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Week 13

Hunting / Gathering / Foraging

Holocene Hunters and Gatherers:

Ethnographic Analogy
and the
Method of Controlled Comparison

CEE


Read:
 Ch. 15, "The First Civilizations," pp. 373-400
Post: PCforum

Text Resources

 

Giraffe
 
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Tuesday 25 November 2008

Week 13 Day 25

nlt 02:33 The Hunters
(72 min., 1983, VC 2305)

  
 

Announcements

PCforum: Topic 11
Should the Chichén Itzá artifacts be returned?
If so, where?

Sacred Cenote at Chichen Itza.

Sacred Cenote at Chichén Itzá
Wikipedia

"US museum head says Mexico should get Mayan jade"
<http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gSReiZ2_8Tvhocog3XSANg3rIkmQD94HMUC81>

William Fash, the Director of Harvard's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, "said Tuesday he wants to return about 50 ancient carved Mayan jade pieces to Mexico, almost a century after a U.S. consul dredged the artifacts from the sacred lake at the ruins of Chichén Itzá."

But Chichén Itzá, one of the "Seven Wonders of the World" -- and one of the best-known archaeological sites, and one considered one of the most sacred in the world -- is owned and operated by the Barbachano family.

"Mexican standoff: the Battle of Chichén Itzá"
<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mexican-standoff-the-battle-of-chichen-itza-399310.html>

"Since being named as one of the Seven New Wonders of the World, the Mayan temple has been the focus of an ownership dispute between a local family and those who want it to be returned to the people."

Have a look at these two articles:

"US museum head says Mexico should get Mayan jade"
<http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gSReiZ2_8Tvhocog3XSANg3rIkmQD94HMUC81>

"Mexican standoff: the Battle of Chichén Itzá"
 <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mexican-standoff-the-battle-of-chichen-itza-399310.html>

Questions:

1. Should the Mayan jades be returned to Chichén Itzá?

Why or why not?

2. Should they be returned to the bottom of the sacred cenote, the resting place were they were originally placed by the prehistoric peoples?

Why or why not?

3. From the point of view of the Mayan natives, do you think it makes any difference if they are in the Peabody Museum at Harvard rather than the Anthropology Museum in Mexico City, the latter being in an area of tribes alien to the prehistoric Maya people?

Why or why not?

Be sure to set your "Folder Selector"
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Set Folder Selector to Topic 11

REM: Set PCfolder to curent topic.

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

Features of the Day

nlt 02:33 video
The Hunters
 (72 min., 1983, VC 2305)

!Kung San Hunters
!Kung San Hunters
Giraffe


  • nlt 02:33 video The Hunters
     (72 min., 1983, VC 2305)


  • Old Business
    • next time

    Moderns (slides 31)


Week
CEE		 Day  
Foraging Peoples in History and Prehistory
       
Ethnographic Analogy / Ethnoarchaeology (slides 11A)
  12 25 / 26  
Foraging: Hunting / Gathering / Collecting (slides 24) 
       
Ambrona and Terra Amata: Big Game Hunters in Spain and France (slides 27A)
       
Holocene Hunters and Gatherers (slides 27B)

 

Old Business

  • next time
  
 

Assignments

Read:
 Ch. 15, "The First Civilizations," pp. 373-400
Post: PCforum
 

Notes

  • Thursday 20 November 2008: Finished Tools and Techniques: Basic Terms / Basic Types up to Upper Paleolithic traditions; viewed Homo Sapiens: A Look into a Distant Mirror (53 min, 1999, VC 4324)
  • Monday 24 November 2008:Hunting (slides 24) up to 1880s hunters at .001% of world population, and viewed The Hunters (72 min., 1983, VC 2305)
 
 
 
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Tuesday 2 December 2008

Week 13 Day 26

02:05 nlt 02:49 Desert People
(51 min., 1965, B/W, VC 1094)

Desert People video image.

 

 

Announcements

  • PCforum: Topic 14: Questions about the Final Exam
 
 

PCforum: Topic 14: Questions about the Final Exam

The f2009 DAY Final Prehistoric Cultures Exam will be on tba, tba December, tba. in Cina 214

The f2009 CEE Final Prehistoric Cultures Exam will be announced but will likely be at, 06:00 - 07:55 p.m. in Cina 214, rather than at 5:00

 

Exam answer sheet.     Image of a blue book.

 


For Topic 14 have a look at the Final Exam information
at <http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/pcexamsTR.html#final>

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

sample optional essay exam questions

Click on the various items for details

Review: Recommendations on how to study slides

and

Review the materials

in your text

in your class notes

on the video viewing guides--DAY
or on the video viewing guides--CEE

 

Assignment:

Post some meaningful question(s), or discussion of question(s), on the PCforum

Note:
The last day for this posting is Sunday, 7 December 2008

 

Useful Information:

UMD Study Strategiestest taking strategies

learning styles

listening skills

notetakingspecial facilities / arrangements

Text Assignments Summary for Weeks 11 - 15

basic information about the text

Resources from the Publisher

Sample Multiple-Choice Exam Questions

Sample Essay Exam Questions (optional)

extra help with exams

PCforum
 <http://www.d.umn.edu/~troufs/PCforum/>

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 14

REM: Set PCfolder to curent topic.

