ANTHROPOLOGY 3:

1. ANTHROPOLOGY 3: Instructor: Judith Habicht-Mauche Assoc. Prof. Anthropology http://ic.ucsc.edu/~judith/anth3/

2. Session 1 Overview • Introduce course, T.A.s, Instructor • Review syllabus & work, visit Website • 5-minute break • leave if this course is not for you • The World as Seen by Archaeologists • what archaeology studies and how

3. Teaching Staff Instructor: Judith A. Habicht-Mauche Office: 403 Soc Sci 1 Phone: 459-3201(w/message machine) E-mail: judith@ucsc.edu Office Hours: Wed 1-3 pm Teaching Assistants: Cristie Boone,Charlotte Cooper, Sarah Ginn, Anna Higgins, Jessy O’Reilly, Jun Sunseri, Jessica Watson

4. What this Course IS: General Introduction to Archaeology *As practiced in North America *As practiced by Anthropologists Includes: *History of Discipline *Basic Method and Theory *Social and Ethical Issues *General Topics and Case Studies (This course satisfies the Social Sciences Gen Ed (IS) requirement and is required for all Anthro majors)

5. What this Course IS NOT • NOT about Dinosaurs • NOT about Human Evolution • NOT about World Prehistory • NOT about “Ancient Civilizations”

6. Course Structure • Lectures and Video Presentations • Assigned Readings • Weekly On-Line Quizzes • Section Discussions and Activities • Independent and Group Projects • Writing Assignments (Essays, Book Review) • Anth 3 Workbook and Study Guide

7. Required Texts David Hurst Thomas (1999) Archaeology: Down to Earth (2nd Edition) James Deetz (1995) In Small Things Forgotten (Revised) Anth 3 Workbook, Anth 3 Reader

8. OPTIONAL BOOKS For critical book review

9. All Books for this course are available at Bay Tree BookstoreAnd on reserve at McHenry LibraryEVERYONE MUST PURCHASE THEIR OWN COPY OF THE WORKBOOK AND STUDY GUIDE

10. VISIT ANTHRO 3 WEBSITEhttp://ic.ucsc.edu/~judith/anth3/

11. On-line Quizzes on WebCT • Can be accessed through Anth 3 Web Site • Use Cruzmail login and password • Must complete 7 of 9 weekly quizzes to pass the class • Quizzes available from Tues noon through Thurs midnight of each week • Try taking “Demonstration Quiz” between now and next Tuesday

12. Go to Your Assigned Section NEXT WEEK (Apr 5-8) • This secures your place in class • If you do not go, your name will be deletedfrom class list • If you can’t make the first section, see your TA today or email them ASAP • Section Times & TA emails--posted on Web, in Workbook and outside 461 Soc Sci 1

13. If You Are Not Enrolled & Want to be Admitted to Anthropology 3 • Keep trying on AIS between now and Mon, Apr 4 • After Apr 4, enrollment will be by Permission Code Only • Attend any/every section that fits your schedule during week of Apr 4-8. • If there is space, TA will give you a permission code. • Bring EVV to section to verify status.

14. Remember: ATTEND YOUR SECTION NEXT WEEK To Retain Your Enrollment No-shows will be deleted to open places for new students.

15. FIVE MINUTE BREAK If you don’t think this course is for you, here’s your chance to leave! If you do, please leave the syllabus at exit.

16. WHAT IS ARCHAEOLOGY? • Way of seeing and learning1 about past2 human cultures3 through the analysis of material remains4 in their temporal and spatial context5.

17. Way of Seeing and Learning… • Body of theories about how world works and how people create order and meaning in their lives (multiple and contested). • Body of methods and techniques for recovering information.

18. Archaeology shares with History an interest in Human Past • Prehistoric archaeology • Studies societies and spans of time for which there are no written records • Historic archaeology • Studies societies for which written records exist • But reaches beyond documents to confront material conditions of people’s day-to-day lives.

19. Archaeology shares with Anthropology an interest in Human Culture • Culture is Behavior (What people do) • Culture is System of Meaning (What people think) • Learned, shared, patterned, not rational but rationalizing, dynamic. • Structures and is structured by human action in the material world.

20. Archaeologists study material remains • physical traces of human action in the world… • Artifacts:humanly-touched things • Features:human modifications in landscape (houses, hearths, pits, fields, roads,etc.) • Ecofacts:objects of non-cultural origin (seeds, pollen, bones, shell, etc.) Is “Material Culture” Culture?

21. Material remains meaningless outside of temporal and spatial context… • Sites: loci of past human activities; three dimensional association of artifacts, features, and ecofacts. • Cultural Landscapes: two dimensional association of sites and features. Vertical associations = relationships through time. Horizontal associations = relationships across space. Excavation and Survey: techniques for reconstructing vertical and horizontal associations between artifacts, ecofacts, features, and sites

22. The World as Seen by Archaeologists: • Material remains are by-products of learned, shared, cognitively structured behavior. • Patterning in material record reflects cultural behavior in a systematic way. • Task of archaeology is to reconstruct these patterns and explain their meaning--i.e. To tell stories about the past.

23. REMEMBER • GO TO SECTION NEXT WEEK • IN 461 Social Sciences 1 • This is essential to your continued enrollment in Anthropology 3