課程名稱 |
世界考古大發現 Great Discoveries in World Archaeology |
開課學期 |
104-2 |
授課對象 |
文學院 人類學系 |
授課教師 |
高 德 |
課號 |
Anth5120 |
課程識別碼 |
125EU3050 |
班次 |
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學分 |
3 |
全/半年 |
半年 |
必/選修 |
選修 |
上課時間 |
星期四2,3,4(9:10~12:10) |
上課地點 |
水源人201 |
備註 |
本課程以英語授課。文化人類學次領域及文化資產領域課程。 限學士班三年級以上 總人數上限:20人 |
Ceiba 課程網頁 |
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1042Anth5120_2016 |
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課程概述 |
Great discoveries in archaeology have fundamentally shaped and changed our understanding of ourselves as humans, from the first excavations at Pompeii in 1748 to the recent finds of the oldest stone tools dating 3.3 million years ago at Lomekwi 3 in Kenya. Archaeology, through the study of material traces of past behavior, sheds light on the global story of human existence, across deep time, regions, and ways of living never covered by historical texts or ethnographic observation. This course, taught in English, introduces major discoveries and themes in world prehistory. We will look at human evolution, Neanderthal and modern human interactions, cave art and the behavioral revolution of the Upper Paleolithic, the origins of agriculture, and the emergence of complex societies, comparing and contrasting examples from the New World and the Old World, including Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and Mesoamerica, considering the interrelated roles of political power, social hierarchies, economy, technology, and ideology in shaping human societies. One special emphasis will be the roles that discoveries in East and Southeast Asia, including Taiwan, can play in bringing new knowledge to world archaeological discussions. |
課程目標 |
This lecture course will familiarize students with major discoveries in world archaeology and how they help us construct new, anthropological understandings of human behavior and major turning points in prehistory. It will also help them understand the development of the fields of archaeology and prehistory and their basic concepts. For non-native English speakers, this course will teach them key terminology in prehistory and archaeology. Students will also become familiar with the main digital bibliographic resources for archaeological research and how to formulate an archaeological research topic and locate relevant literature (annotated bibliography project). |
課程要求 |
Weekly textbook and supplementary readings; attending weekly lectures; participation in in-class discussions; midterm and final exams; annotated bibliography project.
評量方式
Class attendance (10%); midterm exam (30%); final exam (30%); annotated bibliography project (35%).
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預期每週課後學習時數 |
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Office Hours |
每週一 11:00~13:00 |
指定閱讀 |
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參考書目 |
Required:
*Price, T. Douglas and Gary M. Feinman
2012 Images of the Past. 7th edition. McGraw-Hill.
ISBN: 9780078034978.
Additional readings will supplement the textbook. These will include short journal papers on recent discoveries and selected passages from other textbooks that can fill gaps in the Images textbook coverage.
課程進度&
週次(18週)
Week 01 Introduction to the Course.
Week 02 Archaeology’s Beginnings, Changing Concepts of Time, Early Evolutionary Models, the First Excavations and Great Discoveries P&F Chapter 1
The Principles of Archaeology.?Building Blocks: Types of Archaeological Data. P&F Chapter 1
Survey, Excavation and Stratigraphy, and Dating Methods. ?
Week 03 Human Origins: What does it mean to be “human”? Early hominid sites, fossils, and human evolution in Africa (Olduvai Gorge, Laetoli, Hadar, Swartkrans). New discoveries of the earliest stone tools; Paleolithic Archaeology. P&F Chapter 2
Out of Africa 1: Homo erectus and the Neanderthals?Emergence of Anatomically Modern Humans; Out of Africa II; Neandertal-Modern Human interactions. How new genetic and archaeological data from East and Southeast Asia are changing our views. Zhoukoudian and the problem of fire. The “Hobbit” Homo floresiensis P&F Chapter 3
Week 04 The Upper Paleolithic “Revolution”: the emergence of “modern” behaviors. Cave art and symbolic behavior. Lithic technology. Early Pottery sites in East Asia. (LGM). Peopling of the Americas, island SE Asia, and Australia? P&F Chapter 4
Ecological Approaches: hunter-gatherers, site catchments, optimal foraging, climate change
Week 05 The Neolithic Revolution
The Beginnings of Village Life and Agriculture: Levant. The Natufians. Early Neolithic at Jericho, Abu Hureyra, and Catalhoyuk. How do archaeologists determine diet and domestication? P&F Chapter 6
Week 06 Neolithic East Asia. Early village sites of the Yangzi and Yellow Rivers. Rice and millet agriculture. Banpo village and the Yangshao farmers. Dawenkou emerging complexity. Ritual sites and jades of the Hongshan and Liangzhu cultures. Jomon Japan (Sannai Maruyama) TBA
Week 07 Mesopotamia: Social Evolution and Early States and “Civilizations”. The “Urban Revolution.” Uruk; Sumerian states; the Royal Cemetery at Ur. The earliest writing. Impact of recent wars on Mesopotamia’s great sites. P&F Chapter 10
Indus Civilization: A different pathway?
