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Fall Semester 2012 – DAY

Anth 1601 32646 - 001 SEM, 03:00 P.M. - 04:40 P.M., Tu,Th (09/04/2012 - 12/14/2012), Cina  214, Roufs,Tim , 4 credits

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Category 7—Historical and Philosophical Foundations
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Textbook for the course

general textbook information

assignments summary

Understanding Humans, 11th Edition
©2013 (Available April 2012)

Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing ©2013

SBN-10: 1111831777
ISBN-13: 9781111831776 

Barry Lewis   University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Robert Jurmain   Professor Emeritus, San Jose State University
Lynn Kilgore   Colorado State University

Understanding Humans: Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 11th ed.

Understanding Humans, 11thEdition

Barry Lewis, Robert Jurmain, Lynn Kilgore
©2013

ISBN-10: 1111831777
ISBN-13: 9781111831776 

available online from about $97.17 new (+ p/h) / Kindle Edition $73.87 / Rent from $24.15
and as an e-Book for $39.49
15 April 2012

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Neanderthals

Neandertals
Western lowland gorilla (female)

Western
lowland gorilla
"Hobbit" from Indonesia.

"Hobbit"
"Ötzi" The Iceman

"Ötzi"
"The Iceman"
Australopithecus robustus

Australopithecus
robustus
SK 48
Jane Goodall with Chimpanzee

Jane Goodall

Charles Lyell

Charles Lyell
Pierolapithecus

Pierolapithecus

"Lucy" hominid discovered at Hadar in 1974

         "Lucy"
Homo sapiens -- bipedal hominid.

Homo sapiens
-- a bipedal
hominid

Text image

       Late Sumerian
            ziggurat
            Ur, Iraq

Homo erectus.

Homo erectus

Cro-Magnon

Cro-Magnon

Text image

Cro-Magnon I
  !Kung San Hunters

!Kung San
Hunters
Maya stelae of Copán, Honduras, Frederick Catherwood, 1839

Maya stelae,
Copán, Honduras

Homo erectus, Sangiran 17, Java

      Homo erectus
              Java
Welcome to Prehistoric Cultures
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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Passenger pigeon.

Martha, the last passenger pigeon in the world, d. 1914, "alone in captivity in a cage at the Cincinnati Zoo"
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  Week 01 Day 01
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  Week 01 Day 02
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U.S.A Labor Day
Holiday

     
Buddy Holly's
Birthday

 

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DAY Case Study "What's New? Current Trends and New Discoveries" was due Friday, 21 September 2012, 11:55 p.m.

CE Case Study "What's New? Current Trends and New Discoveries" was due Friday, 21 September 2012, 11:55 p.m.
 
Week 1 — Introduction to Anthropology
Orientation to Prehistoric Cultures
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 DAY Welcome Memo
DAY Week 1 Memo
DAY Week 1 Checking In
CE Welcome Memo
CE Week 1 Memo
CE Week 1 Checking In
First-Day Handout
(syllabus)
Meet Your Professor
(WebPage)
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
(Download PowerPoint Viewer Free)
[see note on slide formats]
Introduction
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
(Download PowerPoint Viewer Free)
[see note on slide formats]
handout: Anthropology and Its Parts
~
Orientation
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
(Download PowerPoint Viewer Free)
[see note on slide formats]
~
  • Main Characteristics of Anthropology
    slides:     (.pdf) (.pptx)
    (Download PowerPoint Viewer Free) (Download Adobe .pdf Reader Free)
    [see note on slide formats]

    (NOTE: This is a long slide set as it covers some very important background information that will be referred to often as we go through the semester. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also. There is no video presentation scheduled for this and next week as the base slide sets tend to be a little longer than "normal.")

    • the four fields of general anthropology
    • culture as a primary concept
    • comparative method as major approach
    • holism as a primary theoretical goal
    • fieldwork as a primary research technique
WebPage Summary
"Anthropology and . . . It's Parts" chart
 
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DAY 02 Thursday, 6 September 2012 nlt 3:50
CE Monday, 10 September 2012 nlt 7:40

video:
Yanomamö: A Multidisciplinary Study
(45 min., 1970, VC 1290, F2520.1.Y3 Y36 2004 DVD)

Controversy: Darkness in El Dorado

film HomePage
course viewing guide

Yanomamö Photo


YANOMAMO INTERACTIVE CD/ROM
(Peter Biella, Napoleon A. Chagnon and Gary Seaman)

 

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Finding Information on Prehistoric Cultures Topics
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
(Download PowerPoint Viewer Free) (Download Adobe .pdf Reader Free)
[see note on slide formats]

For Week 1 Activities see Moodle logo.
readings:

  • Ch. 1, "Introduction," pp. 1-18

    (The materials from Ch. 1 will be reviewed next week in the Week 2 slide presentations)
  • page through the "Glossary," pp. 431-443

    (Page through these materials to become familiar with the resources available in your text)
 
Understanding Humans, 11th Edition
 

For Week 1 Activities see Moodle logo.
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Week 2 — The Development of Prehistoric Cultures
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 DAY Week 2 Memo
CE Week 2 Memo
tba Brief Presentation -- MPIRG Duluth ~ Resource

CE tba
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Have a look at . . .

 Points for Forum Posts and Project Updates
and
 compare these points with official UMD Grading Policies

 Forum Grading Samples

and if you have any questions about the points
or about grading in general  . . . ask
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(cont.)

  • Main Characteristics of Anthropology
    slides:     (.pdf) (.pptx)
    (Download PowerPoint Viewer Free) (Download Adobe .pdf Reader Free)
    [see note on slide formats]

    (NOTE: This is a long slide set as it covers some very important background information that will be referred to often as we go through the semester. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also. There is no video presentation scheduled for this and next week as the base slide sets tend to be a little longer than "normal.")

