Prehistoric Cultures

Announcements

• Welcome to Prehistoric Cultures
  
  
• Finds test human origins theory -- BBCNews (8 August 2007)

  
  
  The small H. erectus skull had to be removed from sandstone
  
  
  
  There may have been a large size difference between the sexes

Features of the Day

• Introduction to Prehistoric Cultures (slides 01A)
  
  
  • Question: "What do I already know about prehistoric cultures?"
  • Introduction to You: Meet Yourselves
  • What would you like to know about your profs?
  • What do you expect to get out of this class?
    
    
  • Textbook
    
    
  • Assignments
    • listed on the calendar syllabus for Fall 2007
    • listed on the web text assignments semester summary page

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2. Orientation to the course
   
   
• Requirements
  
  
• participation
  
  
  • PCforum -- Post your meaningful observations on the PCforum
    
    
    • there will be 15 forums in total, usually but not always once a week
      
      
    • more on this next time

   

• Case Study -- more about this next time
  
  
  • What's New? Current Trends and New Discoveries"
    • Anthropology in the News -- Texas A & M
    • grading
      • criteria for grading written works
      • " The Strike Zone"
      • " The Curve " 
      • UMD Grading Policies
  • more about this next week
  • due end of Week 04
  • turn in via WebDrop at https://webdrop.d.umn.edu
    • call your paper something like YourUMDid_case_study
      • kmartin3_case_study

 

• exams (2 midterms and a final) -- more about this next time
  
  
  • basic information
  • makeup exams
  • other exam information
  • extra credit (optional)
  • eGradebook

 

• Syllabus Information on the Web
  
  
  • Fall 2007 Class Calendar
  • weekly / daily class schedules: Week 01 Day 01 . . .
  • assignments summary (alternate format than calendar)
  • office hours
• special facilities
• overview of course

 

• Course Web Pages
  
  
  • Welcome Page
  • Site Map
  • Early Human Phylogeny -- National Museum of Natural History
  • Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

Old Business

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Assignment

Announcements

• The little pads on the tables are there in case you would like to submit a written question
  
  
• "What do I already know about prehistoric cultures?"
  • Results: DAY
    
  
  

• From today's Duluth News Tribune (Thursday, September 6, 2007, p. 7) . . .

  "Team find possible mastodon carving on Lake Michigan rock"

  
  

Mark Holley, an underwater archaeologist, explains a recent find that could be an ancient carving of a mastodon on a boulder submerged in Lake Michigan's Grand Traverse Bay today at Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City, Mich. They say if confirmed, the carving could prove that humans hunted the large beasts in the area up to 10,000 years ago.

(AP Photo/Traverse City Record-Eagle, Douglas Tesner)

Features of the Day

• Orientation to the course
  
  
  • PCforum
    
    
    • there will be 15 forums in total, usually but not always once a week
      
      
    • demonstration

  Be sure to set your "Folder Selector" in the main window to the current week [use the “Reload/Main button" to get to the main window] Set first message for Week 1 REM: If you have any questions, you can post them on the PCforum or bring them up in class

  At a minimum of once a week post a meaningful message on the class discussion on-line chat board located at PCforum

  at least one topic of your weekly posting(s) should be related to the class topic(s) of the week

  i.e., in Week 02, for example, you should discuss a topic related to what is happening in class during Week 02

  at the very end of the semester, i.e., in Week 15, post a course evaluation of the class itself

  • Case Study
    
    

    Case Study "What's New? Current Trends and New Discoveries" due Friday, 28 September 2007

    • See "Handing in Materials" information before you turn in your paper
      
      
      • manuscript outline and format suggestions
      • hand in assignments via WebDrop:
        • use https://webdrop.d.umn.edu
        • call your file your e-mailname assignment name
        • e.g., rouf0013 case study
        • your email name is your University of Minnesota Internet ID (X.500 user name)
    • grading
      • criteria for grading written works
      • " The Strike Zone"
      • " The Curve " 
      • UMD Grading Policies
  • more about this next week
  • due end of Week 04
  • turn in via WebDrop at https://webdrop.d.umn.edu
    • call your paper something like YourUMDid_case_study
      • kmartin3_case_study
        
        
        
• exams
  
  
  • Exam I
    • Due to the funeral of my brother the first DAY exam which was originally scheduled for Day 12, Thursday, 11 October 2007, has been postponed until Day 13, Tuesday, 16 October 2007
  • Exam II
    • NB: The second DAY exam will be Thursday, 15 November 2007, rather than the originally scheduled date of Tuesday, 13 November 2007.
  • Final Exam
    • The f2008 DAY Final Exam will be on Wednesday, 17 December 2007, 08:00 - 09:55 a.m. in Cina 214
      
      
  • On-line useful information
    • basic information
    • makeup exams
    • other exam information
    • extra credit (optional)
    • eGradebook
      
      
      
• Recommendations on Studying for this Course
  
  
  • How to Study for Quizzes and Exams
    (slides 03B -- these are always availble for review on-line at </cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/PowerPoint/pcpp-03/pc-03B.ppt>)
    • Times to Remember
  • UMD Study Strategies
  • Listening Skills
  • Notetaking
  • Learning Styles
  • Test Taking Strategies
  • grading
    • criteria for grading written works
    • " The Strike Zone "
    • " The Curve " 
  • UMD Grading Policies
    
    

Old Business

• "What do I already know about prehistoric cultures?"
  
