Anthropology 364/564 European Prehistory Course Syllabus—Spring Semester 2017 Instructor
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- ANTHROPOLOGY 364/564 European Prehistory Lecture and Reading Schedule—Spring Semester 2017* Course Introduction Week 1
- Stone Age Europe Week 2
- Friday, Feb 10, WEEK 5: TERM PAPER PROPOSAL DUE Week 6
- Week 7 Monday, Feb 20: MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS DISTRIBUTED
- Friday, March 3: MIDTERM DUE IN CLASS Week 9: Spring Break Week 10: Bronze Age Origins
- Week 11: Atlantic Bronze Age Harding Chapter 9:304-318 (OIHPE) Video: After Stonehenge Week 12: Nordic Bronze Age
- Week 16 17
- OUT OF PRINT/EXPENSIVE—USE BRACKEN COPY
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ANTHROPOLOGY 364/564 European PrehistoryCourse Syllabus—Spring Semester 2017 Instructor: Dr. Mark D. Groover, Professor Office Location: Burkhardt Building (BB) Room 314G, Applied Archaeology Laboratory (AAL) Department of Anthropology (third floor) Class Room Location: Burkhardt Building Room 309, 2-2:50 MWF Phone: 765-285-3567 Email: mdgroover@bsu.edu Office hours: Tues-Thur 11-12:30 and by appointment Web page for course: http://mdgroover.wordpress.com Textbooks: Anth 364/564 Textbooks, order used from Amazon.com Cunliffe and Jones on reserve in Bracken Library, reserves desk for 4-hour loan period. Cunliffe, Barry (editor) 2001 The Oxford Illustrated History of Prehistoric Europe. Oxford University Press, New York, New York. Jones, Andrew (editor) OUT OF PRINT/EXPENSIVE—USE BRACKEN COPY 2008 Prehistoric Europe: Theory and Practice. Wiley-Blackwell, West Sussex, United Kingdom. McIntosh, Jane 2006 Handbook to Life in Prehistoric Europe. Oxford University Press, New York, New York. Course Description: ANTH 364 European PrehistoryThis course presents a survey of the prehistory of Europe from the Paleolithic through the Iron Age with an emphasis on the regions north and west of the Classical Mediterranean region. Grading: Your course grade is based upon two take home essay exams and a term paper. The two exams are a midterm and a final. The term paper is a written essay about a topic that you select related to European prehistory. The two exams and term paper each count 30 percent of the course grade for a total of 90 percent. Class participation and attendance comprise 10 percent of the course grade. Grading Scale: A: 100-90, B: 89-80; C: 79-70; D: 69-60; F: 59 and below. Attendance Policy: It is expected that students will attend all classes unless they are ill or have a personal emergency. Class attendance is taken each class period. Student Disability Policy: If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, if you have emergency medical information to share with the instructor, or if you need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please make an appointment with the instructor as soon as possible. My office hours are listed at the top of the course schedule. ANTHROPOLOGY 364/564 European Prehistory Lecture and Reading Schedule—Spring Semester 2017* Course Introduction Week 1 Course Introduction Prehistoric Europe: Geography, environment, watersheds McIntosh (LIPE), Chapter 1 Overview of European Prehistory McIntosh (LIPE), Chapter 2, skim Friday: Begin L. Paleo Lecture Stone Age Europe Week 2 Lower-Middle Paleolithic Overview: Gamble, Chapter 1 (OIHPE) Lower Paleolithic 1.8 mya to 300 KYA Dmanisi, Georgia, 1.8 mya, H. habilis to erectus transition Atapuerca, Spain 1.2 mya Iberia—Acheulean, 900 KYA Middle Paleolithic (300 to 50 KYA) Neanderthals Weeks 3 & 4 Upper Paleolithic 50-10 KYA Period Overview: Mellars, Chapter 2: 42-53 (OIHPE) Lower UP: Aurignacian (Hungary earliest) Mellars, Chapter 2: 54-67 (OIHPE) Video: Walking with Cavemen Week 4 Mellars, Chapter 2:68-78 (OIHPE) Middle UP: Gravettian, (Crimea earliest) Dolni Vestonice, 27-20,000 BC Shaman burial, group burial Solutrean Late UP: Magdalenean, Great Leap Forward Epipaleolithic: Pale-Meso transition, ca. 10,500 ya Weeks 5 & 6 Mesolithic Period: Post-Holocene Adaptation, Post 