    • the four fields of general anthropology
    • culture as a primary concept
    • comparative method as major approach
    • holism as a primary theoretical goal
    • fieldwork as a primary research technique
WebPage Summary
"Anthropology and . . . It's Parts" chart
 
 
The Development of Prehistoric Cultures:
History of Thought and the Emergence of Key Concepts
WebPage
Lucretius to Perthes
slides (.pdf) (.pptx)
Darwin and Wallace
slides (.pdf) (.pptx)
Mendel
slides (.pdf) (.pptx)
Other Early Studies and Events
slides (.pdf) (.pptx)
Conceptual Changes 19th to 20th Century
WebPage
slides (.pdf) (.pptx)
 
Review assignment:
¤ Case Study
 
How to Study for Exams
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
(Download PowerPoint Viewer Free)
[see note on slide formats]
 
DAY 04 Thursday, 13 September 2012 nlt 3:44
CE Monday, 17 September 2012 nlt 7:34
video:
The Search for Adam

The Search for Adam CDRom.
(51 min., 2005, DVD 1015)
film HomePage
course viewing guide

For Week 2 Activities see Moodle logo.

Please note that not all of the materials on your Moodle screen are required.

Students in the past have commented that there is TOO MUCH INFORMATION available on the class Moodleand supporting WebSites. Yes, there is a lot of information, no doubt about it, and it can be confusing at first. It’s helpful when starting out to remember that the required information for the course is contained in the middle panel of your Moodle HomePage. The information in the sidebars and many of the links are just there should you find those interesting and/or helpful.
 
Screenshot of Moodle Main and Side Panels
 
Your Gradebook information will be handy, and that will be found in the upper lefthand corner of Block 1 . . .

Screenshot of Moodle Main and Side Panels
 
If you want you can minimize a sidebar section by clicking on the small tab as indicated below . . .

Screenshot of Moodle Main and Side Panels
 
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assignment:
  • Ch. 2, "The Development of Evolutionary Theory," pp. 19-36

The materials from Ch. 2 will be reviewed next week in the Week 2 slide presentations
  • Page through "Appendix A: Atlas of Primate Skeletal Anatomy," pp. 415-422

age through these materials to become familiar with the resources available in your text
Understanding Humans, 11th Edition

For Week 2 Activities see Moodle logo.
© 2011-2023 Timothy G. Roufs — All rights reserved
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  Week 03 Day 06
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Week 3 — Heredity and Evolution / Variation and Adaptation

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 1601 Week 3 Memo
CE Week 3 Memo

1601 Week 3 Day 5, Tuesday, 18 September 2012
CE Week 3, Monday, 24 September 2012 nlt 5:42
video:

Patterns of Variation
(28 min., 2008, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia QH431 .P377 2008 DVD)

film HomePage
transcript

we will have a look at the sister concept Week 13
video:
Patterns of Adaptation
(28 min., 2008, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia QP82 .P38 2008 DVD)
film HomePage
transcript

A model of a human chromosome, illustrating the relationship of chromosomes to DNA.

DNA

Text, Table of Contents, Ch. 4.
 

1601 Week 3 Day 5, Tuesday, 18 September 2012, begins,
and finishes on Day 6, Thursday, 20 September 2012

CE Week 3, Monday, 24 September 2012 nlt 6:25
video:

Journey of Man . . .
(120 min., 2003, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia GN281 .J687 2003 DVD)

film HomePage
course viewing guide

Journey of Man video.

DNA
The Genographic Project

The Human Family Tree, National Geographic.

2009
The Human Famly Tree HomePage

DAY 06 Thursday, 20 September 2012 (cont.) video:
Journey of Man . . .
(120 min., 2003, DVD 742)

film HomePage
course viewing guide
 
Heredity and Evolution:
The National Geographic Genographic Project
 

Roufs Genographic
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)

~tbacig/">Genographic map courtesy of Prof. Tom Bacig.

Genographic Project Slides:
(Genographic_Roufs.pptx)

Venus of Willendorf.

Venus of Willendorf

For Week 3 Activities see Moodle logo.

assignment:

This is a lot of material for the week, but with this material the major points will be covered in class. When you are done looking over Chs. 3-5 you should know what an item is; you do not have to know all of the details of how it works--except for the items that we go over in class.
~
 Ch. 3, "Heredity and Evolution" pp. 37-68
~
 Ch. 4, "Modern Human Variation and Adaptation," pp. 69-94
~
 Ch. 5, "Macroevolution: Processes of Vertebrate and Mammalian Evolution," pp. 95 -114
 

NOTE:

  • read and study for basic concepts and definitions
  • the main concepts and definitions will be reviewed in class and on the class handouts
  • do not worry too much about the biochemistry and biostatistics
~
 Page through "Appendix C: Population Genetics," pp. 428-430
 

(Check the Week 03 Assignments page for list of terms)
see note in Moodle

Understanding Humans, 11th Edition
assignment:
¤ Case Study
DAY Case Study "What's New? Current Trends and New Discoveries" was due Friday, 21 September 2012, 11:55 p.m.

CE Case Study "What's New? Current Trends and New Discoveries" was due Friday, 21 September 2012, 11:55 p.m.