  
  • Results: DAY
    
    
  • Results: CEE
    
    
    

Assignments

Notes

• ended Thursday 06 September 2007 with How to Study

Charles Lyell

YANOMAMO INTERACTIVE CD/ROM
(Peter Biella, Napoleon A. Chagnon and Gary Seaman)

Announcements

• Welcome to Prehistoric Cultures
  
  
  
• From last Thursday's Duluth News Tribune (Thursday, September 6, 2007, p. 7) . . .

  "Team find possible mastodon carving on Lake Michigan rock"

  
  

Mark Holley, an underwater archaeologist, explains a recent find that could be an ancient carving of a mastodon on a boulder submerged in Lake Michigan's Grand Traverse Bay today at Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City, Mich. They say if confirmed, the carving could prove that humans hunted the large beasts in the area up to 10,000 years ago.

(AP Photo/Traverse City Record-Eagle, Douglas Tesner)

 

Features of the Day

• nlt 07:40 video: Yanomamö: A Multidisciplinary Study
  (45 min., 1970, VC 1290)
  
  
  • Texas A & M: Yanomamö -- Darkness in El Dorado
    
    
    
• Introduction / Orientation to Prehistoric Cultures (slides 01A)
  
  

  • Question: "What do I already know about prehistoric cultures?"
    
    
  • Introduction to You: Meet Yourselves
    
    
  • What would you like to know about your profs?
    
    
  • What do you expect to get out of this class?
    
    
  • Textbook
    
    
    

  • Assignments
    
    
    • listed on the calendar syllabus for Fall 2007
    • listed on the web text assignments semester summary page
      
      
      
• Requirements
  
  
  • participation
    
    
    • PCforum -- Post your meaningful observations on the PCforum
      
      
      • there will be 15 forums in total, usually but not always once a week
        
        
      • demonstration
        

Be sure to set your "Folder Selector" in the main window to the current week [use the “Reload/Main button" to get to the main window] Set first message for Week 1 REM: If you have any questions, you can post them on the PCforum or bring them up in class

• At a minimum of once a week post a meaningful message on the class discussion on-line chat board located at PCforum
• at least one topic of your weekly posting(s) should be related to the class topic(s) of the week
• i.e., in Week 02, for example, you should discuss a topic related to what is happening in class during Week 02
• at the very end of the semester, i.e., in Week 15, post a course evaluation of the class itself
  
  
  

• Case Study "What's New? Current Trends and New Discoveries" due Friday, 28 September 2007

  • See "Handing in Materials" information before you turn in your paper
    
    
    • manuscript outline and format suggestions
    • hand in assignments via WebDrop:
      • use https://webdrop.d.umn.edu
      • call your file your e-mailname assignment name
      • e.g., rouf0013 case study
      • your email name is your University of Minnesota Internet ID (X.500 user name)
• grading
  • criteria for grading written works
  • " The Strike Zone "
  • " The Curve " 
• UMD Grading Policies
• more about this next week
  
  
  
• exams
  
  
  • Exam I
    • The first CEE exam is scheduled for Week 07, Monday, 22 October 2007
  • Exam II
    • The second CEE exam is scheduled for Week 11, Monday, 19 November 2007
  • Final Exam
    • The f2008 CEE Final Exam will be on Monday, 15 December 2007, 05:00 - 06:55 p.m. in Cina 214
      
      
  • On-line useful information
    • basic information
    • makeup exams
    • other exam information
    • extra credit (optional)
      
      
• eGradebook
  
  
  

• Recommendations on Studying for this Course
  
  

  • How to Study for Quizzes and Exams
    (slides 03B -- these are always availble for review on-line at </cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/PowerPoint/pcpp-03/pc-03B.ppt>)

    • Times to Remember
      
      
  • UMD Study Strategies
  • Listening Skills
  • Notetaking
  • Learning Styles
  • Test Taking Strategies
  • grading
    • criteria for grading written works
    • " The Strike Zone "
    • " The Curve " 
  • UMD Grading Policies
    
    
    
• Syllabus Information on the Web
  
  
  • Class Schedules: Week 01
  • Assignments Summary
  • office hours
  • special facilities
  • overview of course
    
    
    
• Course Web Pages
  
  
  • Welcome Page
  • Fall 2007 Class Calendar
  • Site Map
  • Early Human Phylogeny -- National Museum of Natural History
  • Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
    
    
    
• Major Characteristics of Anthropology (slides 03A)
  
  
  • Anthropology and Its Parts
    
    
    

Old Business

• NA

Assignments

Notes

• Monday 10 September 2007 just before, Keep track of selected items throughout the semester. . .
  
  
  • How to Study for Quizzes and Exams
    (slides 03B)