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Week 14

Food Production and the Rise of Civilization:

The Neolithic

CEE

Review:	Review, and prepare for the Final Exam
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Text Resources

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Week 14 Day 27

Thursday 10 December 2009

nlt 4:24 "Wisdom of the Stones: Life in the Neolithic Age"
(51 min., 2000, VC 3906, pt. 1)

Reconstructed lower stage of the late Sumerian ziggurat at Ur, Iraq.

Reconstructed lower stage of the late Sumerian ziggurat at Ur, Iraq

Archaeological Dating Methods (slides 10D)

Other Methods of Analysis (slides 10E)

Food Production: A Biocultural Revolution (slides 32)

The First Civilizations (slides 33)

New World Civilizations (slides 34)

Food Production: A Biocultural Revolution (slides 32)

The First Civilizations (slides 33)

New World Civilizations (slides 34)

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Week 14 Day 28

Tuesday 15 December 2009

nlt 4:19 The Iceman ["Ötzi"]
(56 min., 1992, VC 1981)

"Ötzi"
"The Iceman"

Announcements

Extra Credit papers are due to WebDrop on Friday, 11 December 2009 Extra Credit Papers

due to WebDrop at https://webdrop.d.umn.edu

call your file your emailname_extra_credit

something like this: smy0013_extra_credit

EXTRA CREDIT PAPERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER THIS DATE
See "Extra Credit Options, Handing in Extra Credit Papers" for further instructions

Interested in Archaeology Field School for Summer?

"UMD will again be having an Archaeology Field School in the Duluth area this summer - a six weeks, six credits program. Materials have been posted in a folder on the far side of the Cina hall from the Dept Office. For archaeology minded folks - Jan-April is the time to sign up for a field school with the more competitive ones having earlier deadlines. Programs also run all over the world and some have themes that may also appeal to you - historic, GIS, etc....see the links on the Anthropology portion of the Soc-Anth web page for Field Opportunities." -- Jennifer Jones
Thompson/Wadsworth has announced that the 10^th edition of Understanding Physical Anthrpology and Archaeology, © 2010, will combine Ch. 15 "The First Civilizations" and Ch. 16 "New World Civilizations" into one chapter, Ch. 15 "The First Civilizations"

Discover magazine's 100 top Science Stories of 2008 (in the January 2009 issue) include 14 in the area of Prehistoric Cultures, including 2 in the top 10:
- #8 They're Just Like Us: The Neanderthal
- #10 Coming to the Americas
- #15 Lost Cities of the Amazon
- #36 Quiet Creationism in Public High Schools
- #45 Huge Population of Lowland Gorillas Found
- #64 Legal Rights for Great Apes
- #66 Evolution Shaped Polynesian Culture
- #76: Europe’s Oldest Hominid Makes Its Debut
  (in Northern Spain, 1.2 mya)
- #77: X-Rays Reveal Ship-Wreckage to Be 2,000-Year-Old Astronomy Computer
- #79: The Ancient Rat as Big as a Bull
- #84 Oldest Milk Cartons Found
  (ca., 9,000 ybp in the Near East)
- #85 Hobbit Humans: Small Head, Big Feet
- #89 World's Oldest Arrowheads
  (ca. 65,000 ybp, east coast of present-day South Africa)
- #96 Ancient Ecuadorian Sea Traders

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PCforum Topic 15: Semester Evaluation

Semester Evaluation

Your last required posting is to provide a three-part evaluation of the semester:

A
In one or two paragraphs briefly evaluate the course, covering the semester as a whole

B List the three things that you most enjoyed during the semester

C Not counting the exams, list the three things that you least enjoyed during the semester

Post your meaningful observations on the PCforum by Monday, 17 December 2007

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 15

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

Old Business

nlt 4:19 video:

The Iceman ["Ötzi"]
(56 min., 1992, VC 1981)

Iceman's discoverer dead in Alps
Good supplementary film: The Iceman -- Films for the Humanities
(97 min., VC 4327, 1998)

"Ötzi"
"The Iceman"

Bronze Age: 2,200 B.C.

Copper: 3,300 B.C.