-- Web: Texas A&M News

For Week 3 Activities see Moodle logo.
© 2011-2023 Timothy G. Roufs — All rights reserved
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  Week 04 Day 08
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Yom Kippur begins at sundown


 

 


Michaelmas
Eat no blackberries after this day. . .--The Writer's Almanac

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Week 4 — An Overview of the Primates

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 1601 DAY Week 4 Memo
CE Week 4 Memo

Handout:
"Prehistoric and Contemporary Primates"

Handout:
Prehistoric and Contemporary Primates
 (Introduction)

  • Introduction to the Primates
  • Prosimians ("Pre-Monkeys")
    • slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
  • Monkeys
    • slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
  • Apes
    • slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
  • Humans

Chimpanzees
Mountain gorillas
Mountain Gorilla
  
Western lowland gorillas
Western Lowland Gorilla
  
Source:Turnbaugh, et al. (2002), p. 141, et passim
Australopithecus robustus, also known as Paranthropus robustus, in southern Africa 1 million years ago.
Australopithecus robustus in southern Africa 1 million years ago.

DAY 08 Thursday, 27 September 2012 nlt 3:46 video:
CE Week 04 Monday, 1 October 2012 nlt 7:36
Monkey, Ape and Man
(49 min., 1971, VC 802)

course viewing guide

Koshima Monkey

Koshima Monkeys

if you are interested in what apes are able to do,
 in part based on experimental design,
have a look at the NOVA program . . .

Ape Genius
NOVA (ca. 54 min., 2008, QL737.P96 A64 2008 DVD)

film HomePage

Video: Ape Genius

This program qualifies for the Extra Credit Review option

For Week 4 Activities see Moodle logo.
assignment:
~
Ch. 6, "An Overview of the Primates," pp. 115-144
   
Understanding Humans: Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 10th ed.

For Week 4 Activities see Moodle logo.
© 2011-2023 Timothy G. Roufs — All rights reserved
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Week 5 — Primate Behavior: Chimps and Bonobos
Among the Wild Chimps, and, The Last Great Ape


envelope
 1601 DAY Week 5 Memo
1602 CE Week 5 Memo

Handout:
Prehistoric and Contemporary Primates
 (cont.)

  • Introduction to the Primates
  • Prosimians ("Pre-Monkeys")
    • slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
  • Monkeys
    • slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
  • Apes
    • slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
  • Humans
 
Female chimpanzee
Female Chimpanzee
Mountain gorilla (male)
Mountain Gorilla
(male)
  
Western lowland gorilla (female)
Western Lowland Gorilla
(female)
Source:Turnbaugh, et al. (2002), p. 141, et passim
Australopithecus robustus, also known as Paranthropus robustus, in southern Africa 1 million years ago.
Australopithecus robustus in southern Africa 1 million years ago.
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DAY 09 Tuesday, 2 October 2012 nlt 3:37 video:
CE Week 05 Monday, 8 October 2012 nlt 6:13
Among the Wild Chimpanzees?
(58 min., 1984, VC 806)

film HomePage
course viewing guide

Among the Wild Chimpanzees tape.
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DAY 10 Thursday, 4 October 2012

DAY — A Little Catch up / Review / Preview
~

DAY 10 Thursday, 4 October 2012 nlt 3:39 video:
CE Week 05 Monday, 8 October 2012 nlt 7:31
The Last Great Ape?
(56 min., 2007, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia QL737.P96 L37 2007 DVD)

film HomePage
course viewing guide
Bonobo -- Wikipedia

The Last Great Ape video

For Week 5 Activities see Moodle logo.
assignment:

~
Ch. 7, "Primate Behavior," pp. 145-172
for basic concepts
The materials from Ch. 7 will be reviewed in the class presentations for basic concepts

(Check the Week 05 Assignments page for focus recommendations)
 
Understanding Humans, 11th Edition
  Prepare for Exam #1
~

Midterm Exam
Blue book for exams.

DAY Midterm Exam 1

The DAY Midterm Exam Part I is scheduled for Week 06 Day 11, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 (on Chs. 01-07)

The Live Chat for the DAY Prehistoric Cultures Exam I will be Sunday, 7 October 2012, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Sign in on Moodle logo..

What will be covered?

More Information on the exam is available at <http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/pcexamsTR.html#title>

Other Q & A

[40 questions, 200 points]

exam answer sheet

 

DAY 12 Thursday, 12 October 2012 Review of Midterm 1

CE Week 07 Monday, 22 October 2012 Review of Midterm 1
 

Midterm Exam
Blue book for exams.

CE Midterm Exam 1

The CE Midterm Exam Part I is scheduled for Week 06, Monday, 15 October 2012, on Chs. 1-7

The Live Chat for the CE Prehistoric Cultures Exam I will be Sunday, 14 October 2012, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Sign in on Moodle logo..

What will be covered?

More Information

Other Q & A

exam answer sheet
~
assignment:

 Prepare for Exam #1 (on Chs. 1-7)

The materials from Ch. 7 will be reviewed in the Week 5 presentations, i.e., the sections on:
"Anthropology"
"Heredity and Evolution"
"Primates"

Understanding Humans, 11th Edition
 

 

Image of a blue book.

Exam I information
is available at
<http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/pcexamsTR.html#quiz01>

Click on the various items for details

Review the materials

in your text

 in your class notes
and on the
DAY video viewing guides
or
CE video viewing guides

Useful Information:

UMD Study Strategies

Test Taking Strategies

Learning Styles

Listening Skills

Taking Notes from Lectures

Special Facilities / Arrangements

Basic Information about the text

Writing Essays for Exams
OWL, Online Writing Lab, Purdue University.
(Purdue University Online Writing Lab)

Sample Exam Questions: Final

extra help with exams

For Week 5 Activities see Moodle logo.
© 2011-2023 Timothy G. Roufs — All rights reserved
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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  Week 06 Day 11
10 11
  Week 06 Day 12
12 13
 


World Food Day

Food Day Canada
is in August on the Saturday of Civic Holiday Weekend (the first Monday of August)

Food Day U.S.A
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Week 6 — First Midterm Exam
 and Some Secrets of the Dead
and Some Archaeological and Paleoanthropological Methods: Introduction
handout: Dates & Times to Remember


envelope
 1601 DAY Week 6 Memo
CE Week 6 Memo

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Midterm Exam
Blue book for exams.

