Anth 502
History and Theory of Archaeology
Spring 2008
Bruce Trigger, from the cover of "The Archaeology of Bruce Trigger", 2006
(no,the granite stela did NOT fall on him!)
Instructor: Dr. Margaret Purser, PhD
Office: 2054 D Stevenson Hall
Contact: margaret.purser@sonoma.edu , or 664-3164
Time: Friday 9-11:40
Location: Stevenson 2065
Office Hours: Tuesdays 11-12, Wednesdays 2-3, Fridays 1-2 and by appointment
This Week's Gallery: Mark Staniforth, Flinders University; Kent Lightfoot, UCB
(2nd from right...duh!)
Course Readings
Lewis Henry Morgan, "Ethnical Periods", chapter 4 from Ancient Society, 1877
V. Gordon Childe, "The Forest Cultures of Northern Europe", 1930
V. Gordon Childe, "The Mesolithic and Neolithic in Northern Europe", 1943
Nels Nelson, "Chronology of the Tano Ruins", 1916
A.V. Kidder, "Archaeological Explorations at Pecos, New Mexico", 1916
Julian Steward, "Cultural Causality and Law: A Trial Formulation of the Development of Early Civilizations", 1949
Julian Steward, "The Direct Historical Approach to Archaeology", 1942
Lewis Binford, "Middle-range research and the role of actualistic studies", 1982
Alison Wylie, "The Reaction Against Analogy", 1985
Lewis Binford, excerpts from "Debating Archaeology", 1989
Ian Hodder, "Postprocessual Archaeology and the Current Debate", 1991
Patty Jo Watson, "A Parochial Primer: The New Dissonance As Seen from the Midcontinental United States", 1991
Laurajane Smith, "Heritage Management as Postprocessual Archaeology?", 1994
Mark Staniforth, "Annales-Informed Approaches to the Archaeology of Colonial Australia"
Course Timelines
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Bulletins from the Franz Boas Supper Club |
Useful Links
Annual Review of Anthropology online
International Journal of Nautical Archaeology
Journal of Archaeological Science
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology