Summary: Archaeology Of North America

ARKY 303: ARCHAEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA
Winter Semester 2014
Instructor: Mr. Don H. Butler
Office: ES750
Email: [e-mail]
Office Hours: Thursdays 3-5 pm or by appointment
Class: SS109
Times: Mon, Wed, Fri 11:00-11:50 am
Course Description:
This course provides a general survey of the archaeology of North America, north of Mexico. Temporal coverage extends from the earliest known evidence for human settlement in North America up to the period of European contact. Geographical regions covered include the Arctic, Subarctic, Plains, Plateau, Great
Basin, West Coast, Northwest Coast, Eastern Woodlands, and Atlantic Canada. Past cultures discussed include Paleo-Indian, Norton, Dorset, Thule, Inuit, Pueblo, Adena, Hopewellian,
Course Description (Wed, Jan 8)
2. What is Archaeology? (Fri, Jan 10)
Week 2: Goals, Methods, and Theories
3. The Foundation of North American Archaeology (Text pp. 22-37) (Mon, Jan 13)
4. Accessing the Past: Method and Theory (Text pp. 38-52) (Wed, Jan 15)
5. Explaining Prehistoric Cultural Change (Text pp. 53-68) (Fri, Jan 17)
Week 3: The Paleo-Indians
6. First Settlement (Text pp. 71-96) (Mon, Jan 20)
7. Later Paleo-Indian Cultures (Text pp. 97-114) (Wed, Jan 22)
8. Video: America’s Stone Age Explorers (Fri, Jan 24)
Week 4: The Great Plains; The Far North I
9. Bison Hunters on the Plains (Text pp. 117-141) (Mon, Jan 27)
10. Village Farmers of the Plains (Text pp. 142-164) (Wed, Jan 29)
11. Early Arctic Cultures (Text pp. 167-190) (Fri, Jan 31)
Week 5: The Far North II
12. Norton and Dorset (Text pp. 191-212) (Mon, Feb 3)
13. Thule and Inuit (Text pp. 191-212) (Wed, Feb 5)
14. Review (Fri, Feb 7)
Week 6: The West I
15. Quiz 1 (Mon, Feb 10)
16. Early Hunter-Gatherers on the West Coast (Text pp. 215-230) (Wed, Feb 12)
17. Later Prehistoric Societies of the Pacific Coast (Text pp. 233-263) (Fri, Feb 14)
Week 7: Reading Week: Sun, Feb 16 to Sun, Feb 23
Week 8: The West
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