ANTH 430/530: Introduction to Archaeological Method & Theory Tuesdays, Thursdays, 3:30pm 4:45pm Room: TLC 145 University of Idaho, Moscow

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1 ANTH430/530:IntroductiontoArchaeologicalMethod& Theory Tuesdays,Thursdays,3:30pm 4:45pm Room:TLC145 UniversityofIdaho,Moscow Instructor:StaceyLynnCamp,AssistantProfessor Office:PhinneyHall,Room117 OfficeHours:T/Th2pm Phone:(208) pmORbyappointment Materialculturedoesnotjustexist.Itismadebysomeone.Itisproducedtodo something.thereforeitdoesnotpassivelyreflectsociety rather,itcreatessociety throughtheactionsofindividuals, IanHodder,ReadingthePast:Current ApproachestoInterpretationinArchaeology,(1987:6) excavationdoesnotinvolvethe thepast ;itdestroysit, MichaelShanksand ChristopherTilley,Re ConstructingArchaeology:TheoryandPractice,SecondEdition, (1987:23) COURSEDESCRIPTION Thiscourseexploresthemutuallyconstitutivenatureofarchaeological methodologiesandtheories:howourmethodsareinformedbyourtheories,and howourtheoriesareinformedbyourmethods.wewillbeginthecourseby exploringthehistoryofarchaeologyasadisciplinetounderstandhowourmethods andtheoreticalframeworkscameabout.wewillthenconsidermorerecent theoreticaldevelopmentsinarchaeology,includingbutnotlimitedtoprocessualism, post processualism,andfeministthought.someofthemajorquestionswewillbe examiningthissemester: o Howdoarchaeologistsmovebetweenmethod(i.e.fieldworkand labwork)andtheory(theideasweusetointerpretthedatawe recover)? o Whatrolesdoarchaeologistsplayinpresentingthepasttothepublic? Whatistheirresponsibilitytothe public (i.e.descendant communities,visitorstothesite,etc.)? REQUIREDTEXTBOOKS Trigger,BruceG.(1989)AHistoryofArchaeologicalThought.Cambridge:Cambridge UniversityPress.(AHATontheCourseSchedule)

2 Johnson,Matthew(1999)ArchaeologicalTheory:AnIntroduction.Oxford;Blackwell Press. Handler,RichardandEricGable(1997)TheNewHistoryinanOldMuseum:Creating thepastatcolonialwilliamsburg.durham:dukeuniversitypress.(nhomonthe CourseSchedule) (optional)praetzellis,adrian(2000)deathbytheory:ataleofmysteryand ArchaeologicalTheory.WalnutCreek:AltaMiraPress. Additionalreadingswillbeavailableonthecourse sblackboardwebsite.tologin toblackboard,followthislink: REQUIREDASSIGNMENTS Yourgradeinthiscourseiscomprisedof3components,totaling150points.These componentsinclude: Attendance(10points):Studentsareexpectedtoattendallscheduled classesunlessanemergencyarises.ifthisisthecase,pleasemeetwithmeto makeupyourabsenceandgooverthematerialyoumissed.ifyoumissmore than1classthissemester,yourparticipationgradewillbereducedby5 pointseachtimeyoumissclass.ifyoumiss3classes,yourattendancegrade willbereducedto0points. Participation(40points): OralPresentation(20points):Graduatestudentswillbeexpected toleaddiscussionsandpresenton2articles.undergraduatestudents willbeexpectedtopresenton1article.asign upsheetwillbe distributedinthefirstweekofclass.iamhappytomeetwithyou beforehandtodiscussmyexpectationsforthisportionofyourgrade. ReadingNotes(20points):Eachweek,Iwillbepassingout questionsrelatedtotheassignedreadings.graduatestudentswillbe expectedtowritea1 2pageresponse(double spaced,12 point TimesNewRomanfont)dueatthebeginningofeachclass. Undergraduatestudentswillbeexpectedtowritea½ 1pageresponse (double spaced,12 pointtimesnewromanfont)dueatthe beginningofeachclass.pleasebring3copiesofyourreadingnotesto classeverydayforcirculation. WasteNot,WantNot(WNWN)ResearchProject(100points):Pleasesee assignmenthand outformoreinformationonthewnwnproject. COURSEASSIGNMENTDEADLINES Tuesday,September30 th ~WNWN*Participantobservation/ethnoarchaeology

