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What's here on "Internet Reserve"?
First, there is the News Section, where you will find reading and web assignments, due dates, changes to the course schedule, test information, and other nitty-gritty stuff that you will need.
The same class notes that you can borrow from the library reserve desk are available electronically from the Class Notes List below. These are the raw, personal notes that I use for each class. They may not be complete or intelligible on their own, but some people find them useful as study aids.
Any papers that I hand out in class, such as the syllabus, study guides, and details about the assignments, are also available here from the Handouts List below.
Finally, there are links to other web pages about archaeological regions, sites, periods, and problems relevent to to course. Some of these will also appear in the News section as required reading (and viewing), while others are completely optional. Some are collections of archaeological links that may be useful for your class presentations and research paper. All are highly recommended, and many are fun.
The easy way to view and print lecture notes
Go to the Lecture Notes List below. Click on the "View on screen" option for the lecture notes you want. You will see the notes on screen and can print them in a slightly clunky format.
The better but harder way to view and print lecture notes
Go to the Lecture Notes List below. Click on the "Word 6.0" option to download the lecture notes you want as a Microsoft Word 6.0 file. This method allows you to print the notes in a more compact format, and to take advantage of the outlining features of Microsoft Word. However, it requires more steps and more computer knowledge on your part.
Unless you have a recent browser that can display Word 6.0 files directly on the screen, you will probably get a message giving you two choices: get additional "plug-in" software to handle the unknown format, or save the file on disk without viewing it. Click on the option to save the file. Note the full directory path and filename, so you can find the file later. After the file is downloaded to your computer, start Microsoft Word or any other current word processor, and use that to open, view, and print the downloaded file. Some word processors, like WordPerfect, may add numbered headings or blank lines; you may want to adjust the format before printing.
The Word 6.0 versions of the lecture notes are outlines. You may want to put Word in "outline" view and "collapse" the levels of the outlines to help you see the overall organization of the material. Then "expand" the levels step by step to see the details under each heading. To print the outlines correctly, switch to "Normal" or "Page Layout" view before printing.
No macro viruses
Everything on this site has been scanned for macro viruses and is clean to the best of my knowledge.
So why come to lectures?
First, the lectures are illustrated with many images of sites and artifacts; pictures make things seem more real. Second, hearing me explain things might be easier than reading them, especially in the telegraphic format of the lecture notes. Third, numerous studies show that you remember things better if you get the information in various different ways, like reading, hearing, and seeing. Fourth, you can ask questions, and listen as others ask questions that you might not have thought of. Finally, I fill in details, explain arguments, and highlight the important points, which should make it easier to see the big picture rather than getting lost in the details.
News
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Lecture Notes List
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Lecture 1: Introduction, class mechanics, and the timescale of prehistory {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
Lecture 2: Goals and methods of archaeology {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
Lecture 3: The emergence of walking, hunting, scavenging, toolmaking, and living in groups {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
Thursday, February 10: No notes - Introduction to library research, in the room behind the library reference desk
Lecture 4: Homo erectus and the human radiation out of Africa {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
Lecture 5: Origin, culture, and fate of the Neanderthals {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
Lecture 6: Early Homo sapiens and Upper Paleolithic technology, culture, and art {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
Lecture 7: The peopling of Australia and the New World {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
Lecture 8: The first farmers: Theories and Old World evidence {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
Lecture 9: Jericho and Çatal Hüyük {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
Lecture 10: The European neolithic and bronze ages: Stonehenge, the Iceman, and more {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
Lecture 11: The Emergence of civilization in Mesopotamia {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
Lecture 12: The Emergence of civilization in Egypt {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
We won't cover the Indus or China in class, although you are still responsible for the reading. By popular demand, here are notes about those areas from another class. They are optional and more detailed than the presentation would have been for this course. Also see this outstanding web site on Indus prehistory.
The Indus valley: Early Indus period {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
The Indus valley: Mature Harappan period {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
China: Neolithic period {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
China: Lungshan Horizon to Shang Dynasty {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
Lecture 13: Mycenae and Minoan Crete {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
Lecture 14: Great Zimbabwe {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
Lecture 15: The Southwest: Hohokam, Mogollon, and Anasazi {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
Supplement to Lecture 15: Notes on a regional view of the Southwest {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
Lecture 16: Eastern Chiefdoms: Poverty Point, Hopewell, Mississippian {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
Lecture 17: Mesoamerica: Olmecs and Teotihuacan {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
Lecture 18: Mesoamerica: Maya {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
Lecture 19: Andes: Late Perceramic through Early Horizon {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
Lecture 20: Andes: Moche {View on screen} {Word 6.0}
Handout List
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Archaeology Web Sites
Interesting, often illustrated, from easy to challenging... check these out. The required sites are marked; the rest are optional, but recommended. If you have been here before, press your browser's "reload" button to see the latest additions.
Beautiful virtual visit to the Paleolithic cave paintings of Lascaux, excellent design and effects. Opening page is in French; pick English from the list on the lower right.
Çatal Hüyük: Computer-generated videos and stills of interiors of shrines
Çatal Hüyük Newsletter: Details of current research at the coolest town of the Neolithic world
The Royal Tombs at Ur: Incredible artifacts buried with a Sumerian queen
Old Kingdom Egypt: A visual tour of the step pyramid of Djoser
The Indus region: Photos, 3D views, reconstructions, concise essays; excellent presentation
Shang bronzes: Images and explanations of the most famous feature of Shang society
* no longer required * Chavín de Huántar: Explore the site, including the internal galleries, in photographic virtual reality -- this is really fun
First, to download the required viewer, click here to get to the viewer download page. It gives you two choices. If you have a PC, click on "MGIViewerPlugin.exe". If you have a Mac, click on "lpviewer32.sea.hqx". A form will rudely demand some personal data. Leave it all blank and click on "submit". A page will appear with the name of the viewer you picked. Click on it again. Your browser may ask if you want to run the program or save it to your disk. Either way, downloading will take a while. If you chose to run it, the installation program will start automatically. If you chose to save it, find the file on your hard disk and click on it to start the installer. The installer will ask you to accept some default values, and will then install the viewer. At last, you can go to the Chavín web page and explore the site.
Once there, be patient; each view takes a little while to download, but then works smoothly. Hold the left button down and move the mouse to look side to side and up and down. Press the spacebar to make "hot" points appear. Click on a hot point to move to that point or see the object there. Zoom in and out with "Ctrl" and "Shift". Check it out!
Teotihuacan: Pictures, map, description, chronology, hot news of recent discoveries
Mesoamerican cultures: Art and architecture photos with captions for Olmec, Zapotec, Teotihuacan, Maya, and others
ArchNet: An index of quality archaeological web sites. Highly recommended. Be sure to check the "new and uncategorized" section for lots of recent additions
Take a break and do something different!
I guarantee that you will have fun visiting this place. This is not virtual, it is real. You will have to drive, but it is well worth it. The archaeological parts are great, and the setting is a cultural experience.
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