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Thursday 12 November 2009

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Announcements

The the DAY Midterm Exam Part II Week 11 Day 21, will be Tuesday, 17 November 2009, on Chs. 8-12

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PCforum: Topic 8
Midterm Exam Part II

For Topic 8, have a look at the Midterm Exam Part II information at
<http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/pcexamsTR.html>

The basic exam is multiple-choice,
but an optional essay exam is available

sample optional essay exam questions

Review . . .

Recommendations on "How to Study" slides
<http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/PowerPoint/pcpp-03/pc-03A.pptx>

and Review . . .

Text Assignments Summary for Weeks 07 - 10 (Chs. 8 - 12)

Understanding Humans, 10^ed, p. iii

and Review . . .

your class notes

the video viewing guides--DAY
or the video viewing guides--CE

and the
handouts:

Times to Remember
Fossil Hominids in the Pleistocene
Outline Chart of the Principal Paleolithic Industries

Then post some meaningful questions,
or discussion of questions, on the PCforum

NOTE:
Please try to ask a question about
--or make an observation that deals with--
a subject other than something like
"What's the difference between the essay exam
and the multiple-choice exam,
and what do you recommend?"

Useful Information:

How to Prepare for Exams
UMD Study Strategies
Listening Skills
Notetaking
Taking Notes From Lectures
Learning Styles
Test Taking Strategies
Writing an Essay Exam (from OWL)
OWL, Online Writing Lab, Purdue University.

OWL, Online Writing Lab, Purdue University.

slides: pc-how_to_study.pptx
special facilities / arrangements

Text Assignments Summary for Weeks 07 - 10
basic information about the text
Resources from the Publisher

Sample Multiple-Choice Exam Questions
Sample Essay Exam Questions (optional)
extra help with exams

Be sure to set your "Folder Selector"
in the main window
to the current topic
[use the “Reload/Main button" to get to the main window]

Set Folder Selector to Topic 8

REM: If you have any questions, you can post them on the PCforum
or bring them up in class

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Features of the Day

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Review of Exam #2
- The the DAY Midterm Exam Part II Week 11 Day 21, will be Tuesday, 17 November 2009, on Chs. 8-12
  - If you want to take an essay exam you must notify troufs by Friday at high noon

Neandertals and Other Archaic Homo sapiens (introduction)

Archaic Homo Sapiens Chart

Week
CEE Day
"Premodern Humans" (aka " Archaics ") (slides: premoderns.pptx)
Text Ch. 11 "Premodern Humans," pp. 245-272

10 19 A. Neandertals
(Homo neandertalensis)
(Homo sapiens neandertalensis)
B.
"Other Archaics "
(Homo heidelbergensis)
(Homo sapiens heidelbergensis)

(slides: premoderns.pptx) (slides: premoderns.pptx)

Neandertal II (slides 30)

Steinheim / "Eve" (slides 28)

Weeks

Methods and Techniques Slides

07 - 08 Some Important Concepts (slides 11B)

08 Special Skills:

In the Field (slides 10A)

In the Lab (slides 10B)

In the Field and Lab (slides 10C)

12
Archaeological Dating Methods (slides 10D)

Other Methods of Analysis (slides 10E)

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Old Business

Thursday 5 November 2009: Reviewed PCforum Topic 6, Introduction to Early Hominins (slides 17A), and viewed Children of Eve (58 min., 1987, CC, VC 961). Didn't do seriation or ethnoarchaeology.
Tuesday 10 November 2009: Viewed The Fate of Neanderthal Man [sic.] Part 1; "The Mammoth Hunter" (52 min., 1999, VC 3647: Pt. 1) Part 2: "The Death of Neanderthal Man" [sic.] (52 min, 2002, VC 3647: Pt. 2).
More information on methods is contained in the text and in the methods slides

Weeks

Methods and Techniques Slides

07 - 08 Some Important Concepts (slides 11B)

08 Special Skills:

In the Field (slides 10A)

In the Lab (slides 10B)

In the Field and Lab (slides 10C)

