Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th Edition
By Barry Lewis, Robert Jurmain, Lynn Kilgore
(Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2007)

Week 01
~ notes

top of page /A-Z index

• Ch. 1, "Introduction," pp. 1-18
  
  
• Page through the "Glossary," pp. 445-454

• Ch. 2, "The Development of Evolutionary Theory," pp. 19-34
  
  
• Page through "Appendix A: Atlas of Primate Skeletal Anatomy," pp. 429-436

• Ch. 3, "Heredity and Evolution" pp. 35-65
  
  
• CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH
  -- "Molecular Applications in Forensic Anthropology," pp. 66-68

• Ch. 4, "Modern Human Variation and Adaptation," pp. 69-93
• Ch. 5, "Macroevolution: Processes of Vertebrate and Mammalian Evolution," pp. 94 -111
  • read and study for basic concepts and definitions
  • the main concepts and definitions will be reviewed in class
  • do not worry too much about the biochemistry and biostatistics
    
    
• Page through "Appendix C: Population Genetics," pp. 442-444

• Ch. 6, "An Overview of the Primates," pp. 112-138
  
  
• CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH
  -- "Molecular Applications in Primatology," pp. 139-141

• Ch. 7, "Primate Behavior," pp. 142-162
  
  
• Prepare for Exam #1

• Ch. 8, "Understanding the Past: Archaeological and Paleoanthropological Methods," pp. 163-190
  
  
• CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH
  -- "Reconstructing the Diets of Earlier Humans," pp. 191-192
  
  
• Ch. 9, "Hominid Origins" pp. 193-220

• Ch. 10, "The Earliest Dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo erectus and Contemporaries," pp. 221-244

• Ch. 11, "Premodern Humans," pp. 243-272
  
  
• CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH
  -- "Ancient DNA," pp. 273-274

• Ch. 12, "The Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans," pp. 275-296
  
  
• Prepare for Exam #2

Exam #2 on Chs. 08-12, and other class materials

NB: The second DAY exam will be Thursday, 15 November 2007, rather than the originally scheduled date of Tuesday, 13 November 2007.

The second CEE exam is scheduled for Week 11, Monday, 19 November 2007

• Ch. 13, "Early Holocene Hunters and Gatherers," pp. 297-330

• Ch. 14, "Food Production," pp. 331-370
  
  
• CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH
  -- "Geomatics: Analyzing Spatial Patterns of the Past," pp. 371-372

• Ch. 15, "The First Civilizations," pp. 373-400

• Ch. 16, "New World Civilizations," pp. 401-428

• Review, and prepare for the Final Exam

Final Exam: The final exam will be cumulative in a general sense, although Chs. 13-16 will be covered in the same detail as the quizes.

The f2008 DAY Final Exam will be on Wednesday, 17 December 2007, 08:00 - 09:55 a.m. in Cina 214

The f2008 CEE Final Exam will be on Monday, 15 December 2007, 05:00 - 06:55 p.m. in Cina 214

 

Pick up exams at Cina 215

Find a good book on Prehistoric Cultures and have a look at it