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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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. Unit 1: Trigger (1984) “Alternative Archaeologies: Nationalist, Colonialist, Imperialist” https://www.jstor.org/stable/2802176 Lydon and Rizvi […]
Media Links and Embedded Videos: Unit 1: 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) Unit 2: […]
Index of Images Three-age system- Unit 3? Arch Methods-Time and DepthArchaeologist- Unit 1 John Wesley Gilbert- Roots?Scientific Method- Unit 2- Time and Depth IBuffalo Jump Unit 4 Subsistence Part IICartoon-Future Arch Unit 6 Arch and MediaÇatalhöyük Art Unit 2 Cognition“ “ Dig Unit 2 CognitionCartoon-House Hunting Unit -N/A […]
Atalay and Shannon “Completing the Journey: NAGPRA. ”https://www.americananthropologist.org/ethnographic-storytelling/atalay-shannon-completing-journey. Openly available. Boas, Franz. The History of Anthropology. Science, 1904. http://archive.org/details/jstor-1631123. Britt (2019) “Collaborating on the Federal Level” https://link-springer-com.brooklyn.ezproxy.cuny.edu/article/10.1007/s11759-019-09381-8. (Available through Brooklyn College Library-login with your institutional ID to view) Cultural Heritage Partners “African American Burial Ground Network Act Introduction. http://www.culturalheritagepartners.com/cultural-heritage-partners-applauds-african-american-burial-grounds-network-act-introduction-in-congress/ Introduction: […]