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

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)

Exam Review
Introduction to Food Production and the Rise of Ancient Civilizations: The Neolithic
- First Civilizations

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)

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Old Business

return to scheduled features of the day

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Assignments

Review:	Review, and prepare for the Final Exam
Post:	PCforum

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Notes

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

CE Week 14

Monday 14 December 2009

Review:	Review, and prepare for the Final Exam
Post:	PCforum

tba

Reconstructed lower stage of the late Sumerian ziggurat at Ur, Iraq

"Ötzi"
"The Iceman"

nlt 06:25 The Iceman ["Ötzi"]
(56 min., 1992, VC 1981)

Usually scheduled for Week 15:
nlt 07:25 *The Collapse
(60 min., 1993, VC 2135)

Announcements

Extra Credit papers are due to WebDrop on Friday, 11 December 2009 Extra Credit Papers

due to WebDrop at https://webdrop.d.umn.edu

call your file your emailname_extra_credit

something like this: smy0013_extra_credit

EXTRA CREDIT PAPERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER THIS DATE
See "Extra Credit Options, Handing in Extra Credit Papers" for further instructions

Interested in Archaeology Field School for Summer?

"UMD will again be having an Archaeology Field School in the Duluth area this summer - a six weeks, six credits program. Materials have been posted in a folder on the far side of the Cina hall from the Dept Office. For archaeology minded folks - Jan-April is the time to sign up for a field school with the more competitive ones having earlier deadlines. Programs also run all over the world and some have themes that may also appeal to you - historic, GIS, etc....see the links on the Anthropology portion of the Soc-Anth web page for Field Opportunities." -- Jennifer Jones
Thompson/Wadsworth has announced that the 10^th edition of Understanding Physical Anthrpology and Archaeology, © 2010, will combine Ch. 15 "The First Civilizations" and Ch. 16 "New World Civilizations" into one chapter, Ch. 15 "The First Civilizations"

Discover magazine's 100 top Science Stories of 2008 (in the January 2009 issue) include 14 in the area of Prehistoric Cultures, including 2 in the top 10:
- #8 They're Just Like Us: The Neanderthal
- #10 Coming to the Americas
- #15 Lost Cities of the Amazon
- #36 Quiet Creationism in Public High Schools
- #45 Huge Population of Lowland Gorillas Found
- #64 Legal Rights for Great Apes
- #66 Evolution Shaped Polynesian Culture
- #76: Europe’s Oldest Hominid Makes Its Debut
  (in Northern Spain, 1.2 mya)
- #77: X-Rays Reveal Ship-Wreckage to Be 2,000-Year-Old Astronomy Computer
- #79: The Ancient Rat as Big as a Bull
- #84 Oldest Milk Cartons Found
  (ca., 9,000 ybp in the Near East)
- #85 Hobbit Humans: Small Head, Big Feet
- #89 World's Oldest Arrowheads
  (ca. 65,000 ybp, east coast of present-day South Africa)
- #96 Ancient Ecuadorian Sea Traders

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PCforum Topic 15: Semester Evaluation

Semester Evaluation

Your last required posting is to provide a three-part evaluation of the semester:

A
In one or two paragraphs briefly evaluate the course, covering the semester as a whole

B List the three things that you most enjoyed during the semester

C Not counting the exams, list the three things that you least enjoyed during the semester

Post your meaningful observations on the PCforum by Monday, 17 December 2007

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 15

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

Features of the Day

(to Old Business)

Course Evaluation

Anth 1602 - 090
Course Call #	=	48606
Quarter	=	3 Fall
Year	=	09

nlt 06:25 video:

The Iceman ["Ötzi"]
(56 min., 1992, VC 1981)

Iceman's discoverer dead in Alps
Good supplementary film: The Iceman -- Films for the Humanities
(97 min., VC 4327, 1998)

"Ötzi"
"The Iceman"

Bronze Age: 2,200 B.C.

Copper: 3,300 B.C.

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

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)

video: The Iceman ["Ötzi"]
(56 min., 1992, VC 1981)
[Iceman's discoverer dead in Alps]
- Good supplementary film: The Iceman -- Films for the Humanities
  (97 min., VC 4327, 1998)

Bronze Age: 2,200 B.C.

Copper: 3,300 B.C.

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

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

the actual content of the various findsarchaeological field methods and techniqueslaboratory methods and techniques

including reconstruction techniques, and . . .

archaeological dating techniquestheoretical / interpretative approaches

including logic of analysis

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

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")

Usually scheduled for Week 15

nlt 07:25 video:
The Collapse
(60 min., 1993, VC 2135)

*Presentation depends on time available

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)

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Old Business

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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Assignments

Read:	Review, and prepare for the Final Exam
Post:	PCforum

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Notes

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