DAY Midterm Exam 1

The DAY Midterm Exam Part I is scheduled for Week 06 Day 11, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 (on Chs. 01-07)

The Live Chat for the DAY Prehistoric Cultures Exam I will be Sunday, 7 October 2012, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Sign in on Moodle logo..

What will be covered?

More Information on the exam is available at <http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/pcexamsTR.html#title>

Other Q & A

[40 questions, 200 points]

exam answer sheet

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DAY 12 Thursday, 12 October 2012 Review of Midterm 1

CE Week 07 Monday, 22 October 2012 Review of Midterm 1
~

Midterm Exam
Blue book for exams.

CE Midterm Exam 1

The CE Midterm Exam Part I is scheduled for Week 06, Monday, 15 October 2012, on Chs. 1-7

The Live Chat for the CE Prehistoric Cultures Exam I will be Sunday, 14 October 2012, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Sign in on Moodle logo..

What will be covered?

More Information

Other Q & A

[40 questions, 200 points]

exam answer sheet
~

DAY 12 Thursday, 12 October 2012 Review of Midterm 1

CE Week 07 Monday, 22 October 2012 Review of Midterm 1
~
slides
Archaeological Methods and Dating Techniques
 WebPage

Some Important Concepts (slides 11B)

Special Skills:


In the Field (slides 10A)


In the Lab (slides 10B)


In the Field and Lab (slides 10C)
Archaeological Dating Methods (slides 10D)
Other Methods of Analysis (slides 10E)

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DAY 12 Thursday, 11 October 2012 nlt 3:35
CE Week 06 Monday, 15 October 2012 nlt 7:25
video:
Search for the First Human – A Secrets of the Dead Special
(60 min., 2002, VC 4465, GN281 .S4 2007)

Search for the First Humans

film HomePage
course viewing guide

For Week 6 Activities see Moodle logo.
assignment:

 Prepare for Exam #1 (on Chs. 1-7)

The materials from Ch. 7 will be reviewed in the Week 5 presentations, i.e., the sections on:
"Anthropology"
"Heredity and Evolution"
"Primates"

readings from Understanding Humans, 11th Edition

After the exam read . . .

Ch. 8, "Understanding The Past: Archaeological and Paleoanthropological Methods," pp. 173-196

The materials from Ch. 8 will be reviewed presentations this week and next, and they appear throughout as part of the video materials

Understanding Humans, 11th Edition

For Week 6 Activities see Moodle logo.
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Week 7 — Discovering "Ardi"
 and some Methods and Techniques

Ardipithecus ramidis
an early human-like species 4.4 million years old


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1601 DAY Week 7 Memo
1602 CE Week 7 Memo

CE Week 07 Monday, 22 October 2012 Review of Midterm 1
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Archaeological Methods and Dating Techniques
 WebPage

Some Important Concepts (slides 11B)

Special Skills:


In the Field (slides 10A)


In the Lab (slides 10B)


In the Field and Lab (slides 10C)
Archaeological Dating Methods (slides 10D)
Other Methods of Analysis (slides 10E)
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DAY 13 Tuesday, 16 October 2012 nlt 3:35
DAY 14 Thursday, 18 October 2012 (cont.)
CE Week 07 Monday, 22 October 2012 nlt 6:57

video
Discovering Ardi . . .
(88 min., 2009, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia GN283.25 .D57 2009 DVD)

film HomePage -- Discovery Channel

Discovering Ardi

(88 min., 2009, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia GN283.25 .D57 2009 DVD)
 
Ardi on the Times to Remember Handout

For Week 7 Activities see Moodle logo.

readings from Understanding Humans, 11th Edition

Ch. 9, "Hominin Origins," pp. 197-230

The materials from Ch. 9 will be reviewed in Week 7 presentations

Understanding Humans, 11th Edition

For Week 7 Activities see Moodle logo.
© 2011-2023 Timothy G. Roufs — All rights reserved
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October  2012
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
21 22 23
  Week 08 Day 15
24 25
  Week 08 Day 16
26 27
   


Food Day U.S.A.

World Food Day
was 8 October

Food Day Canada
is in August on the Saturday of Civic Holiday Weekend (the first Monday of August)
 


 

 

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Week 8 — Becoming Human, "First Steps"
Orrorin / Ardipithecus / Australopithecines / Early Homo
Taung /  Selam -- "Lucy's Child" /  "Lucy" /  "Little Foot"

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continued as time allows . . .
 
Archaeological Methods and Dating Techniques
 WebPage

Some Important Concepts (slides 11B)

Special Skills:


In the Field (slides 10A)


In the Lab (slides 10B)


In the Field and Lab (slides 10C)
Archaeological Dating Methods (slides 10D)
Other Methods of Analysis (slides 10E)

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Hominin Origins

Introduction to Early Hominins
slides 17A: (.pptx)

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Hominins from Times to Remember Handout
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DAY 15 Tuesday, 23 October 2012 nlt 3:45
CE Week 08 Monday 29 October 2012 nlt 6:25
video:
Becoming Human: Unearthing Our Earliest Ancestors, Part 1, "First Steps"
NOVA
(180//3 min., 2010, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia GN282 .B436 2010 DVD)

film HomePage
course viewing guide

 NOVA: Becoming Human Unearthing Our Earliest Ancestors.

