Prof. Anthony P. Andrews
Office: College Hall 212
Office Hours: Wednesday, 1-3
andrews@ncf.edu
Fall 2006
Anthropology Lab
Tues & Fri: 12:30-1:50
http://faculty.ncf.edu/andrews
This course offers an intensive survey of Old World Prehistory, from the earliest hominids of the Mio-Pleistocene up to the emergence of civilization. We will focus on several topics, though specifically on the processes that led to 1) early hominid evolution and diaspora, 2) the emergence of modern humans, 3) the origins of food production, and 4) the development of regional cultures. Special emphasis will be placed on the past and present theoretical interpretations of the significance, causes, and effects of these processes.
The course will follow a seminar format, with an emphasis on class discussions of the readings; thus, it is essential that class participants stay abreast of the reading assignments. In addition to the readings from the texts, a large number of required readings, available in the library, online, or on electronic reserves, will also be assigned. Evaluation of student performance will be based on class participation and a major research paper due Friday, December 8.
The paper may focus on any topic of the student's choice, as long as it is pertinent to the subject matter of the course. Possible subjects may include: in depth surveys of particular regions or periods, specific problems (as long as there are available research materials), comparative studies, analyses of the history of archaeology in specific regions, etc. The topic should be cleared with the instructor; a one-page outline and preliminary list of references should be submitted before Spring Break. The paper should be carefully researched and well-written; length may vary from 20 to 25 pages, typed double-spaced, including list of references.
2005 First Farmers. The Origins of Agricultural Societies. Blackwell Publishers, Malden, MA.
2006 The First Humans. The Race to Discover our Earliest Ancestors. Doubleday, NY.
2002 On the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands Before European Contact. University of California Press, Berkeley.
2002 The Dawn of Human Culture. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken.
Includes the above texts and all additional assigned readings. Articles in Scientific American, National Geographic, Natural History, Smithsonian, and Archaeology articles, with color graphics, are available in the journal section of the the library. Nature and Science articles are available online through the library system. Several of the Scientific American readings are available in the Lamberg-Karlovsky reader, and several other articles are reprinted in the Ciochon & Fleagle reader; these and other major reserve sources are listed below. Most other articles are available on electronic reserve.
1993 The Human Evolution Source Book.
1979 Hunters, Farmers and Civilization.
2002 European Prehistory: A Survey.
1995 Last Hunters-First Farmers: New Perspectives on the Prehistoric Transition to Agriculture. School of American Research, Santa Fe.
1959 The Idea of Man's Antiquity. Scientific American, 201 (5; Nov.): 167-76. Also in Lamberg-Karlovsky: Chap. 1.
Klein & Edgar: Chap. 2
Gibbons: Introduction and Chapters 1-15.
2006 Asa Issie, Aramis, and the Origin of Australopithecus. Nature, 440 (7086; April 13 ): 883-89.
2006 Feel it in your bones. Nature, 440 (7088; April 27 ) : 1101-01.
2001 New hominin genus from eastern Africa shows diverse middle Pliocene lineages. Nature, 410 (6827; March 22): 433-40.
2001 Late Miocene hominids from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. Nature, 412 (6843; July 12): 178-81.
2001 Another Emmissary from the Dawn of Humanity. Science, 293 (5528; July 13): 187-88.
2002 A new hominid from the Upper Miocene of Chad, Central Africa. Nature, 418 (6894; July 11): 145-151.
2002 Hominid Revelations from Chad. Nature, 418 (6894; July 11): 133-35.
2002 Sahelanthropus or Sahelpithecus? Nature, 419 (6907; October 10): 581-82.
Klein & Edgar: Chap. 3
Gibbons: Chaps 16-17
1981 The Origin of Man. Science 211 (4480; Jan. 23): 341-50. Also in Ciochon & Fleagle: 230-43.
1982 Models of Human Evolution. Science 217 (4557;July 23): 295-306.
1982 Demography and Human Origins. American Anthropologist 84 (4): 888-96.
1978 Gathering and the Hominid Adaptation. In Female Hierarchies (L. Tiger and H. Fowler, eds.): 163-94. Also in Ciochon & Fleagle: 220-29.
1986 The Changing Role of Women in Models of Human Evolution. Annual Review of Anthropology 15: 25-66. Also in Ciochon & Fleagle: 243-62.
1983 Early Hominid Lifestyle: Hunting and Gathering, or Foraging and Scavenging? In Animals and Archaeology (J. Clutton-Brock and C. Grigson, eds.), Vol. 1: 31-49. Also in Ciochon & Fleagle: 279-87.
2005 The delta hypothesis: hominoid ecology and hominin origins. In Interpreting the Past: Essays on Human, Primate and Mammal Evolution in Honor of David Pilbeam. (D.E. Lieberman, R.J. Smith, R. J. & J. Kelley, eds..): 231-42. Brill Academic Publishers, Inc., Boston.
2003 Cooking as a Biological Trait. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 136: 35B46
Klein & Edgar: Chapters 1, 7 and 8
2002 Out of Africa again and again. Nature, 416 (6786; March 7): 45-51.
2006 The Greatest Journey. National Geographic, 209 (3; March.): 60-73.
2006 A new radiocarbon revolution and the dispersal of modern humans into Eurasia. Nature, 439 (7079; February 23) : 931-35.
