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Announcements
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REM:
The Midterm
Exam will be on Thursday, 6 March 2008, 3:30 - 4:45 p.m.
from now
MAforum: Topic 4-- Make up a Good Question for the Midsemester Exam
The Midterm
Exam will be on Thursday, 6 March 2008, 3:30 - 4:45 p.m.
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from now

Assignment:
1. Make up one good question for the midsemester exam and post it on the the MAforum, and . . .
2. Briefly describe why you think your question is a good one
- Post your meaningful observations on the MAforum by midnight Friday of Week 6
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Old Business
- Orientation to the Archaic/Lithic, Preclassic, and other Stages
- The Archaic Stage
(map) (slides)
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Tepexpan (map) (slides) |
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Assignments
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The Maya, Ch. 3, "The Rise of the Maya Civilization,"
pp. 66-79 |
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The Maya, Ch. 9, "Maya Thought and Culture," pp. 198-229 |
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Notes
- Tuesday, 26 February 2008: Introduction to diffusionism, and beginning of "Looking
for One Beginning: The Fallacy of Diffusionism"(50 min., 2001,
DVD 208); technical difficulties ended the showing of the video about 25 minutes into the program
- Thursday, 28 February 2008: Finished Basic Terms and Concepts
in American Archaeology, LIthic review (slides), and Culture and
Math: The Maya
(15/31 min., 2006, CC, DVD 1110)
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