NOVA: Becoming Humman Part 1: First Steps

 Watch Becoming Human Part 1

 

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DAY 16 Thursday, 25 October 2012 nlt 3:58
CE Week 8 Monday, 29 October 2012 nlt 7:35
video:
"Origins of Homo Sapiens: East African Roots"
part 2 of The Story of Hominid Evolution
(47 min., 1997, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia GN281 .O755 2005 DVD)


 course viewing guide

 Taung skull, Australopithecus africanus.


"The Taung Child"
Australopithecus africanus

For Week 8 Activities see Moodle logo.
readings from Understanding Humans, 11th Edition

Ch. 10, "The First Dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo erectus and Contemporaries," pp. 231-250

The materials from Ch. 10 will be reviewed in Week 9 presentations

Understanding Humans, 11th Edition

For Week 8 Activities see Moodle logo.
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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  Week 09 Day 17
31 1
  Week 09 Day 18
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Samhain,
and Neopagan new year


Day of the Dead,
Día de los Muertos
-- Mexico

   

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"Early Homo . . ." and "Homo erectus and Contemporaries . . ."

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handout: "Fossil Man [sic.] in the Pleistocene"
handout: "Outline Chart of the Principal Paleolithic Industries"

Hominin Origins

Introduction to Early Hominins
slides 17A: (.pptx)

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"Early Homo"
 Homo habilis
and
 Homo rudolfensis
(slides 20) (.pptx)
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"Homo Erectus"
 Java (Pithecanthropus erectus)
"Peking Man" / "Zoukoudian Homo erectus)
Turkana Boy"
  Week
CE		 Day
     
Major Discoveries slides: Homo erectus and "The Hobbit"
09 17
     
     
     
  09 18
Migrations Out of Africa (slides 26D) (.pptx)
       
     
"Hobbit" (slides) (.pptx)
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Premoderns

Introduction to Premoderns
slides 29: (.pptx)

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Early Homo and Home Erectus from Times to Remember Handout
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DAY 18 Thursday, 1 Novenber 2012 nlt 3:40
CE Week 09 Monday, 5 November 2012 nlt tba
video:
Becoming Human:
Unearthing Our Earliest Ancestors, Part 2, "Birth of Humanity"
NOVA
(180/3 min., 2010, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia GN282 .B436 2010 DVD)

film HomePage
 course viewing guide

NOVA: Becoming Humman Part 2: Birth of Humanity

 Watch Becoming Human Part 2

For Week 9 Activities see Moodle logo.

AVISO: Coming Up
DAY Midterm Exam 2

The DAY Midterm Exam Part II Week 10 Day 20, is scheduled for Thursday, 8 November 2012, on Chs. 8-11

The Live Chat for the DAY Prehistoric Cultures Exam II will be Wednesday, 7 November 2012, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Sign in on Moodle logo..
  exam answer sheet
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readings from Understanding Humans, 11th Edition

Ch. 11, "Premodern Humans," pp. 251-278

The materials from Ch. 11 will be reviewed in the Week 10 presentations

Understanding Humans, 11th Edition

For Week 9 Activities see Moodle logo.
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Week 10 — Premodern Humans
Neandertals and Other Archaic Homo sapiens
Midterm Exam 2
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DAY Midterm Exam 2

The DAY Midterm Exam Part II Week 10 Day 20, is scheduled for Thursday, 8 November 2012, on Chs. 8-11

The Live Chat for the DAY Prehistoric Cultures Exam II will be Wednesday, 7 November 2012, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Sign in on Moodle logo..

[40 questions, 200 points] 

exam answer sheet
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CE Midterm Exam 2

The CE Midterm Exam Part II will be Week 11, Monday, 19 November 2012, on Chs. 8-11, 5:00-6:30

The Live Chat for the CE Prehistoric Cultures Exam II will be Sunday, 18 November 2010, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Sign in on Moodle logo..

[40 questions, 200 points] 

exam answer sheet

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"Premodern Humans"
(aka " Archaics")

(slides: premoderns.pptx)

Text Ch. 11 "Premodern Humans"

Genus

Species

Variety 

Alternative Name

Example

Homo

sapiens

heidelbergensis


"Pre-Modern"
("Archaic")

Heidelberg, Steinheim, Swanscombe, Kabwe . . .

Neanderthalensis?
(Denisovans?)

Neandertal

Adapted from Intoduction to Physical Anthropology, 10 th ed, Jurmain, Nelson, Kilgore, and Trevathan
(Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2010, pp. 256 - 282).
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Early Homo to Homo sapiens sapiens from Times to Remember Handout
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DAY 19 Tuesday, 6 November 2012 nlt 3:45
CE Week 10 Monday, 12 November 2012 nlt 7:25
video:
Neanderthals on Trial -- NOVA
(60 min., 2002, VC 4333)

 film HomePage
 course viewing guide

Neanderthals

Gibraltar I: Reconstruction of a ca. four-year-old Neandertal PBS Neandertal (aka Homo neanderthalensis or Homo sapiens neandertalensis) Homo sapiens sapiens

Gibraltar I: Reconstruction of a ca. four-year-old Neandertal
PBS
Neandertal
(aka Homo neanderthalensis or Homo sapiens neandertalensis)
Homo sapiens sapiens

Also available at the UMD library:

The Fate of Neanderthal Man [sic.]
Episode 1: "The Mammoth Hunter" (52 min., 1999, VC 3647, Pts. 1 and 2)
Episode 2: "The Death of Neanderthal Man [sic.]" (52 min., 1999, VC 3647, Pts. 1 and 2)

For fun, have a look at Neanderthal's World -- Films for the Humanities
(97 min., 2001, VC 4592)

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

For Week 10 Activities see Moodle logo.
assignment:
¤ Prepare for Exam #2
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DAY Midterm Exam 2

The DAY Midterm Exam Part II Week 10 Day 20, is scheduled for Thursday, 8 November 2012, on Chs. 8-11

The Live Chat for the DAY Prehistoric Cultures Exam II will be Wednesday, 7 November 2012, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Sign in on Moodle logo..

