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This course is designed to provide you with an extensive overview of the theories, methods, and practice of archaeology. It examines the nature and aims of archaeology; the methods and material remains used to reconstruct the past; the economic, social, political, and ideological systems of human experience; the biology of people of the past; the causes of culture change; and the place of archaeology in our contemporary world.

Unit 1: The Framework of Archaeology

1.1—The History of Archaeology
“The African Burial Ground Part 1.” YouTube video, 28:33. Posted by Marion Newton, October 2, 2015.
“The African Burial Ground Part 2.” YouTube video, 28:15. Posted by Marion Newton, October 2, 2015.
“The African Burial Ground Part 3.” YouTube video, 29:08. Posted by Marion Newton, October 2, 2015.
“The African Burial Ground Part 4.” YouTube video, 28:25. Posted by Marion Newton, October 2, 2015.

Unit 2: Discovering the Variety of Human Experience

2.1—Social Archaeology: How Were Societies Organized?
David, Nicholas. Vessels of the Spirit: Pots and People in North Cameroon. Calgary, AB: Department of Communications Media, University of Calgary, 1990.
David, Nicholas, Judy Sterner, and Kodzo Gavua. “Why Pots Are Decorated.” Current Anthropology 29, no. 3 (1988): 365–389.
2.2—Environmental Archaeology: What Was the Environment?
Indus: The Unvoiced Civilization. Directed by Tamomic Nagasawa and Yutaka Shigenobu. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 2001.
2.4—Technology: How Did They Make and Use Tools?
Kooyman, Brian P. Understanding Stone Tools and Archaeological Sites. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2000.

Unit 3: The World of Archaeology

3.1—Five Case Studies
Out of the Past. Oakville, ON: Magic Lantern Communications, 1993.

Eight-part video series.