Delle Syllabus Atlantic History Seminar

Topical Seminar: Historical Archaeology
Franklin and Marshall
Prof. James A. Delle
Fall 1997

COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES
This course will explore recent theoretical, methodological, and thematic developments in the archaeoiogy of the recent past. The temporal and geographic coverage will span the historic period of the North America and the Caribbean (c. 1500-1900). The course will concentrate on examining how historical archaeologists use documentary and arifactual evidence in interpreting the past, and how historical archaeology can contribute to our understanding of the ways by which material culture has influenced the historic definition and negotiation of race, class, gender, and ethnic identities.

COURSE FORMAT
The course, which is designed as an upper level undergraduate serninar, will be based primarily on reading and discussion. Each student will be expected to complete all reading assignments before the date they are due, and to come to class prepared to discuss the material. Students will occasionally be expectcd to lead discussion on assigned anicles and chapters. The final few weeks of the course will be dedicated to lab work; during this time students will have the opportunity to have "hands-on" training with a variety of archaeological materials.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Each student will be required to attend class regularly and participale in all discussions on the materia!. Attendance and participation will count for a significant portion of your final grade, so be sure to come to class prepared!!!! Each student will also be required to submit several short writing assignments and exercises, and to complete a lab report based on the analysis of an assemblage of historical material culture. Each student must complete every assignment and take every exam. There will be one exam during the final exam period. The final will be a cumuialive essay exam based on the semester's readings. ALL STUDENTS MUST TAKE THE FINAL
EXAM.

GRADING POLICY
. Attendance/Participation = 34% of the final grade.
. Final exam= 33 % of the final grade.
. Writing assignments, including lab report= 33 % of the final grade.

REQUIRED READINGS
. Ferguson, Leland. Uncommon Ground. Smithsonian Institution Press.
. Leone, Mark and Parker Potter (eds) The Recovery of Meaning. Smithsonian Press.
. Noel Hume. Ivor. A Guide to the Artifacts of Colonial America. Vintage
. Deetz, James. In Small Things Forgotten. Anchor/Doubleday.
. Armstrong, Douglas. The Old Village and the Great House. Univ. of Illinois Press.
. Deagan, Kathleen. Puerto Real: the Archaeology of a 16th-century Spanish Town. Univ. Press of Fiorida.
. Orser. Charles. Images of the Recent Past. AltaMira Press.

RECOMMENDED READINGS
. Beaudry, Mary and Anne Yentsch. The Art and Mystery of Historical Archaeology.
. DeCunzo, LouAnn and Bernard Herman. Historical Archaeology and American Cullure .
. Potter, Parker. Public Archeology in Annapolis.
. Schrire, Carmel. Digging through Darkness.
. Walthall, John and Thomas Emmerson. Calumet and Fleur-de-Lys.

COURSE SCHEDULE

THE WHYS AND WHEREFORES OF HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
Tue 9/9: lntroduction: In Small Things Forgottern
Read: Deetz (entirety)

Thu 9/11: Doing Historical Archeology: Views of the Pursuit
Read: Leone in Leone and Potter
Deagan in Orser
Little in Orser
Deetz in Leone and Potter

Tue 9/16: People and Places: The Spanish Southeast
Read: Thomas in Orser
Thomas in Leone and Potter
South in Leone and Potter

Thu 9/18: People and Places: Native North America
Read:. Brenner in Leone and Potter
Crosby in Leone and Potter
Recommended: Calumet and Fleur-de-Lys.

Tue 9/23: People and Places: The Chesapeake and Tidewater
Read: Little in Leone and Potter
Palkovich in Leone and Potter

INTERDISICPLINARY STUDIES

Thu 9/25: Faunal Analysis
Read: Szuter in Orser
Scott and Snow in Orser
Hamilton in Orser

Tue 9/30: Botanical Analysis
Read: Kelso and Harrington in Orser

Thu 10/2: Ceramic Analysis
Read: Turnbaugh in Orser
Henry in Orser
Beaudry, Cook, Mrozowski in Orser

LANDSCAPE STUDIES

Tue 10/7: Archaeology and Formal Gardens
Read: Leone in Orser

Thu lO/9: Landscapes and Social Power
Read: Orser and Nekola in Orser
Orser in Leone and Potter
Anderson and Moore in Leone and Potter

ARCHAEOLOGlES OF RACE, CLASS, ETHNICITY AND GENDER

Tue lO/14: Archaeologies of Capitalism: Class analysis
Read: Paynter in Leone and Potter
McGuire in Leone and Potter
Leone in Leone and Potter

Tho 10/16: Race and Ethnicity
Read: Staski in Orser
Singicron in Orser
Hall and Markell in Orser

Tue 10/21: Gender
Read: Seifert in Orser

PLANTAllON STUDIES IN THE U.S.
Thu 10/23: The Piedmont: Guest Lecture by Dr. Elten Shlasko

Tho 10/28: The Lowcountry
Read: Ferguson: Uncommon Ground (entirety)

Tue 10/30: The Tidewater
Read: Yentsch: A Chesapeake Family and Their Slaves (entirety)

HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE CARIBBEAN

Tue 11/4: The Spanish Caribbean
Read: Deagan: Puerto Real chapters 1-4

Thu 11/6: The Spanish Caribbean
Read: Deagan: Puerto Real chapters 5-9

Tue 11/11:The Spanish Caribbean
Read: Deagan: Puerto Real chapters 10-13

Thu 11/13: NO CLASS: Work on Document Assigmnent
Read: Armstrong: Old Village and Great House chapters t-4

Tue 11/18: The British Caribbean
Read: Armstrong: Old Village and Great House chapters 5-8
Document assignment due.

PRACTICAL TRAINING: LAB STUDIES

Thu 11/20: AAA: LAB ORIENTATION
Tue 11/25: CERAMIC ANALYSIS
Thu 11/27: THANKSGIVING BREAK; NO CLASS SCHEDULED
Tue 12/2: MATERIAL CULTURE ANALYSIS
Thu 12/4: MATERIAL CULTURE ANALYSIS
Tue 12/9: MATERIAL CULTURE ANALYSIS
FINAL EXAM : DATE AND TIME TO BE ANNOUNCED