[40 questions, 200 points]

exam answer sheet
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CE Midterm Exam 2

The CE Midterm Exam Part II will be Week 11, Monday, 19 November 2012, on Chs. 8-11, 5:00-6:30

The Live Chat for the CE Prehistoric Cultures Exam II will be Sunday, 18 November 2010, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Sign in on Moodle logo..

[40 questions, 200 points]

exam answer sheet
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assignment:
(after exam)
¤ Ch. 12, "The Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans," pp. 279-306

Understanding Humans, 11th Edition

For Week 10 Activities see Moodle logo.
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  Week 11 Day 21
14 15
  Week 11 Day 22
16 17


 

 

Diwali, a religious holiday in India


 

     

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Neandertals and “The Hobbit”

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DAY -- Review of Midterm 2
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Early Homo to Homo sapiens sapiens from Times to Remember Handout
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)

DAY 21 Tuesday, 13 November 2012 nlt 3:45
CE Week 11 Monday, 19 November 2012 nlt 6:30

video:
Becoming Human: Unearthing Our Earliest Ancestors, Part 3, "Last Human Standing"
NOVA
(180//3 min., 2010, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia GN282 .B436 2010 DVD)
 film HomePage
 course viewing guide

NOVA: Becoming Humman Part 3: Last Human Standing

 Watch Becoming Human Part 3
slides:
DAY 22 Thursday, 15 November 2012 nlt 3:49
CE Week 11 Monday, 19 November 2012 nlt 7:30

video:
 Alien from Earth
(56 min., 2009, CC, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia GN855.I6 A55 2009 DVD)

The "Hobbit" WebPage
 (Homo floresiensis)

NOVA Alien from Earth HomePage
 course viewing guide

Alien from Earth Video.

Watch a Preview

Watch online
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CE Midterm Exam 2

The CE Midterm Exam Part II will be Week 11, Monday, 19 November 2012, on Chs. 8-11, 5:00-6:30

The Live Chat for the CE Prehistoric Cultures Exam II will be Sunday, 18 November 2010, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Sign in on Moodle logo..

exam answer sheet

For Week 11 Activities see Moodle logo.
REM assignment:
¤Ch. 12, "The Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans," pp. 279-306

Understanding Humans, 11th Edition
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video:
time permitting, for fun:

"Hunt or be Hunted"
(49 min., 2003, DVD 94, cf. Chs. 5-7)

For Week 11 Activities see Moodle logo.
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November  2012
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
 
International Education Week -- 12-16 November 2012
  join IEWNet -- IEW Quiz
  
18 19 20
  Week 12 Day 23
21 22 23 24
       

U.S.A. Holiday
Thanksgiving

1922
Howard Carter enters the tomb of Tutankhamun




 
25 26 27
  Week 12 Day 24
28 29
  Week 13 Day 25
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Week 12 — Modern Humans
 Homo sapiens sapiens
 Lithics: Stone Tool Manufacturing

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CE -- Review of Midterm 2

Homo sapiens sapiens: Anatomically Modern Human Beings

slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
 Early Homo to Homo sapiens sapiens from Times to Remember Handout
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Making and Using Lithic Tools slides efficient use of raw materials improve
Week(s)
  Tools: Osteodontokeratic and Lithic    
11 / 12
  Tools and Techniques: Basic Terms / Basic Types
(slides: tools_intro.pptx)
12
  
Making and Using Lithic Tools
(slides: tools_making-and-using.pptx)
   
Upper Paleolithic Tool Traditions
(slides: tools_Upper-Paleolithic.pptx )
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DAY 23 Tuesday, 20 November 2012 nlt 3:55
CE Week 12 Monday, 26 November 2012 nlt 6:34

video:
  Blades and Pressure Flaking
(21 min., 1968, VC 2841)

 course viewing guide

 
~

looking at the tool maker and the biomechanics of toolmaking rather than at the finished tools themselves . . .

DAY 23 Tuesday, 20 November 2012 nlt 3:20
CE Week 12 Monday, 26 November 2012 nlt 7:00

video:
 Alan Alda, "Hand Made Human,"
from Scientific American Frontiers, "Life's Really Big Questions"
(Segment 2, 15 min., 2000, VC 4261)

film HomePage

 course viewing guide

 Francois Bordes flintnapping.

Alan Alda
talks with anthropologist
 Mary Marzke
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DAY 24 Tuesday, 27 November 2012 nlt 3:52
CE Week 12 Monday, 26 November 2012 nlt 7:28

(After Thanksgiving)
video:
 Homo Sapiens: A Look into a Distant Mirror
(53 min., 1999, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia GN286 .H666 2004 DVD)

film HomePage

  course viewing guide

. . . the ethnographic analogy with "The Bushmen" (!Kung San)
to be continued in The Hunters

 Cave art from Grotte Chauvet, France.

