), and 6 (Earle)
1989 The Obsidian Trade at Isla Cerritos, Yucatán, Mexico. Journal of Field Archaeology, 16 (3): 355-63. http://www.jstor.org/view/00934690/ap020062/02a00110/0?frame=noframe&userID=83f79a17@usf.edu/01cc993341005019257a8&dpi=3&config=jstor (also on ER).
Preucel & Hodder: Chap. 7 (Orser), 22 (Leone & Potter)
1982 Avenues of Inquiry in Historical Archaeology. AAMT, 5: 151-77. (ER)
1995 The Archaeology of Slavery in North America. Annual Review of Anthropology, 24:119-40. (ER)
2001 Bioarchaeology of the African Diaspora in the Americas: Its Origins and Scope. Annual Review of Anthropology, 30:387-422. (ER)
Renfrew & Bahn: Chaps. 10 and 12
Whitley: Chaps 13 (Whitley) and 14 (McGuire and Saitta)
1982 The Golden Marshalltown: A Parable for the Archaeology of the 1980s. American Anthropologist, 84 (2): 265-78. http://www.jstor.org/view/00027294/ap020448/02a00010/0
Renfrew & Bahn: Chap. 14.
1997 Getting their Hands Dirty? Archaeologists and the Looting Trade. Lingua Franca, 8 (May/June): 28-36. (ER)
2003 Ethical Issues in Archaeology. Read chaps. 2 (Lynott), 3 (Brodie & Gill) and 4 (Hollowell-Zimmer). [On reserve at Circulation Desk]
2004 Marketing Heritage. Archaeology and the Consumption of the Past. Read Chaps. 1 (Baram & Yorke), 4 (Vinson), 7 (Ardren), and 8 (Stark & Griffin). [On reserve at Circulation Desk]