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

Features of the Day

 

 

02:05 nlt 02:49 video:
Desert People
(51 min., 1965, B/W, VC 1094)

Desert People video image.
Desert People video image.
  
Scenes from the video Desert People

 

 

Week
CEE		 Day  
Foraging Peoples in History and Prehistory
       
Ethnographic Analogy / Ethnoarchaeology (slides 11A)
  12 25 / 26  
Foraging: Hunting / Gathering / Collecting (slides 24) 
       
Ambrona and Terra Amata: Big Game Hunters in Spain and France (slides 27A)
       
Holocene Hunters and Gatherers (slides 27B)

or

Week
CEE		 Day
Slides
  13 27
Food Production: A Biocultural Revolution (slides 32)
  14  
The First Civilizations (slides 33)
  15  
New World Civilizations (slides 34)

Bronze Age: 2,200 B.C.

Copper: 3,300 B.C.

Neolithic: 8,000 - 3,000 B.C. ("Wisdom of the Stones")

 
 

Old Business

  • Hunting / Gathering / Foraging: Ethnographic analogy and the Method of Conrolled Comparison
    • Foraging: Hunting / Gathering / Collecting (slides 24) 
      • Tuesday 25 November 2008: Hunting (slides 24) up to 1880s hunters at .001% of world population
  
 

Assignments

Read:
 Ch. 15, "The First Civilizations," pp. 373-400
Post: PCforum
 

Notes

  • Tuesday 25 November 2008: Hunting (slides 24) up to 1880s hunters at .001% of world population, and viewed The Hunters (72 min., 1983, VC 2305)
  • Tuesday 2 December 2008: viewed Desert People (51 min., 1965, B/W, VC 1094) and reviewed Hunting (slides 24) up to . . .
 
 
 
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Mother Goddess, Hagar Qim, Malta

Mother Goddess
Hagar Qim, Malta

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

CEE Week 13

Food Production

Monday 01 December 2008

nlt 7:34 "Wisdom of the Stones: Life in the Neolithic Age"
(51 min., 2000, VC 3906, pt. 1)

Read:
 Ch. 15, "The First Civilizations," pp. 373-400
Post: PCforum

Text Resources

 

Giraffe
 
 

Announcements

  • PCforum: Topic 14: Questions about the Final Exam
 

PCforum: Topic 14: Questions about the Final Exam

The f2009 DAY Final Prehistoric Cultures Exam will be on tba, tba December, tba. in Cina 214

The f2009 CEE Final Prehistoric Cultures Exam will be announced but will likely be at, 06:00 - 07:55 p.m. in Cina 214, rather than at 5:00

 

Exam answer sheet.     Image of a blue book.

 


For Topic 14 have a look at the Final Exam information
at <http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/pcexamsTR.html#final>

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

sample optional essay exam questions

Click on the various items for details

Review: Recommendations on how to study slides

and

Review the materials

in your text

in your class notes

on the video viewing guides--DAY
or on the video viewing guides--CEE

 

Assignment:

Post some meaningful question(s), or discussion of question(s), on the PCforum

Note:
The last day for this posting is Sunday, 7 December 2008

 

Useful Information:

UMD Study Strategiestest taking strategies

learning styles

listening skills

notetakingspecial facilities / arrangements

Text Assignments Summary for Weeks 11 - 15

basic information about the text

Resources from the Publisher

Sample Multiple-Choice Exam Questions

Sample Essay Exam Questions (optional)

extra help with exams

PCforum
 <http://www.d.umn.edu/~troufs/PCforum/>

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 14

REM: Set PCfolder to curent topic.

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

Features of the Day

.

nlt 7:34 video:
"Wisdom of the Stones: Life in the Neolithic Age"
part 1 of Secrets of the Stone Age Series
(51 min., 2000, VC 3906, pt. 1)

Secrets of the Dead video.

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

  1. the actual content of the various finds
  2. archaeological field methods and techniques
  3. laboratory methods and techniques
    • including reconstruction techniques, and . . .
  4. archaeological dating techniques
  5. theoretical / interpretative approaches
    • including logic of analysis

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

      Week
    CEE    		 Day
      07 13
    Some Important Concepts (slides 11B)
       
    Special Skills: In the Field (slides 10A)
         
    Special Skills: In the Lab (slides 10B)
         
    Special Skills: In the Field and Lab (slides 10C)
           
      12 24
    Archaeological Dating Methods (slides 10D)
         
    Other Methods of Analysis (slides 10E)

 
 

Old Business

  • Hunting / Gathering / Foraging: Ethnographic analogy and the Method of Conrolled Comparison
    • Foraging: Hunting / Gathering / Collecting (slides 24) 
      • Monday 24 November 2008:Hunting (slides 24) up to Torralba/Ambrona in Spain
  
 

Assignments

Read:
 Ch. 15, "The First Civilizations," pp. 373-400
Post: PCforum
 

Notes

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