INTRODUCTION
TO ARCHAEOLOGY
Fall
2000
Syllabus
Red indicates changes
30-Oct-00 Search for the Earliest Americans
01-Nov-00 The Domestication of Nature: Cultural Landscapes of the Americas
06-Nov-00 Feasts, Beer, Temples, and Early Town Life in the Near East
08-Nov-00 Mesopotamia: The Earliest Cities
13-Nov-00 Egypt: Pharaohs and Pyramids
15-Nov-00 The Inka: A
Pre-Columbian Empire in the High Andes
20-Nov-00 Europe before the Romans
22-Nov-00 Towns, Roads, Rituals, and Violence in the Southwest
27-Nov-00 The Olmec and the Maya: Cities in the Jungle
29-Nov-00 African States: Great Zimbabwe and Jenne Jeno
04-Dec-00 The Future of Archaeology
06-Dec-00 Historical Archaeology: Emergence of the Modern World
11-Dec-00 Historical Archaeology: Silver Reef