12
Archaeological Dating Methods (slides 10D)

Other Methods of Analysis (slides 10E)

Early Hominids in the Plio-Pleistocene

Handout: Fossil Hominids in the Pleistocene

Week	Early Hominins Slides
	Major Discoveries slides: Prehistoric Primates -- Pre Homo sapiens sapiens (slides 01B-Primates_Prehistoric_Pre-Hss)
09	Introduction to Early Hominins (slides 17A)
	A Walk Through Hominin Evolution (slides 17B)
	"Putting it all Together" (slides 17C)
	Lucy, The First Family, and Friends (slides 18)
	Australopithecus Hunting and Foraging (slides 19)

	Early Homo (Homo habilis and Homo rudolfensis) (slides 20)

Major Characteristics of Modern Physical Anthropology

Weeks
07 - 08 et pasim		Genetics, Primatology, Physical Anthropology Characteristics #1 - #6 (slides 07A)
		Culture and Human Breeding Patterns Characteristic #7 (slides 07B)
		Population Studies Characteristic #8 (slides 07C)
		Biocultural Evolution and Sociobiology Characteristics #9 - #10 (slides 08)

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Assignments

Read:	Ch. 12, "The Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans," pp. 283-310
Exam:	Prepare for Exam #2
Post:	PCforum

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Notes

Thursday 5 November 2009: Reviewed PCforum Topic 6, Introduction to Early Hominins (slides 17A), and viewed Children of Eve (58 min., 1987, CC, VC 961). Didn't do seriation or ethnoarchaeology.
Tuesday 10 November 2009: Viewed The Fate of Neanderthal Man [sic.] Part 1; "The Mammoth Hunter" (52 min., 1999, VC 3647: Pt. 1) Part 2: "The Death of Neanderthal Man" [sic.] (52 min, 2002, VC 3647: Pt. 2).
Thursday 12 November 2009: Reviewed Neandertals to Mousterian tools, #156 (slides: premoderns.pptx).

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Neanderthals

CE Week: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

CE Week 10

Premoderns:

Neandertals
and
Other Archaic Homo sapiens

Monday 16 November 2009

The Fate of Neanderthal Man [sic.]
6:40 Part 1:
"The Mammoth Hunter"
(52 min., 1999, VC 3647: Pt. 1)
[short break]
7:35 Part 2:
"The Death of Neanderthal Man" [sic.]
(52 min, 2002, VC 3647: Pt. 2)

Archaic Homo Sapiens Chart

Read:	Ch. 12, "The Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans," pp. 283-310
Exam:	Prepare for Exam #2
Post:	PCforum

Text Resources

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Announcements

The CE Midterm Exam Part II will be Week 11, Monday, 23 November 2009, on Chs. 8-12, 5:00-6:30
Please complete Topic 8 by tomorrow

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PCforum: Topic 8
Midterm Exam Part II

For Topic 8, have a look at the Midterm Exam Part II information at
<http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/pcexamsTR.html>

The basic exam is multiple-choice,
but an optional essay exam is available

sample optional essay exam questions

Review . . .

Recommendations on "How to Study" slides
<http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/PowerPoint/pcpp-03/pc-03A.pptx>

and Review . . .

Text Assignments Summary for Weeks 07 - 10 (Chs. 8 - 12)

Understanding Humans, 10^ed, p. iii

and Review . . .

your class notes

the video viewing guides--DAY
or the video viewing guides--CE

and the
handouts:

Times to Remember
Fossil Hominids in the Pleistocene
Outline Chart of the Principal Paleolithic Industries

Then post some meaningful questions,
or discussion of questions, on the PCforum

Useful Information:

Be sure to set your "Folder Selector"
in the main window
to the current topic
[use the “Reload/Main button" to get to the main window]

Set Folder Selector to Topic 8

REM: If you have any questions, you can post them on the PCforum
or bring them up in class

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Features of the Day

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Review for Midterm Exam Part II

nlt 3:32 video:

check static on videotape

The Fate of Neanderthal Man [sic.]