10,000 ya Period Overview: Mithen, Chapter 3:79-135 (OIHPE) Ahrensberg Culture; Saami: a living Mesolithic people? Maglemosian Friday, Feb 10, WEEK 5: TERM PAPER PROPOSAL DUE Week 6 Conclude Mesolithic: Motala Site Begin Neolithic Overview Whittle, Chapter 4:136-166 (OIHPE) Neolithic Migrations Hunter-Gatherers, Farmers, Steppe pastoralists: Genetic trends in European prehistory Haak et al. 2015 Week 7 Monday, Feb 20: MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS DISTRIBUTED Neolithic, continued LBK, LBK conflict Funnelbeaker Pitted Ware Early Megaliths Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age Europe Week 8: Early Metal Period: Copper Cultures Chalcolithic Period Overivew:Sherratt, Chapter 5:167-201 (OIHPE) Copper, Megaliths & Passage Graves, Kurgans, and Indo-Europeans (3,500-1,700 BC) Significance of the Period Yamnaya, Sredny Stog, Otzi, Varna Culture/Necropolis/Varna King Friday, March 3: MIDTERM DUE IN CLASS Week 9: Spring Break Week 10: Bronze Age Origins Sherratt, Chapter 7:244-276 (OIHPE) Aegean origins of Bronze metallurgy, Caucasus, Yamna Unetice (CS) Megalith (Wikipedia) Central & Western Europe: Corded Ware & Bell Beaker Urnfield, Proto-Celtic; Lake Cultures, Germany, Switzerland Week 11: Atlantic Bronze Age Harding Chapter 9:304-318 (OIHPE) Video: After Stonehenge Week 12: Nordic Bronze Age Harding Chapter 9:318-335 (OIHPE) Tollense River Battle; Query: Science, Slaughter at the Bridge Iron Age Europe (1200 BC to AD 800) Week 13: Mediterranean Influence Pontic-Caspian Iron Age Cultures, 800 BC Taylor, Chapter 11:373-410 (OIHPE) Week 14: 1) Pre-Roman Iron Age Celtic Hallstatt and La Tene Culture (800-450 BC) Cunliffe, Chapter 10:346-355; 358-372 (OIHPE) 2) Europe and Iron Age Romans (450-200 BC) Cunliffe, Chapter 12:412-446 (OIHPE) Battle of Teutoburg Forest Week 15 1) Migrations to Early Medieval Period Migrations Period (AD 300 to 700) Todd, Chapter 13:447-482 (OIHPE) Germanic Tribes 2) Vikings: a living bronze/iron age people? Week 16 & 17: Term Paper Presentations Monday, May 1: Last Day of Regular Classes TERM PAPER DUE IN CLASS May 1: FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS DISTRIBUTED IN CLASS Finals Week Thursday, May 4, 2:15: FINAL EXAM DUE IN CLASS Finish Term Paper Presentations as Needed Anth 364/564 Textbooks, order used from Amazon.com Cunliffe and Jones on reserve in Bracken Library, reserves desk, 4-hour loan period. Cunliffe, Barry (editor) 2001 The Oxford Illustrated History of Prehistoric Europe. Oxford University Press, New York, New York. Jones, Andrew (editor) OUT OF PRINT/EXPENSIVE—USE BRACKEN COPY 2008 Prehistoric Europe: Theory and Practice. Wiley-Blackwell, West Sussex, United Kingdom. McIntosh, Jane 2006 Handbook to Life in Prehistoric Europe. Oxford University Press, New York, New York. Instructions for Term Paper Proposal and Term Paper Proposal Due: Friday, Feb 10, in class, Week 5 For the term paper proposal, students in the class are expected to write a one-page proposal/summary of the topic they will research for their term paper in the course. Format for all Writing Assignments: typed, stapled, double-spaced, 1-inch margins with name block in upper right corner; run spell/grammar check before turning paper in to me. PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL ME WRITING ASSIGNMENTS. Use the Society for Historical Archaeology style guide: http://sha.org Paper Topic Suggestions The term paper can be about any archaeology topic of interest to you. Possible sources are class lectures, the textbook, or topics/sources not discussed in class. The term paper will be 5-6 pages of text (8-10 pages for graduate students) and a references cited section.
The term paper can explore an archaeological site, culture, analysis method, or issues related to archaeology. The purpose of the term paper is to explore a topic of interest to you and learn about the topic. Graduate students in archaeology are encouraged to write about thesis-related topics for their term papers.
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