week

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Class Date

Lecture/

Tutorial

Agenda During Class

Required Reading to do Before Class

Reminders! And

Major Due Dates

York Dates for full year courses

13

Jan 8

LECTURE

Reviewing basics about ancient civilizations, Old World

None assigned - review

TUTORIAL

No tutorial

14

Jan 15

LECTURE

Ancient Civilizations of the Old World, and the Guns, Germs, and Steel hypothesis

Fagan Chapter 13: Early Asian Civilizations

Jared Diamond, Why Did Human History Unfold Differently on Different Continents For the Last 13 000 Years? www.edge.org/3rd_culture/diamond/diamond_p1.html

www.edge.org/3rd_culture/diamond/diamond_p2.html

Are you reviewing regularly? Remember, this course is cumulative.

TUTORIAL

15

Jan 22

LECTURE

Complex societies and civilizations of the New World: an introduction

Fagan Ch 14 "Maize, Pueblos, and Mound Builders"

Prehistory of Ontario www.adamsheritage.com/pre/preont1.htm (read expanded versions linked from left margin of that page)

Keep exploring this site as we examine ancient cultures: www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/index.html

There will be a total of 3 quizzes this term… stay on top of your reading

TUTORIAL

16

Jan 29

LECTURE

Ancient Egypt Part I

Review Fagan pp 337-348

Explore web feature on Ancient Egypt thoroughly: www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/

Explore: www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/Welcome.html

Briefly explore Hierakonpolis:

www.archaeology.org/interactive/hierakonpolis/index.html

Plan to go to the museum soon!

TUTORIAL

17

Feb 5

LECTURE

Ancient Egypt Part II

Continue exploring the sites above, particularly these parts:

The Private Lives of the Pyramid Builders: www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/pyramid_builders_01.shtml

The Decipherment of Hieroglyphs

www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/decipherment_01.shtml

Burial Customs: www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/burialcustoms/index.html

TUTORIAL

18

Feb 12

READING WEEK – NO LECTURE, NO TUTORIAL

19

Feb 19

LECTURE

Mesoamerica and the Inca

Fagan Ch15: Mesoamerican Civilizations

Fagan Ch 16: Andean Civilizations

There will be a total of 3 quizzes this term… stay on top of your reading

TUTORIAL

20

Feb 26

LECTURE

Contact and Conquest -- Part I

Contact/Conquest:

Read parts of “The European Voyages of Exploration”

www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/columbus.html, www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/Latin.html,

www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/aztec.html,

www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/inca.html

www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/maritime.html

www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/eurowar.html

www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/communicate.html

www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/relex.html

Optional/Recommended: More on Ancient Civs of the Americas:

Explore Teotihuacan: http://archaeology.la.asu.edu/teo/ Explore Tiwanaku: “Revealing Ancient Bolivia” www.archaeology.org/interactive/tiwanaku/index.html

TUTORIAL

MUSEUM ASSIGNMENT IS DUE IN TUTORIAL ON FEB 27

21

Mar 4

LECTURE

Contact and Conquest  -- Part II

NO READING - GO BACK AND CATCH UP ON ANYTHING YOU'VE MISSED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. RECOMMENDED: REVIEW JARED DIAMOND'S ARTICLE, ABOVE.

TUTORIAL

22

Mar 11

LECTURE

Archaeology in Canada, and the Archaeology of Civilizations Today: Ethics, Politics, Recent Developments

Fagan pp 447-450

 “Insight:The World’s Most Endangered Sites” www.archaeology.org/9911/etc/insight.html

“Can you dig it?” The Economist  Mar 28th 2002  DOWNLOAD PDF

 Hester Davis 1998. “Facing the Crisis.” Archaeology Magazine. www.archaeology.org/online/features/loot/index.html Read each section.

Optional: Explore “Protecting Iraq’s Ancient Heritage” www.archaeology.org/iraq/

AND “Digging History” by Ann Chandler, “Explore Canada’s Top 10 Archaeological Sites”. IN The Beaver June/July 2006. 

On reserve at Scott Library,

OR... download the pdf files here (caution: these are large files and will take a while a while to download): Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

There will be a total of 3 quizzes this term… stay on top of your reading

TUTORIAL

23

Mar 18

LECTURE

Complex Societies, Civilizations, and Collapse – Part I

Wright, Short History of Progress, Ch 3, 4, 5: “Fools’ Paradise”, “Pyramid Schemes”, and “The Rebellion of the Tools”

TUTORIAL

24

Mar 25

LECTURE

Complex Societies, Civilizations, and Collapse, Part II – and Renewal

“Why Societies Collapse” www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s707591.htm

“The Ends of the World as We Know Them” www.truthout.org/docs_05/010205Y.shtml

“Godzilla's Attacking Babylon” www.archaeology.org/online/features/godzilla/

Apr 3 Classes end.

Apr 7 Last date to submit winter term course work

Apr 7-29 Exam Period

TUTORIAL

Last tutorial

Apr 1

LECTURE

Last Class: Archaeology and the Future

Reading TBA – will be available online via course website

Take-home Final Exam due April 21 at 2:00 pm

TUTORIAL

No tutorial