1998 Late Pleistocene human population bottlenecks, volcanic winter, and differentiation of modern humans. Journal of Human Evolution, 34 (6; June) 623-51.
2002 Emergence of Modern Human Behavior: Middle Stone Age Engravings from South Africa. Science, 295 (5558; Feb. 15): 1278-79.
Klein & Edgar: Chaps. 4 through 6.
2000 Brothers or Cousins? Archaeology, 53 (5; Sept-Oct.): 49-54.
2000 Who were the Neandertals? Scientific American, 282 (4; April): 98-107.
2000 Fate of the Neandertals. Archaeology, 53 (4; July-Aug.): 24-31.
2005 The People Time Forgot. National Geographic, 207 (4; April.): 2-15.
2005 Further evidence for small-bodied hominins from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia. Nature, 437 (7061; October 13): 1012-27.
2005 Looking for the Ancestors. Nature, 434 (7032; March 24 ) : 1012-27.
2002 The Upper Paleolithic. Chapter 4 in European Prehistory: A Survey (S. Milisauskas, ed.): 55-113. SKIM
1997 Dawn of Humans. Tracking the First of Our Kind. National Geographic, 192 (3; Sept.): 92-99.
2000 Dawn of Humans. People Like Us. National Geographic, 198 (1; July): 91-117.
2001 Chauvet Cave. France=s Magical Ice Age Art. National Geographic, 200 (2; Aug.): 104-21.
1993 The Dawn of Adornment. Natural History, 102 (5; May): 60-67.
Bellwood: Chap. 3
1970 An Early Farming Village in Turkey. Scientific American, 222 (3; March): 51-56. Also in Lamberg-Karlovsky: Chap. 15.
1979 A Pre-Neolithic Farmer's Village on the Euphrates. Scientific American, 241 (2; Aug.): 62-70.
1985 The Development of Neolithic Societies in the Near East. Advances in World Archaeology, 4: 1-69. SKIM
1988 'Ain Ghazal: A Major Neolithic Settlement in Central Jordan. Science, 240 (4848;April 1): 35-39.
1991 The Ecology of Seasonal Stress and the Origins of Agriculture in the Near East. American Anthropologist, 93 (1): 46-69.
1993 Early Animal Domestication in the Middle East and Europe. Archaeological Method and Theory, 5: 201-45. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
1995 The Origins of Agriculture in the Near East. In Last Hunters-First Farmers: New Perspectives on the Prehistoric Transition to Agriculture (Douglas T. Price and Anne Birgitte Gebauer, eds.): 39-94.
1964 A Neolithic City in Turkey. Scientific American, 210 (4; April): 94-104. Also in Lamberg-Karlovsky: Chap. 13.
1995-06 Çatalhöyük. Excavations of a Neolithic Anatolian Hoyuk. http://www.catalhoyuk.com/ Read section on the History of the Çatalhöyük Excavations and SKIM website -- the Newsletters are particularly informative. Then, read Ian Hodder's paper Glocalising Catal: towards postprocessual methodology.
Bellwood: Chaps. 1,2 and 12.
1995 Explaining the Transition to Agriculture. In Last Hunters-First Farmers: New Perspectives on the Prehistoric Transition to Agriculture (Douglas T. Price and Anne Birgitte Gebauer, eds.): 21-37.
1995 A New Overview of Domestication. In Last Hunters-First Farmers: New Perspectives on the Prehistoric Transition to Agriculture (Douglas T. Price and Anne Birgitte Gebauer, eds.): 273-99.
2002 Evolution, consequences and future of plant and animal domestication. Nature, 418 (6898; August 8): 700-07.
1998 Why Settle Down? The Mystery of Communities. Science , 282 (5393; Nov 20): 1442-44.
2002 The Origins of the Village Revisited. American Antiquity, 67 (3): 417-33.
Bellwood: Chap. 4
2002 European Prehistory: A Survey. Skim chaps. 6 (Milisauskas), 7 and 8 (Milisauskas & Kruk).
1976 l7,000 Years of Greek Prehistory. Scientific American, 234 (6; June): 76-87. Also in Lamberg-Karlovsky: Chap. 14.
1961 Prehistoric Swiss Lake Dwellers. Scientific American, 205 (6; Dec.): 138-47. Also in Lamberg-Karlovsky: Chap. 25.
1993 The Iceman. Lone Voyager from the Copper Age. National Geographic, 183 (6; June): 26-67.
1996 Malta's Rock of Ages. Smithsonian, 27 (6; Sept.): 62-68.
1993 The Death Cults of Prehistoric Malta. Scientific American, 269 (6; Dec.): 110-17.
1997 Celebrating an Island Heritage. Archaeology, 50 (4;July/Aug): 40-49.
1983 The Social Archaeology of Megalithic Britain. Scientific American, 249 (5; Nov.): 152-63.
Bellwood: Chap. 5
1993 China Korea and Japan. The Rise of Civilization in East Asia. Read Chaps. 4 to 6.
Bellwood: Chap. 6
1993 China Korea and Japan. The Rise of Civilization in East Asia. Read Chap. 7
2002 On the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands Before European Contact. University of California Press, Berkeley. Read Chaps. 1-6.
Bellwood: Chap. 7
Kirch: Read Chaps. 7 through 9
1995 Easter's End. Discover, 16 (8; August): 63-69.