Anthropology 200Y 2013/2014 Prof. Michael ChazanIntroduction to Archaeology

Course Text: Michael Chazan. World Prehistory and Archaeology: Pathways Through Time. 2nd Canadian Edition. Toronto: Pearson Canada. Available at the University Bookstore.

Course Requirements: Two quizzes: 10% eachTwo Tests: 15% eachFour papers: 10% eachTutorial Participation: 10%

Tests and quizzes will be in class. Quizzes will be 40 minutes long and include only short answer questions, tests will be 90 minutes and include longer answers. Tests are cumulative for the material covered in the semester. For the Term 2 test only a small subset of the material from Term 1 will be included. You will be given a study guide in advance of each of the tests and quizzes. If you are going to be absent for a test please contact your TA as early as possible to make arrangements.

The requirements for the paper assignments vary and will be specified to you at the time each paper is assigned.

If you feel a grading error has been made on your test, quiz or paper please prepare a cover sheet (printed out, not hand written) and submit this to your TA along with the test, quiz or paper. The cover sheet must indicate precisely where you believe there is an error.

There is a 10% penalty per day for late assignments unless arrangements are made in advance with your TA or you have medical documentation.

Course Outline:

DATE TOPIC READINGASSIGNMENT/EVALUATION

TUTORIAL*

Sept. 9 Class Intro No TutorialSept. 16 Arch. Method Chpt. 1 Field Arch.

Sept. 23History of

ArchaeologyChpt. 2 Survey

Sept. 30

Contemporary Issues in

Archaeological Theory

Supplemental Reading TBA

Debating Theory

Oct. 7 Quiz 1/Human Evolution

Intro Part 2 Quiz 1 No Tutorial

Intro.Oct. 14

ThanksgivingNo class

Oct. 21 Early Homo Chpt. 3 Paper 1 Due Stone Tools

Oct. 28 Neanderthals Chpt. 4Religion and

Evolution

Nov. 4Modern Humans

Chpt. 5 Art

Nov. 11 No Class

Nov. 18 Out of Africa Chpt. 6 Paper 2 DraftPaper 2 Draft

Review

Nov. 25America and

OntarioPaper 2 Final

DueCarbon 14

Dec. 2 Test 1 Test 1 No TutorialWinter Holidays

Jan. 6Origins of

AgricultureIntro Part 3 Ceramics

Jan. 13 Near East Chpt. 7 Harris Matrix

Jan. 20 Americas Chpt. 8 Paper 3 DraftPaper 3 Draft

Review

Jan. 27 Diversity Chpt. 9Paper 3 Final

DuePolitics and Archaeology

Feb. 3Quiz 2/Intro Complexity

Intro Part 4 Quiz 2 No Tutorial

Feb. 10Complexity

without StateChpt. 10 TBA

Feb. 17Family Day

No class

Feb. 24 MesopotamiaChpt. 11

Supplemental Reading TBA

Paper 4 DraftPaper 4 Draft

Review

March 3 Egypt Chpt. 1Paper 4 Final

DueTBA

March 10Indus and

ChinaChpt. 12 No Tutorial

March 17 Mesoamerica Chpt. 13 TBAMarch 24 Andes Chpt. 14 No TutorialMarch 31 Test 2 Test 2

*Tutorial times and locations are available at http://www.anthropology.utoronto.ca/undergraduate/timetable-2013-14/timetable-2013-14 . Please attend the tutorial for which you are registered.