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Anthropology 1400: Digging the Past

for the Anthropology Department of Brooklyn College
  • Instructor Pages
    • Prof. David Milley
    • Prof. Amanda Schreiner
    • Prof. Kelly Britt
  • Readings
    • Digging into Archaeology
    • Methods in Archaeology
    • Articles and Books
  • Multimedia
    • Videos
    • Image Gallery
  • Index
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Anthropology 1400: Digging the Past

  • Search
  • Instructor Pages
    • Prof. David Milley
    • Prof. Amanda Schreiner
    • Prof. Kelly Britt
  • Readings
    • Digging into Archaeology
    • Methods in Archaeology
    • Articles and Books
  • Multimedia
    • Videos
    • Image Gallery
  • Index

How do we know what we believe to know about the past? This class will dive into this question by introducing students to archaeology, a sub-discipline of anthropology that explores the human past through materiality. An overview of archaeological method and theory and current approaches to the practice. Topics will […]

ANTH 1400/CLAS 3210

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Textbooks: Open Textbook Library. “Digging into Archaeology: A Brief OER Introduction to Archaeology with Activities,” 2020. Available as an interactive textbook at CUNY Manifold. Available for pdf download at University of Minnesota Open Textbooks. Colin Renfrew. METHODS IN ARCHEOLOGY COLIN RENFREW, PAUL BAHN, 2010. http://archive.org/details/METHODSINARCHEOLOGYCOLINRENFREWPAULBAHN. Selected articles, curated by Brooklyn College Anthropology department.

Readings

Anthropology-Cultural Resource Management (4.33 minutes)

Anthropology-Cultural Resource Management (4.33 minutes)

Colin Renfrew. METHODS IN ARCHEOLOGY COLIN RENFREW, PAUL BAHN, 2010. http://archive.org/details/METHODSINARCHEOLOGYCOLINRENFREWPAULBAHN. The above textbook is available for download here, but as this will take a long time to load, you may prefer to go chapter by chapter. Preface and Introduction from METHODS IN ARCHEOLOGY Chapter 1: The Searchers: The History of Archaeology Chapter […]

Methods in Archaeology

A Brief OER Introduction to Archaeology with Activities Amanda Wolcott Paskey and AnnMarie Beasley Cisneros From CUNY Manifold Edition, 2022. Use the links below or the Manifold Table of Contents on the top left of the book to navigate. If you are using the links below and they do not […]

Digging into Archaeology

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Online Reading Links: Textbooks: Main: Digging into Archaeology A Brief OER Introduction to Archaeology with Activities by Amanda Wolcott Paskey and AnnMarie Beasley Cisneros (2020) https://asccc-oeri.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/OERI-Archaeology_Final_4_29.pdf Supplemental: Methods In Archeology by Colin Renfrewan Baul Bahn (2010) http://archive.org/details/METHODSINARCHEOLOGYCOLINRENFREWPAULBAHN.

Index

Media Links and Embedded Videos: Solving Mysteries with Archaeologists! (1.05 minutes) What is Archaeology? (31.06 minutes) What is archaeology: Understanding the archaeological Record (6.44 minutes) Context in Archaeology: More than Just a Pretty Face (4.06 minutes) How are Archaeological Artefacts Preserved in the Ground? (6.35 minutes) How Do Archaeologists Decide […]

Videos

Multimedia

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Index of Images Three-age system-              Arch Methods-Time and DepthArchaeologist-                John Wesley Gilbert- Roots?Scientific Method-              Time and Depth IBuffalo Jump                      Subsistence Part IICartoon-Future Arch          Arch and MediaÇatalhöyük Art                   Cognition“ “ Dig                                CognitionCartoon-House Hunting     Fun cartoonsWheeler Grid                      Arch Methods-Time and DepthAbsolute/Relative Dating  Arch Methods Time and Depth IIUnit Excavation                  Arch Methods           Time and Depth FieldworkCartoon early Arch             Arch Methods […]

Image Gallery

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Articles and Books

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