Concepts (be able to define each term in one to two sentences)

-  Culture

-  Archaeology

-  Artifact/ecofact

-  Stratigraphy/superposition

-  Natural selection

 

 

Methods and Technology (explain what each is one is used for in archaeology and give a specific example of when we saw it put to use during this course)

-  Radiocarbon dating and AMS

-  Potassium Argon dating

-  Dendrochronology

-  Zooarchaeology

-  Flotation

-  DNA

-  Obsidian sourcing

 

 

Human Evolution and Invention (explain the significance of each one in terms of human biological or cultural evolution, and approximately when it first appeared, or at least a very early example)

-  Bipedalism

-  Cranial capacity

-  Lithic technology (Oldowan, Acheulian, Mousterian)

-  Plant domestication

-  Animal domestication

-  Irrigation

-  Metallurgy

-  Trade

-  Writing

 

 

Sociopolitical Organization (explain or describe each one in one to two sentences)

-  Band, tribe, chiefdom, state

-  Sedentism

-  Egalitarianism

-  Hierarchy

-  Power in 3 domains: economic, social/ideological, political

 

 

Theory (explain each theory and how it relates to biological or cultural evolution)

-  African exodus: “multi-regional” and “out-of-Africa” hypotheses

-  Agriculture: “Oases vs Hilly Flanks”

-  State: “hydraulic hypothesis” and “coercive theory”

 

 

 

 

 

Regional Expertise (Pick one region as your area of expertise.  For your area of expertise be able to give a thorough description of that region’s culture history as described in the text.  Include dates, environmental/climatic information if applicable, subsistence strategy, cultural exchange, sociopolitical organization, and downfall if applicable.

 

-  Egypt and Africa (Predynastic Egypt, Dynastic Egypt, Afrocentrism, Nubia, Meroe, Aksum, Ancient Africa)

 

-  South, Southeast Asia, and East Asia (Harappan, South Asia after Harappa, Origins of Chinese, War Lords, Southeast Asian)

 

-  Lowland Mesoamerica (Preclassic peoples, Olmec, Origins of Maya, Classic Maya, Classic Maya collapse, Postclassic Maya)

 

-  Highland Mesoamerica (Oaxaca Valley, Monte Alban, Teotihuacan, Toltec, Aztec)

 

-  Andean Civilizations (Maritime foundations, Coastal foundations, Early Horizon, Initial Period, Moche State, Middle Horizon, Late Intermediate Period, Late Horizon and Inca, Spanish Conquest)

 

 

Geography (Be able to identify the basic region that the following artifacts, cultures, or sites belong to on a map).

 

Abu Hureyra

Ancestral Pueblo

Angkor

Avebury

Babylon

Bandkeramik

Cahokia

Catalhoyuk

Chaco Canyon

Chavin de Huantar

Chichen Itza

Chumash

Clovis

Copan

Cro-Magnon

Cuzco

Diuktai Cave

Dmanisi

Dos Pilas

East Turkana

Eridu

Giza

Guila Naquitz

Harappa

Hohokam

Hopewell

Huon Peninsula

Jericho

Knossos

Koobi Fora

Koster

Laetoli

Lapita

Machu Picchu

Mali

Merimda Beni Salama

Mesa Verde

Moche

Monte Alban

Monte Verde

Mycenae

Olduvai Gorge

Olmec

Palenque

San Lorenzo

Shang

Sipan

Tenochtitlan

Teotihuacan

Thebes

Tikal

Trinil

Uaxactun

Uruk

Wari

Willandra Lakes

Xianrendong

Yangshao

Zhoukoudian

Zimbabwe