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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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Thursday 29 November 2007

Week 13 Day 25

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

  

Announcements

  • tba
 

Features of the Day

 

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

!Kung San Hunters
!Kung San Hunters
Giraffe

 

  • Old Business
    • next time

    Moderns (slides 31)


Week
CEE		 Day  
Foraging Peoples in History and Prehistory
       
Ethnographic Analogy / Ethnoarchaeology (slides 11A)
  12 25 / 26  
Hunting / Gathering (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

  • Tuesday, 27 November 2007, finished Upper Paleolithic Tool Tradition (slides 23)
  • Ended Thursday 29 November 2007 with Ethnographic analogy and the Method of Conrolled Comparison (slides 24), #72, The Hunters hunt, and the Desert People do not
 
 
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Tuesday 04 December 2007

Week 13 Day 26

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

Desert People video image.

Announcements

  • Question: "Why do the poisoned animals always run off alone away from the pack?"

  • Extra Credit lecture
    • IF you haven't already done an extra credit lecture type report you might consider:

    Alworth International Brown Bag Series Presents:

    “More than a Famous Battle : Archaeological Investigations at the Ancient Town of Plataiai , Greece”

    Presented by Dr. Ron Marchese, UMD Sociology and Anthropology Professor

    UMD and the wider community will be the first to hear about Dr. Ron Marchese’s latest archaeological findings at Plataiai, a region northwest of Athens that is widely known as the place where Greek city-states defeated the Persian army in 479 B.C. The ancient town is also the second largest archaeological site in central Greece , associated with major events of the Classical Age including the Persian War, the Peloponnesian War, the Corinthian War, and the wars waged by the Macedonian monarchs Philip II and Alexander the Great.

    WHEN: Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 12:00 p.m.

    WHERE: UMD Library Fourth Floor Rotunda

    Details on the extra credit paper can be found at

    <http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/pcextrac.html#EC-lecture>
 

PCforum: Topic 13 -- Prehistoric Harems

The Lead Article in Anthropology in the News
<http://anthropology.tamu.edu/news.htm>
from Texas A&M Anthropology
for 30 November 2007 was...


Our Male Ancestors Had Harems of Females
Telegraph
(11/29/07)
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/11/29/sciharem129.xml>


Early Human Ancestors May Have Had "Harem" Societies
National Geographic News
(11/29/07)
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/11/071129-ancient-harem.html>


Male Ancestor Was Slow to Grow Up
Reuters
(11/29/07)
<http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSL2868615920071129?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true>


How Our Ancestors Were Like Gorillas
EurekAlert
(11/29/07)
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-11/ucl-hoa112707.php>


Pre-Human Dating Scene Revealed
LiveScience
(11/29/07)
<http://www.livescience.com/history/071129-social-relatives.html>


Pre-Human Dating Scene Was a Real Jungle
MSNBC
(11/29/07)
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22028113/>

 

Several P. robustus skull specimens, with one female (far left) and three males, showing their "late blooming" maturation. (Science)

Several P. robustus skull specimens, with one female (far left) and three males, showing their "late blooming" maturation. (Science)

 

The Telegraph article also notes: "The work dovetails with a recent study that concluded that the reason that women outlive men by an average of around five years is due to sex, harems and violence in the Stone Age"

<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/10/17/scisex117.xml>

 

Question:

What do you think about prehistorians drawing those sorts of conclusions from fossil and DNA evidence?

Why?

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 13

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.
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  
Hunting / Gathering (slides 24) 
       
Ambrona and Terra Amata: Big Game Hunters in Spain and France (slides 27A)
       
Holocene Hunters and Gatherers (slides 27B)

 

or

  • Introduction to Food Production and the Rise of Ancient Civilizations: The Neolithic

    • 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

     

    Assignments

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

    Notes

    • Ended Thursday 29 November 2007 with Ethnographic analogy and the Method of Conrolled Comparison (slides 24), #72, The Hunters hunt, and the Desert People do not
    • Ended Tuesday 04 December 2007 with Food Production: A Biocultural Revolution (slides 32), #43, "Functionalists/Structuralists/Configurationalists
     
     
     
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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 03 December 2007

    "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

     

     
     
     

    Announcements

    • PCforum: Topic 13 -- Prehistoric Harems


     

    PCforum: Topic 13 -- Prehistoric Harems

    The Lead Article in Anthropology in the News
    <http://anthropology.tamu.edu/news.htm>
    from Texas A&M Anthropology
    for 30 November 2007 was...


    Our Male Ancestors Had Harems of Females
    Telegraph
    (11/29/07)
    <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/11/29/sciharem129.xml>


    Early Human Ancestors May Have Had "Harem" Societies
    National Geographic News
    (11/29/07)
    <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/11/071129-ancient-harem.html>


    Male Ancestor Was Slow to Grow Up
    Reuters
    (11/29/07)
    <http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSL2868615920071129?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true>


    How Our Ancestors Were Like Gorillas
    EurekAlert
    (11/29/07)
    <http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-11/ucl-hoa112707.php>


    Pre-Human Dating Scene Revealed
    LiveScience
    (11/29/07)
    <http://www.livescience.com/history/071129-social-relatives.html>


    Pre-Human Dating Scene Was a Real Jungle
    MSNBC
    (11/29/07)
    <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22028113/>

     

    Several P. robustus skull specimens, with one female (far left) and three males, showing their "late blooming" maturation. (Science)

    Several P. robustus skull specimens, with one female (far left) and three males, showing their "late blooming" maturation. (Science)

     

    The Telegraph article also notes: "The work dovetails with a recent study that concluded that the reason that women outlive men by an average of around five years is due to sex, harems and violence in the Stone Age"

    <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/10/17/scisex117.xml>

     

    Question:

    What do you think about prehistorians drawing those sorts of conclusions from fossil and DNA evidence?

    Why?

    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 13

    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

     

    Secrets of the Dead video.

     

    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

    • tba
     

    Assignments

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