3 Thursday,October9 th ~WNWNMid quarterprojectupdate Thursday,December4 th ~WNWNPresentationoffindings Tuesday,December16 th ~WNWNFinalreport *WasteNot,WantNotResearchProject ACADEMICDISHONESTY Plagiarismofanyformwillnotbetolerated.Plagiarism,initssimplestform, involvescopyingsomeoneelse sworkandclaimingitasyourown.toavoid universitypenalties,alwaysmakesuretoproperlyciteyoursources,including books,websites,journalarticles,unpublishedmaterials,anddiscussionswithyour classmates.pleasereviewtheuniversity spolicyonacademicdishonestyand citationrulesbeforecompletingyourfirstwrittenassignmentinclass.these guidelinescanbefoundhere: STUDENTACCOMODATIONS Reasonableaccommodationsareavailableforstudentswhohavedocumented temporaryorpermanentdisabilities.allaccommodationsmustbeapproved throughdisabilitysupportserviceslocatedintheidahocommonsbuilding,room 306inordertonotifyProfessorCampassoonaspossibleregarding accommodation(s)neededforthiscourse.youcancontactdisabilitysupport Servicesat CLASSROOMCODEOFCONDUCT Thereareafew groundrules Iaskthatweallfollowinthisclassroom.Myintentin settingtheserulesofengagementandconductistohelpfosteranenvironment conducivetocritical,yetrespectfuldiscussion.inmyclassroom,everyone sviews andperspectivesdeservetobeheard.creatingthissortofclassroomrequires everyonefollowingtheserules: RULE1 Cellphones,laptops,andotherelectronicdevicesarenotpermitted inmyclassroom.theyareadistractionanddetractfromyourlearning experience. RULE2 Cometoclassprepared!Dothereadingoutofrespectforyour peers. RULE3 Everyonehasachancetospeak.Donotdominatethediscussion; donotspeakwhilesomeoneelseistalking. RULE4 Ifyouareconfused,lost,orhaveaquestion,ASKforhelporASK thequestioninclass!ifyouareconfused,you reprobablynottheonlyone.i amheretohelpyoulearn.don tbeafraidtocometomyofficehoursor meifyoupreferdiscussingyourquestionone on one.

4 COURSESCHEDULE MODULEI:TheDevelopmentofArchaeologyasaDiscipline(1800s 1950s) Week1:IntroductiontoCourseandArchaeology Tuesday,August26 th ~CourseOverview Thursday,August28 th ~TheFirstArchaeologists AHAT,Chapter2:ClassicalandOtherText basedarchaeology(pp.40 79). Week2:TheBirthofArchaeologyasaDiscipline Tuesday,September2 nd ~OrganizingKnowledge AHAT,Chapter5:EvolutionaryArchaeology(pp ). WNWNSurveyofCampus Wearcomfortableshoesandbe preparedtowalkaroundcampus! Thursday,September4 th ~TheCultural HistoricalApproach AHAT,Chapter6:Cultural HistoricalArchaeology(pp ). MODULEII:BeyondExcavation:TheDevelopmentof Theory inarchaeology (1960s 1990s) Week3:Archaeologyasa Science Tuesday,September9th:TheEmergenceofProcessualistThoughtandNew Archaeology ArchaeologicalTheory:AnIntroduction,Chapter2:TheNew Archaeology(pp.12 33) Binford,Lewis(1962) ArchaeologyasAnthropology, inamerican Antiquity28(2): Thursday,September11th:Middle RangeTheory&Ethnoarchaeology,PartI ArchaeologicalTheory:AnIntroduction,Chapter4:Testing,Middle RangeTheoryandEthnoarchaeology(pp.48 63)

5 Week4:ProcessualistThought(continued) Tuesday,September16th~Ethnoarchaeology Binford,LewisR.(July1978)"DimensionalAnalysisofBehaviorand SiteStructure:LearningfromanEskimoHuntingStand,"inAmerican Antiquity43(3): Thursday,September18 th ~SystemsTheory&EvolutionaryArchaeology ArchaeologicalTheory:AnIntroduction,Chapter5:Cultureasa System(pp.64 84)&Chapter9:ArchaeologyandEvolution(pp ) Week5:ProcessualistThought(continued) Tuesday,September23 rd ~BehaviouralArchaeology ArchaeologicalTheory:AnIntroduction, Chapter6:Lookingat Thoughts, (pp.85 97) Thursday,September25 th ~CognitiveArchaeology Renfrew,Colin(1998) MindandMatter:CognitiveArchaeologyand ExternalSymbolicStorage, (pp.1 6),andJulianThomas(1998) SomeProblemswiththeNotionofExternalSymbolicStorage,andthe CaseofNeolithicMaterialCultureinBritain, (pp )in CognitionandMaterialCulture:theArchaeologyofSymbolicStorage, ColinRenfrewandChrisScarre,eds.,Oxford:OxbowBooks. MODULEIII:NewTrendsinArchaeologicalThought:Post Processualism Week6:CritiquingScientificThought TheEmergenceofPost Processualism Tuesday,September30 th ~InterpretiveArchaeology ArchaeologicalTheory:AnIntroduction,Chapter7: PostprocessualismandInterpretativeArchaeologies(pp ) WNWNParticipantobservation/ethnoarchaeologydue! Thursday,October2 nd ~Post Processualism Hodder,Ian(1987) Chapter9:Post processualarchaeology& Chapter10:Conclusions:ArchaeologyasArchaeology, inreadingthe