Episode 1:
"The Mammoth Hunter"
(52 min., 1999, VC 3647, Pt. 1)

Episode 2:
"The Death of Neanderthal Man [sic.]"
(52 min., 1999, VC 3647, Pt. 2)

"Neandertal man"
BBC

Also avilable from the UMD Library:

Neanderthals on Trial -- NOVA
(60 min., 2002, VC 4333)

And for fun:
Neanderthal's World -- Films for the Humanities
(97 min., 2001, VC 4592)

[The facts and datails in this presentation are good,
but the dramatization gets a little carried away.
Nonetheless, it's a fun video to watch.]

And for even more fun:
"Hunt or be Hunted" from Before We Ruled the Earth series -- Discovery Channel
(49 min., 2003, DVD 94, Chs. 5-7)

As you view the videos over the remainder of the semester pay attention to . . .

the actual content of the various finds
archaeological field methods and techniques
laboratory methods and techniques
- including reconstruction techniques, and . . .
archaeological dating techniques
theoretical / interpretative approaches
- including logic of analysis

More information on methods is contained in the text and in the methods slides:

Weeks	Methods and Techniques Slides
07 - 08	Some Important Concepts (slides 11B)
08	Special Skills:
		In the Field (slides 10A)
		In the Lab (slides 10B)
		In the Field and Lab (slides 10C)
12	Archaeological Dating Methods (slides 10D)
	Other Methods of Analysis (slides 10E)

Neandertals and Other Archaic Homo sapiens

Archaic Homo Sapiens Chart

Week
CEE Day
"Premodern Humans" (aka " Archaics ") (slides: premoderns.pptx)
Text Ch. 11 "Premodern Humans," pp. 245-272

10 19 A. Neandertals
(Homo neandertalensis)
(Homo sapiens neandertalensis)
B.
"Other Archaics "
(Homo heidelbergensis)
(Homo sapiens heidelbergensis)

(slides: premoderns.pptx) (slides: premoderns.pptx)

Neandertal II (slides 30)

Steinheim / "Eve" (slides 28)

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Old Business

Monday 9 November 2009: Finished Methods and Techniques Slides, and Introduction to Early Hominins (slides 17), viewed Children of Eve (58 min., 1987, CC, VC 961)

Tonight we're going to continue our "walk" through the early and later hominids . . . focusing on "Premodern Humans" (the latter including Neandertals)

Early Hominids in the Plio-Pleistocene

Handout: Fossil Hominids in the Pleistocene

Week Early Hominins Slides

Major Discoveries slides: Prehistoric Primates -- Pre Homo sapiens sapiens
(slides 01B-Primates_Prehistoric_Pre-Hss)

09 Introduction to Early Hominins (slides 17A)

A Walk Through Hominin Evolution (slides 17B)

"Putting it all Together" (slides 17C)

Lucy, The First Family, and Friends (slides 18)

Australopithecus Hunting and Foraging (slides 19)

Early Homo (Homo habilis and Homo rudolfensis) (slides 20)

Homo erectus and Contemporaries

Week
CEE Day
Homo erecti Slides

Major Discoveries slides: Homo erectus and "The Hobbit"

09 17
Homo erectus: "Java Man" (slides 25)

Homo erectus in China: "Peking Man" (slides 26A)

European Homo erectus (slides 26B)

African Homo erectus (slides 26C)

09 18
Migrations Out of Africa (slides 26D)

"Hobbit" (slides)

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Assignments

Read:	Ch. 12, "The Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans," pp. 283-310
Exam:	Prepare for Exam #2
Post:	PCforum

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Notes

Monday 9 November 2009: Finished Methods and Techniques Slides, and Introduction to Early Hominins (slides 17), viewed Children of Eve (58 min., 1987, CC, VC 961)
Monday 16 November 2009: Reviewed Neandertals to Mousterian tools, #156 (slides: premoderns.pptx).Viewed The Fate of Neanderthal Man [sic.] Part 1; "The Mammoth Hunter" (52 min., 1999, VC 3647: Pt. 1) Part 2: "The Death of Neanderthal Man" [sic.] (52 min, 2002, VC 3647: Pt. 2).

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