 Cave art from Grotte Chauvet, France
Bear (left). Aurochs and rhinoceros (right)
Understanding Humans, 10th ed.
(Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2010), p. 305

REM:

As you view the videos over the remainder of the semester
pay close 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


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

Archaeological Methods and Dating Techniques
 WebPage

Some Important Concepts (slides 11B)

Special Skills:


In the Field (slides 10A)


In the Lab (slides 10B)


In the Field and Lab (slides 10C)
Archaeological Dating Methods (slides 10D)
Other Methods of Analysis (slides 10E)

For Week 12 Activities see Moodle logo.
assignment:
readings from Understanding Humans, 11th Edition

Ch. 13, "Early Holocene Hunters and Gatherers," pp. 307-338

The materials from Ch. 13 will be reviewed in the Week 13 presentations

Understanding Humans, 11th Edition

For Week 12 Activities see Moodle logo.
© 2011-2023 Timothy G. Roufs — All rights reserved
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November  2012
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
25 26 27
  Week 12 Day 24
28 29
  Week 13 Day 25
30  
         


 

 

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University of Minnesota Duluth
 
December  2012
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
            1

 

 

           
2 3 4
  Week 13 Day 26
5 6
  Week 14 Day 27
7 8
       


 

 

Chanukah
December 8 to sunset, December 16, 2012

 


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Week 13 — Hunting / Gathering / Foraging
(Week 13 starts on Thursday)
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DAY and CE Prehistoric Cultures Extra Credit papers are due Friday, 7 December 2012
AVISO: Late Extra Credit Papers will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date.

Homo sapiens sapiens: Anatomically Modern Human Beings

slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
 
Hunter-Gatherer cartoon.
Hunting / Gathering / Foraging:
Ethnographic Analogy and the Method of Controlled Comparison
Week(s)
 
Foraging Peoples in History and Prehistory
   
Ethnographic Analogy / Ethnoarchaeology
(slides: 11A-Ethnoarchaeology.pptx)
12 / 13
 
Foraging: Hunting / Gathering / Collecting
(slides: hunting.pptx) 
   
Ambrona and Terra Amata: Big Game Hunters in Spain and France
(slides: 27A-Ambrona.ppt)
   
Holocene Hunters and Gatherers
(slides: 27B-Holocene_Hunters.ppt)
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Giraffe

DAY 25 Thursday, 20 November 2012 nlt 3:33
CE Week 13 Monday, 3 December 2012 nlt 6:40

video:
The Hunters
(72 min., 1958, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia DT1058.K86 H86 2004 DVD)

film HomePage
  course viewing guide

 !Kung San Hunters
!Kung San Hunters
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DAY 26 Tuesday, 4 December 2012 nlt 4:07
CE Week 13 Monday, 3 December 2012 nlt 7:57

video:
Patterns of Adaptation
(28 min., 2008, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia QP82 .P38 2008 DVD)

film HomePage
  transcript

REM we had a look at the sister concept Week 3
video:
Patterns of Variation
(28 min., 2008, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia QH431 .P377 2008 DVD)
  film HomePage
  transcript

 !Kung San Hunters
!Kung San Hunters

Yanomamö Photo
  YANOMAMO INTERACTIVE CD/ROM
(Peter Biella, Napoleon A. Chagnon and Gary Seaman)

A model of a human chromosome, illustrating the relationship of chromosomes to DNA.

Text, Table of Contents, Ch. 4.

For Week 13 Activities see Moodle logo.
readings from Understanding Humans, 11th Edition

Ch. 14, "Food Production," pp. 339-372

The materials from Ch. 14 will be reviewed in the Week 14 presentations

Understanding Humans, 11th Edition
DAY and CE Prehistoric Cultures Extra Credit papers are due Friday, 7 December 2012
AVISO: Late Extra Credit Papers will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date.

For Week 13 Activities see Moodle logo.
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2 3 4
  Week 13 Day 26
5 6
  Week 14 Day 27
7 8
       


 

 

Chanukah
December 8 to sunset, December 16, 2012

 


UMD  
University of Minnesota Duluth
 
December  2012
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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  Week 14 Day 28
12 13
  Week 15 Day 29
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Week 14 —Food Production: A Biocultural Revolution"
The Neolithic
(Week 14 starts on Thursday)
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AVISO: Late Extra Credit Papers will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date.
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Food Production and the Rise of Ancient Civilizations: The Neolithic

Food Production: A Biocultural Revolution
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)

The First Civilizations
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)

New World Civilizations
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
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course evaluation
(DAY 28: Tuesday, 11 December 2012)
(CE Week 14 Monday, 10 December 2012)

 Lady Justice (Iustitia, the Roman Goddess of Justice.

Anth 1601 - 001
Course Call # = 32646
Semester = 3 Fall
Year = 12


Anth 1602 - 090
Course Call # = 27768
Semester = 3 Fall
Year = 12

 
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DAY 27 Thursday, 6 December 2012 nlt 3:54

CE Week 14 Monday, 10 December 2012 nlt 5:14
CE Week 14 Monday, 10 December 2012 break nlt 6:10-6:20

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)

 course viewing guide

Secrets of the Stone Age

 Mother Goddess, Hagar Qim, Malta

Mother Goddess
 Hagar Qim, Malta
  Malta HomePage

Bronze Age: 2,200 B.C.

Copper Age: 3,300 B.C.

Neolithic: 8,000 - 3,000 B.C.
("Wisdom of the Stones")
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DAY 28 Tuesday, 11 December 2012 nlt 3:39

CE Week 14 Monday, 10 December 2012 break nlt 6:10-6:20
CE Week 14 Monday, 10 December 2012 nlt 6:20

video:
The Iceman Murder Mystery
(60 min., 2011, UM Duluth Library Multimedia GN776.22.I8 I24 2011 DVD)

film HomePage
  course viewing guide

Otzi the Ice Man
 Ötzi—The Iceman --   South Tyrol Museum

Bronze Age: 2,200 B.C.

Copper Age: 3,300 B.C.