6 Past:CurrentApproachestoInterpretationinArchaeology,Third Edition,(pp ).Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress. Week7:Post Processualism(cont.) Tuesday,October7 th ~ReflexiveArchaeology Hodder,Ian(1999) Chapter5:TowardsaReflexiveMethodology, in TheArchaeologicalProcess:AnIntroduction,(pp ).Oxford: BlackwellPublishers. Thursday,October9 th ~Post ProcessualismasScience? VanPool,ChristineS.andToddL.VanPool(January1999), The ScientificNatureofPostprocessualism, inamericanantiquity 64(1): Week8:Post Processalism(cont.) Tuesday,October14 th ~MarxismandPower Marx,Karl(1867) TheFetishismofCommoditiesandtheSecret Thereof, insymbolicanthropology:areader,davidschneider,ed., (pp ). Leone,MarkP.,ParkerB.Potter,Jr.,andPaulA.Shackel(June1987), TowardaCriticalArchaeology, incurrentanthropology28(3): WNWNMid quarterprojectupdatedue! Thursday,October16 th ~Phenomenology Hosler,Dorothy(1998) Sound,Color,andMeaningintheMetallurgy ofancientwestmexico, inreaderinarchaeologicaltheory:post ProcessualandCognitiveApproaches,DavidS.Whitley,ed.,pp London:Routledge. Week9:Post Processualism(cont.) Tuesday,October21 st ~SemioticsandStructuralism LanguageasArtifact Bourdieu,Pierre(2000) TheBerberHouseortheWorldReversed, ininterpretivearchaeology:areader,julianthomas,ed.,(pp ).London:LeicesterUniversityPress.

7 Tuesday,October23 rd ~PracticeTheory&Agency Johnson,Matthew(1989) ConceptionsofAgencyinArchaeological Interpretation, JournalofAnthropologicalArchaeology. Week10:Post Processualism(cont.) Tuesday,October28 th ~PracticeTheory&Agency(cont.) Silliman,Stephen(2001) Agency,PracticalPoliticsandthe ArchaeologyofCultureContact, injournalofsocialarchaeology 1(2): Thursday,October30 th ~FeministArchaeology Gero,JoanM.(1991) Genderlithics:Women srolesinstonetool Production, inengenderingarchaeology:womenandprehistory,joan M.GeroandMargaretW.Conkey,eds.,(pp ).Oxford:Blackwell Publishing. Week11:Post Processualism(cont.) Tuesday,November4 th ~Sexuality Joyce,RosemaryA.(2000) APrecolumbianGaze:MaleSexuality amongtheancientmaya, inarchaeologiesofsexuality,roberta. SchmidtandBarbaraL.Voss,eds.,(pp ).LondonandNew York:Routledge. MODULEIV:ThePoliticsofthePresentandthePast Thursday,November6 th ~ArchaeologyoftheContemporaryWorld Zimmerman,LarryJ.andJessicaWelch(inpress) Displacedand Invisible:ArchaeologyandtheMaterialCultureofHomelessness. Week12:ContemporaryArchaeology(cont.)andthePresentPast Tuesday,November11 th ~ArchaeologyoftheContemporaryWorld(cont.) Shanks,MichaelShanksandChristopherTilley(1987) SocialValues, SocialConstraints,andMaterialCulture:TheDesignofContemporary BeerCans, inreconstructingarchaeology:theoryandpractice, SecondEdition(pp ).LondonandNewYork:Routledge. Thursday,November13 th ~PoliticalPasts

8 Arnold,Bettina(1996) ThePastasPropaganda:Totalitarian ArchaeologyinNaziGermany, incontemporaryarchaeologyin Theory:AReader,RobertW.PreucelandIanHodder,eds.,(pp ).Oxford:BlackwellPublishing. Week13:ThePresentPast(cont.) Tuesday,November18 th ~IndigenousArchaeologies Scheper Hughes,Nancy(February2001) Ishi sbrain,ishi sashes: AnthropologyandGenocide, inanthropologytoday17(1): Thursday,November20 th ~RepresentingthePasttothePublic NHOM, Chapter1:TheNewHistoryinanOldMuseum, Chapter2: Imag(in)ingColonialWilliamsburg, (pp.1 49). Week14:THANKSGIVINGBREAK!NOCLASS Week15:ThePresentPast(cont.) Tuesday,December2 nd ~RepresentingthePasttothePublic(cont.) NHOM, Chapter3:WhyHistoryChanges,or,TwoTheoriesofHistory Making, Chapter4:JusttheFacts, (pp ). Thursday,December4th:RepresentingthePasttothePublic(cont.) NHOM, Chapter5:SocialHistoryontheGround, (pp ). WNWNClassPresentations! Week16:ThePresentPast(cont.) Tuesday,December9 th ~RepresentingthePasttothePublic(cont.) NHOM, Chapter7:TheFrontLine:SmileFreeorDie, Chapter8: PicketLines, Chapter9:TheBottomLine, (pp ). Thursday,December11 th ~CourseWrap up Tuesday,December16 th WNWNProjectdue!!

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