Week 08 Egypt and the Pyramids. Narmer’s Palette and the Unification of Egypt. Building the Great Pyramids. Tutankhamun’s Tomb P&F Chapter 10
Week 09 Midterm Exam
Week 10 Great Discoveries of the Chinese Bronze Age: Erlitou, Zhengzhou, and Anyang. The First Chinese Empire: Qin Shihuangdi’s Mausoleum. Japan: secondary state formation in Yayoi and Kofun P&F Chapter 10
Week 11 Central American Civilizations: Olmec; Maya; Teotihuacan; Aztecs and Spanish at Tenochtitlan; P&F Chapter 8
Week 12 Andean Societies: The Inca Empire and its predecessors; Moche Lord of Sipan, The Nazca Lines in the desert, the Sacred Valley of the Incas, and Machu Picchu P&F Chapter 9
Europe’s Prehistory P&F Chapter 11
Week 13 North American archaeological discoveries: Pueblos of the American SW; Mississippian chiefdoms at Cahokia and Moundville. Historical archaeology. P&F Chapter 7 (Cahokia, Moundville, and pueblos);
Week 14 Taiwan’s Great Discoveries: Taiwan archaeology in a World Archaeology perspective TBA
Week 15 Southeast Asian Kingdoms and Empires; Colonialist and Postcolonial archaeology TBA
Week 16 Interpretation and Explanation: Paradigms and Popular Perspectives. P&F Chapter 12
Who Controls the Past? TBA
Week 17 Course Synthesis and Exam Review
Week 18 Final Exam
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評量方式 (僅供參考) |
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週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
Week 1 |
2/25 |
Introduction to the course. |
Week 2 |
3/03 |
Archaeology’s Beginnings, Changing Concepts of Time, Early Evolutionary Models, the First Excavations and Great Discoveries.
The Principles of Archaeology; Types of Archaeological Data. Survey, Excavation and Stratigraphy, and Dating Methods.
Readings before class: P&F Chapter 1 |
Week 3 |
3/10 |
Human Origins: What does it mean to be “human”?
Early hominid sites, fossils, and human evolution in Africa (Olduvai Gorge, Laetoli, Hadar, Swartkrans). New discoveries of the earliest stone tools; Paleolithic Archaeology.
Out of Africa 1: Homo erectus. Zhoukoudian and the problem of fire.
Readings P&F Chapter 2 (7th Edition)
(Presentation Topic due: Email a brief description of the topic you would like to do for your in-class presentation to dcohen@ntu.edu.tw) |
Week 4 |
3/17 |
Emergence of Anatomically Modern Humans; Out of Africa II; Neandertal-Modern Human interactions. How new genetic and archaeological data from East and Southeast Asia are changing our views. The “Hobbit” Homo floresiensis
The Upper Paleolithic “Revolution”: the emergence of “modern” behaviors. Cave art and symbolic behavior. Lithic technology. Early Pottery sites in East Asia. (LGM). Peopling of the Americas, island SE Asia, and Australia

Reading: Scarre Ch 3, Ch 4
Presentation: 郭貞儀 : stereotype of Neanderthals |
Week 5 |
3/24 |
The Neolithic Revolution
The Beginnings of Village Life and Agriculture: Levant. The Natufians. Early Neolithic at Jericho, Abu Hureyra, and Catalhoyuk. How do archaeologists determine diet and domestication?
Scarre 177-192 and Chapter 6
Presentations: 林芳羽 : Cave Art, Grotte Chauvet
劉蕙瑄:62 rue Henry-Farman |
Week 6 |
3/31 |
Neolithic East Asia. Early village sites of the Yangzi and Yellow Rivers. Rice and millet agriculture. Banpo village and the Yangshao farmers. Dawenkou emerging complexity. Ritual sites and jades of the Hongshan and Liangzhu cultures. Jomon Japan (Sannai Maruyama)
Readings Scarre Ch 7
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Week 8 |
4/14 |
Mesopotamia: Social Evolution and Early States and “Civilizations”. The “Urban Revolution.” Uruk; Sumerian states; the Royal Cemetery at Ur. The earliest writing. Impact of recent wars on Mesopotamia’s great sites.