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

DAY 29 Tuesday, 13 December 2012 nlt 3:35

CE Week 14 Monday, 10 December 2012
[CE usually scheduled for Week 15,
but because of Labor Day this semester does not have a Week 15]

video:

*"The Collapse"
from the Out of the Past series
(60 min., 1993, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia CC165 .O97 1993b DVD Disc 4)
* time permitting

course viewing guide

The Collapse video logo.

*Presentation depends on time available

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:

Archaeological Methods and Dating Techniques
 WebPage

Some Important Concepts (slides 11B)

Special Skills:


In the Field (slides 10A)


In the Lab (slides 10B)


In the Field and Lab (slides 10C)
Archaeological Dating Methods (slides 10D)
Other Methods of Analysis (slides 10E)


For Week 14 Activities see Moodle logo.
readings from Understanding Humans, 11th Edition

Ch. 15, "The First Civilizations," pp. 373-406

Understanding Humans, 11th Edition

 
assignment:
Review for Final Exam

Image of a blue book.

Final Exam information
is available at
<http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/pcexamsTR.html#final>

Click on the various items for details

Review the materials

in your text

Understanding Humans, 11th Edition


 in your class notes
and on the
  DAY video viewing guides
or
  CE video viewing guides


Useful Information:

  UMD Study Strategies
 
 Test Taking Strategies

  Learning Styles

  Listening Skills

  Taking Notes from Lectures

  Special Facilities / Arrangements

  Basic Information about the text

  Writing Essays for Exams
  OWL, Online Writing Lab, Purdue University.
(Purdue University Online Writing Lab)

  Sample Exam Questions: Final

  extra help with exams

DAY Final Exam
Blue book for exams.

The f2012 DAY Final Prehistoric Cultures Exam will be at 2:00-3:55 a.m. on Wednesday, 19 December 2012, in Cina 214

The Live Chat for the DAY Prehistoric Cultures Final Exam will be Tuesday, 18 December 2012, 8:00-9:00 p.m. Sign in on Moodle logo..


Other Q & A

[60 questions, 300 points]

exam answer sheet

CE Final Exam
Blue book for exams.

The f2012 CE Prehistoric Cultures Final Exam will be Monday, 17 December 2012, 06:00 - 07:55 p.m. in Cina 214 (n.b. not 5:00)

The Live Chat for the CE Prehistoric Cultures Final Exam will be Sunday, 16 December 2012, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Sign in on Moodle logo..


Other Q & A

[60 questions, 300 points]

exam answer sheet

DAY and CE Prehistoric Cultures Extra Credit papers are due Friday, 7 December 2012
AVISO: Late Extra Credit Papers will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date.

For Week 14 Activities see Moodle logo.
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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  Week 14 Day 28
12 13
  Week 15 Day 29
14 15
       


 

   
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Winter Solstice , also known as Yule

2012
13.0.0.0.0
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The f2012 DAY Final Prehistoric Cultures Exam will be at 2:00-3:55 a.m. on Wednesday, 19 December 2012, in Cina 214

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CEE Prehistoric Cultures Final Exam

The Live Chat for the CE Prehistoric Cultures Final Exam will be Sunday, 16 December 2012, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Sign in on Moodle logo..


The f2012 CE Prehistoric Cultures Final Exam will be Monday, 17 December 2012, 06:00 - 07:55 p.m. in Cina 214 (n.b. not 5:00)
 
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Prehistoric Cultures Forum final semester Moodle evaluations are due by Thursday, 20 December 2012, 11:55 p.m. CDT
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Food Production: A Biocultural Revolution
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)

The First Civilizations
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)

New World Civilizations
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
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DAY 29 Thursday, 13 December 2012 nlt 3:35
CE Week 14 Monday, 10 December 2012 nlt 7:25

video:
*"The Collapse"
from the Out of the Past series
 (60 min., 1993, VC 2135)
 * time permitting

film HomePage
course viewing guide

 The Collapse video banner.
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video:
NA Fall 2012

Quest for Phoenicians
(ca. 60 min., 2006, DVD 883)

Phoenicians WebPage
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video:
*for fun:

"Mastering the Beasts"
from Before We Ruled the Earth series
Discovery Channel
(49 min., 2003, Chs. 5-7, DVD 94)

How do you look at this program differently now than you might have at the beginning of the semester ?

* time permitting

For Week 15 Activities see Moodle logo.
readings from Understanding Humans, 11th Edition

Ch. 16, "Biocultural Evolution and the Anthropocene," pp. 407-414

Understanding Humans, 11th Edition
 
assignment:
Review for Final Exam

Image of a blue book.

Final Exam information
is available at
<http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/pcexamsTR.html#final>

Click on the various items for details

Review the materials

in your text

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Mother Goddess Hagar Qim,
Malta

Mother Goddess, Hagar Qim, Malta
Copan

Copán, Honduras

Olmec head

Olmec Head,
Mexico
Text image

Grotte Chavet, France

Cell structure with Mitochondrial DNA.

generalized cell

Royal death mask of hammered gold from a Mycenaean shaft grave.

Royal Mycenaenan
Death Mask

Venus of Willendorf statuette

Venus of
Willendorf,
Austria
Homo sapiens, Australopithecus, and Chimpanzee.

Homo sapiens
Australopithecus
and Chimpanzee
Clovis point

Clovis point
Fossilized bones

Fossilized Bones
Orrorin tugenensis
Latoli footprints

Laetoli (Tanzania)
(oldest hominid footprints
in the world: 3.5 - 3.7 mya)
Bonobos: The Last Great Ape.

Bonobos
The Last Great Ape
Alan Alda talks with anthropologist Mary Marzke.

Alan Alda
talks with anthropologist
Mary Marzke
"Two old ergaster in the arid environment of Africa 1.5 million years ago."

"Two old ergaster in the arid environment
of Africa 1.5 million years ago."
BBC

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