Delle Topics Syllabus Atlantic History Seminar

Topics in Archaeology: Historical Archaeology
Franklin and Marshall College
Professor James A. Delle
Fall 2000

REQUIRED READING:

JAMES DEETZ: IN SMALL THINGS FORGOTTEN: AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF EARLY AMERICAN LIFE.

CHARLES ORSER AND BRIAN FAGAN: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

RUSSELL BARBER: DOING HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY: EXERCISES USING DOCUMENTARY, ORAL, AND MATERIAL EVIDENCE.

JAMES DELLE, S. MROZOWSKI. R. PAYNTER (EDS): LINES THAT DIVIDE: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGIES OF RACE, CLASS, AND GENDER

GRADING PROCEDURE:
FIRST EXAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30%
SECOND EXAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30%
EXERCISES FROM BARBER'S BOOK. . .20%
FIVE EXERCISES, 4% EACH
CLASS PARTICIPATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10%
GRAVESTONE PROJECT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10%

CLASS SCHEDULE

INTRODUCTION TO HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

AUG 31: INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
READ: DEETZ CH 1-2

SEPT 5: DEFINING HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
READ: ORSER AND FAGAN CH 1

SEPT 7: THE NATURE OF HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
READ: ORSER AND FAGAN CH 2-3

SEPT 12: THE SMALL THINGS FORGOTTEN
READ: DEETZ CH 3-5

SEPT 14: ANALYZING HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS
READ: ORSER AND FAGAN CH 4.

SEPT 19: INTERPRETING THE FORGOTTEN
READ: DEETZ 6-9

SEPT 21: EXAM 1

DOING HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

SEPT 26: FINDING HISTORICAL SITES
READ: ORSER AND FAGAN CH. 6

SEPT 28: DOING DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH
READ: ORSER AND FAGAN CH. 7
BEGIN EXERCISE NUMBER 1

OCT 3: THE NATURE OF HISTORICAL SITES
READ: ORSER AND FAGAN CH 8

OCT 5: ORAL HISTORIES AND FOLKLORE
DUE: EXERCISE NUMBER 1
BEGIN EXERCiSE NUMBER 2

OCT 10: NO CLASS SCHEDULED

OCT 12: SPATIAL ANALYSIS IN HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
DUE: EXERCISE NUMBER 2
BEGIN: EXERCISE NUMBER 3

OCT 17: FOODWAYS ANAL.YSIS IN HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
DUE: EXERCISE NUMBER 3
BEGIN: EXERCISE NUMBER 4

OCT 19: ARTIFACT ANALYSIS IN HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
BEGIN: EXERCISE NUMBER 5

OCT 24: FALL RECESS, NO CLASS SCHEDULED

OCT 26: GRAVESTONE ANALYSIS IN HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
DUE: EXERCISE NUMBER 4
BEGIN: GRAVESTONE PROJECT

SUBSTANTIVE STUDIES IN HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

OCT 31: EXPLANATION IN HISTORICAL. ARCHAEOLOGY
DUE: EXERCISE NUMBER 5
READ: ORSER AND FAGAN CH. 1O, DELLE ET AL. INTRODUCTION

NOV 2: ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLANATI0NS OF RACE
READ: ORSER AND FAGAN CH. 11, DELLE ET AL CH. 1,2,3

NOV 7: ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPL.ANATI0NS OF GENDER
READ: DELLE ET AL. CH. 6,7,8

NOV 9: ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS OF CLASS
READ: DELLE ET AL. CH. 10,11.

NOV 14: THE USES OF HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
READ: ORSER AND FAGAN CH. 12

NOV 16: NO CLASS SCHEDULED

NOV 21: FILM: DIGGING FOR SLAVES

NOV 23: THANKSGIVlNG

WRAPPING IT ALL UP

NOV 28: GRAVESTONE PROJECT ORAL REPORTS

NOV 30: GRAVESTONE PROJECT ORAL REPORTS

DEC 5: FINAL REVIEW; GRAVESTONE WRITTEN PROJECT DUE

SECOND EXAM IN SCHEDULED FINAL EXAM PERIOD