Indus Civilization: A different pathway?
Scarre 433-453; 519-540
Presentations:
陳彥蓉: Clovis
許筠喬 Astrid: Indus |
Week 9 |
4/21 |
Midterm Exam |
Week 07 |
04/07 |
No Class |
Week 10 |
4/28 |
Egypt and the Pyramids. Narmer’s Palette and the Unification of Egypt. Building the Great Pyramids. Tutankhamun’s Tomb.
Scarre 370-385 & Bard 2007: 89-166 (check major sites)
Bard, Katherine A 2007. An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt, second edition.
Malden, MA & Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 89-166.
Presentations:
Angelica Robles: mummification
張如嫻: Tutankhamun
洪聖祐: Cyrus Cylinder
陳宇: Stonehenge
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Week 11 |
5/05 |
No Class (preparation of Annotated Bibliography)
Online Documentary Viewing and Comment |
Week 12 |
5/12 |
Online Documentary Project Due
Bibliography Project Topic Choice Due (email to teacher)
Assignment 1: Online Documentary (DUE MAY 12)
• Find an online documentary video about a great discovery in archaeology
• Suggestion: Search for PBS (US Public Broadcasting Service) Nova series: “Nova archaeology” in Youtube
• Video should be at least 45 minutes long (
• add the link to the video in your assignment so I can find it
• You should write a 2 paragraph report on the video. Include a critique (what was good, what was bad), what you learned from it.
• Email this to me. DUE 5/12 (email to dcohen@ntu). Be sure to put your name on your report, and if you attach a file, include your name in the file name.
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Week 13 |
5/19 |
Great Discoveries of the Chinese Bronze Age: Erlitou, Zhengzhou, and Anyang. The First Chinese Empire: Qin Shihuangdi’s Mausoleum. Japan: secondary state formation in Yayoi and Kofun
Scarre Ch 15 (553-584) and TBA
Presentation:
近藤光梨 Hikari Kondo: Toro Site
陳柏仰: Yoshinogari Site
林勇年: Marine Archaeology
Assignment 2: Visit the Qin Terracotta Figures Exhibit at Gugong (assignment due May 18)
• 秦•俑—秦文化與兵馬俑特展
• National Palace Museum: opens May 7
• Visit the exhibit (buy tickets in advance!) then write a short report (a few paragraphs) summarizing what is shown and your ideas about it
• Due 5/18 by 6 pm (email it to dcohen@ntu) |
Week 14 |
5/26 |
Central American Civilizations: Olmec; Maya; Teotihuacan; Aztecs and Spanish at Tenochtitlan.
Readings: Scarre Ch 16
Presentations:
Abigail 洛雅時: Copan
蔡禹辰: Maya urbanism
許瑜雯: Maya cenote
李抒敏: Vučedol culture
REQUIRED LECTURE AFTER CLASS (12 NOON):
JEAN-PIERRE BRUN “Pompeii beyond the cliches: historic development and economic activities in the 1st c CE” |
Week 15 |
6/02 |
Southeast Asian Kingdoms and Empires; Colonialist and Postcolonial archaeology. Taiwan in World Archaeology
Readings:
Scarre 581-593 & TBA
Presentations:
王仲群: South and SE Asia
龔子涵: Battlefield archaeology
Briana Leong: SEA archaeology
容家萱: Ancient Greece |
Week 16 |
6/09 |
No Class: Dragon Boat Festival |
Week 17 |
6/16 |
Annotated Bibliography Due
North American archaeological discoveries: Pueblos of the American SW; Mississippian chiefdoms at Cahokia and Moundville. Historical archaeology. Interpretation and Explanation: Paradigms and Popular Perspectives.
Who Controls the Past?
Course Synthesis and Exam Review
Readings: Scarre Ch 18, TBA
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Week 18 |
6/23 |
Final Exam:
The Final Exam will begin at 10:00 AM on Thursday, 6/23, in our regular classroom. The exam will last for one hour. The format will be similar to the Midterm exam. Exam coverage will be materials and topics since the midterm exam. |
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