Introduction to Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology:

 

Humanity's Journeys

 

Dr. Kathryn Denning

 

Anth 2140, Sept 2005 - Apr 2006

 

 

13 Sept 2005... Welcome!

 

 

 

Plan for the day

 

1  Hello!

2  And you are...?

3  What this course is all about.

N.B. Sorry - course credit exclusion: 2150

 

4  Meet your TAs! Ruth Hamill,  Melanie Hammond, Anne Hartman, Joelle Reid

 

5 Our textbooks:

Fagan, Ancient Lives, 2nd ed. Available now at the bookstore. n.b. this was the text for 2150 last year - there are some used copies around.

Course kit. Available in a couple of weeks at the bookstore (I'll make an announcement). We'll start using it after it becomes available.

6 The course outline/ initial syllabus

7 First tutorials will be Sept 21 (i.e., not tomorrow Sept 14)

8 Homework for next week

9 Tutorial change policy

 

 





Your 
Homework 
for Next Week's Tutorial, on Sept 21



This is a small writing assignment designed to help us get to 
know you as students, and to help you to start thinking about archaeology and 
palaeoanthropology. It should be no more than 750 words long – be concise. Your 
tasks:



a) Write a paragraph answering these questions: What do you hope 
to gain from this course? What interests you about archaeology and human 
origins? How does this connect with your background, life experience, or other 
courses you've taken (e.g. anthropology, biology, ancient history)? 
Please specify your year of study, your major, and related 
courses you've taken.

      

      b) Go out in front of Vari Hall and have a good look 
      around. Think back in time… what do you think was here 1000 years ago?  
      How about 2000 years ago?  Write a paragraph on what you imagine having 
      been here then.

      

      c) Go out in front of Vari Hall and have a good look 
      around. Look back at Vari Hall, and at the fountain, York Lanes and the 
      other buildings, the Common, the bus stops, the trees... and imagine what 
      would remain in 1000 years if everyone left York today and it remained 
      uninhabited. Write about what you think would still be visible above the 
      ground in the year 3005. What would still be there? What would disappear? 
      Would you be able to understand what this place was used for? Why or why 
      not? Pay attention to details in what you see, and be specific in what you 
      say! (If you want to keep going, think about what would be left in 2000 or 
      even 5000 or 10 000 years.) 



 



  

    
    

    This is worth 1% of your tutorial participation mark for 
    the year. Please hand it in at tutorial next week on Sept 21.

    

    On the first page of your assignment, clearly write:

    

    -your name and student number

    

    -your TA's name and your tutorial number (see right) 
    

    

    -the course number & name (Anth 2140 Archaeology & 
    Palaeoanthropology / Humanity's Journeys) 

    

    -my name (Dr. Kathryn Denning)  

    
    

    Your tutorials and TAs are as follows:

    

    Tutorial 1, Weds 9:30 VH 1005.... Melanie Hammond

    

    Tutorial 2,  Weds 10:30 VH 1005....Melanie Hammond

    

    Tutorial 3, Weds 11:30 VH 1005....Anne Hartman

    

    Tutorial 4, Weds 12:30 VH 1005....Anne Hartman

    

    Tutorial 5, Weds 1:30 VH 1005.... Ruth Hamill

    

    Tutorial 6, Weds 2:30 VH 1005.... Ruth Hamill

    

    Tutorial 7, Weds 3:30 VH 1005.... Joelle Reid

    

    Tutorial 8, Weds 4:30 VH 1005.... Joelle Reid

    
 

    

     

  





 




 


Tutorial change policy


Please simply attend your scheduled tutorial if this is at all possible.

If you absolutely cannot attend your scheduled tutorial, then you must:



a) find someone else to switch with



b) Go TOGETHER to see Betty Hagopian in the Dept of Anthropology, Vari 2054.
Mrs. Hagopian can do this switch for you.

Please note that you may NOT regularly attend a tutorial in which you are not
registered. You must attend the tutorial in which you are registered. Exceptions
can only be made on rare occasions. 






 



Reading to do for next class, Sept 20



For 
next week, read Fagan 2-29, and familiarize yourself with the general 
contents of the book. 



Our initial readings in this course will be about how we do 
archaeology. Then, working from the course kit, we will move gradually into the 
realm of evolution and palaeoanthropology, our primate cousins, and our most 
recent ancestors, and then back into archaeology and prehistory.




 



Announcements/Reminders



1. If you missed the first class and are just reading this 
online, please pick up a course outline from the Anthropology Dept., Vari 
2054, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm.