What a trip!

Humanity's footprints... from Laetoli to Luna

Introduction to Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology:

Humanity's Journeys

Dr. Kathryn Denning

Anth 2140, Sept 2005 - Apr 2006

4 Apr 2006... Last class!

Plan for the day

1   Course business/ announcements...

2   Final thoughts

3   Final exam

4   Evaluations

Announcements

1)  Your final grades for your tutorial participation are posted online here.  Your museum assignments have been marked and returned; if you didn't get yours yet, please pick it up from the Anthro office (Vari 2054) sometime next week.  Please note: your TAs' work is nearly done:  questions about the final exam should come to me at arch@yorku.ca  

2) I'm teaching two third-year courses next year:  Archaeology and Society, and Material Culture and Archaeology of the Contemporary Past. Hope to see you there!

3) KD's office hours: 2-4 on Tuesday April 11th.  Also may be available by appointment: email arch@yorku.ca 

THE BIG HERE

THE LONG NOW

http://www.longnow.org/

Take-home Final Exam hand out.

- extra copies are available from the Anthropology Office, Vari 2054, or from just outside K. Denning's door, Vari 2029, and online

Advice

    - read the questions very carefully and follow the instructions precisely

    - don't bother consulting others' exams from last year - they actually won't help you! Similarities in questions are superficial, and the course was different in content, so they actually won't help you!

Thanks to you all for your hard work in this course. It has been a pleasure being here. Good luck to you, wherever your journey takes you next.

Thanks to our companions in 'the long now' -- those who have gone before us -- for the knowledge they give us.

(mosaic from Pompeii)

Archaeology, Palaeoanthropology, and You.

What should you do with all you've learned?

- enjoy your knowledge of human evolution and humanity's journeys

- keep reading about human evolution and archaeology - e.g. popular science journals

- know that the past is powerful... recognize the unfair use of physical anthropology or archaeology, and resist one-sided views, and resist inappropriate treatment of artifacts and archaeological sites

- think about what it means to be part of a 'big here' and a 'long now' 

Some suggested reading for the summer and beyond:

Ronald Wright: A Brief History of Progress, and Stolen Continents

Jared Diamond: Collapse, and Guns, Germs and Steel, and The Third Chimpanzee

Paul Bahn and John Flenley: Earth Island, Easter Island