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課程名稱 |
世界考古大發現
Great Discoveries in World Archaeology |
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開課學期 |
108-2 |
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授課對象 |
學程 經典人文學程 |
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授課教師 |
高 德 |
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課號 |
Anth5120 |
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課程識別碼 |
125EU3050 |
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學分 |
3.0 |
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全/半年 |
半年 |
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必/選修 |
選修 |
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上課時間 |
星期二3,4,5(10:20~13:10) |
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上課地點 |
水源人201 |
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備註 |
本課程以英語授課。領域：歷史、語言與文化。
限學士班二年級以上
總人數上限：20人 |
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Ceiba 課程網頁 |
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1082Anth5120 |
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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. |
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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). |
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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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指定閱讀 |
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參考書目 |
Required:
Textbook TBA: 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
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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
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週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
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Week 1 |
03/03 |
Introduction to the Course |
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Week 2 |
03/10 |
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: Scarre Ch 1
Study Notes file password is Great2020. You will need this to open the PDF.
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Week 3 |
03/17 |
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: Scarre Chapter 2, Chapter 3
Study Notes Password for this semester: Great2020
(Presentation Topic due by 9:00 PM on March 21: Email a brief description of the topic you would like to do for your in-class presentation to dcohen@ntu.edu.tw) |
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Week 4 |
03/24 |
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, Homo luzonensis
The Upper Paleolithic “Revolution”: the emergence of “modern” behaviors. Cave art and symbolic behavior. Lithic technology. Early Pottery sites in East Asia and Surviving the Last Ice Age. Peopling of the Americas, island SE Asia, and Australia
Study Notes password: Great2020
Reading: Scarre Ch 3, 4, 5
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Week 5 |
03/31 |
Settling Down: The Neolithic Revolution; the rise of farming settlements; plant and animal domestication
The Beginnings of Village Life and Agriculture: Levant. The Natufians. PPN and Early Neolithic. How do archaeologists determine diet and domestication?
Study Notes password: Great2020
Scarre Ch 6, 7 |
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Week 7 |
04/14 |
No Class Meeting: Online Documentary Viewing assignment and preparation of Annotated Bibliography topic;
Midterm preparation
Assignment 1: Online Documentary (DUE April 18, 9:00 PM, by email)
• 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) and what you learned from it
• DUE 4/18 (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 8 |
04/21 |
Midterm Exam: The exam will be one hour long, beginning at class start time (10:20 am). The exam will be given online through the NTU COOL system (check under "Quizzes"), using the honor code. You must have internet and NTU COOL access to complete the exam.
The exam itself has two sets of Matching Terms (6 sets each), 21 Multiple Choice questions, and 6 True/False questions. There will be no written parts. The exam is timed, and you will have 60 minutes to complete it.
The main content for the exam comes from lectures: each week has Study Notes for you to review. Be sure to find details about lecture topics in the Scarre textbook.
There is also a PDF file <ANTH5120_MidtermReviewTermsFromScarre.pdf> here with chapter summaries and terms listed from the Scarre textbook to serve as a study guide for the Midterm.
PRACTICE EXAM:
To make sure that everyone learns how to access the test before Tuesday, I have put a "practice quiz" on NTU COOL. It takes under 2 minutes to do, and one of the questions on it is an actual question from your Midterm, so please try the exam (before 4/20 at 11:59 pm).
If you encounter any problems, please let me know as soon as possible.
Please remember that when you take the Midterm exam you will be on the honor system. No use of any materials (notes, textbooks, online sources) is allowed, nor may you seek help from other people or assist others on the exam. You will also promise to have no communications of any sort with people other than me when taking the exam-- no texting, calls, internet chat, speaking to other people, etc.
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Week 06 |
04/07 |
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)
Study Notes Password: Great2020
Scarre Ch. 8 |
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Week 09 |
04/28 |
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.
Scarre pp. 429-450
Bibliography Project Topic or Online Presentation Topic due May 4, 9:00 PM, by email |
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Week 10 |
05/05 |
Indus Civilization: A different pathway?
Egypt and the Pyramids. Narmer’s Palette and the Unification of Egypt. Building the Great Pyramids. Tutankhamun’s Tomb.
Indus: Scarre pp. 515-536
Egypt: Scarre pp. 365-374 &
Bard, Katherine A 2015. An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt, second edition. Malden, MA & Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 95-179. |
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Week 11 |
05/12 |
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: 547-570
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Week 12 |
05/19 |
Central American Civilizations: Olmec; Maya; Teotihuacan; Aztecs and Spanish at Tenochtitlan.
Scarre: Ch. 17: 590-635
Online Presentations due May 23, 9:00 PM |
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Week 16 |
06/16 |
FINAL EXAM (ONLINE in NTU COOL, 10:20 am start, 1 hour)
The exam will be a one hour long, beginning at class start time (10:20 am). The exam will be given online through the NTU COOL system (check under "Quizzes"), using the honor code. You must have internet and NTU COOL access to complete the exam.
The exam itself will be structured similarly to the Midterm Exam (Matching Terms, Multiple Choice questions, True/False questions). The exam is timed, and you will have 60 minutes to complete it.
The main content for the exam comes from lectures: each week has Study Notes for you to review. Be sure to find details about lecture topics in the Scarre textbook.
Please remember that when you take the Final Exam you will be on the honor system. No use of any materials (notes, textbooks, online sources) is allowed, nor may you seek help from other people or assist others on the exam. You will also promise to have no communications of any sort with people other than me when taking the exam-- no texting, calls, internet chat, speaking to other people, etc.
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Week 17 |
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Discoveries: Online exploration |
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Week 18 |
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Discoveries: Online exploration |
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Week 13-1 |
05/26 |
ONLINE VIDEO PRESENTATIONS:
All "Great Discoveries" students are required to watch at least 7 of your classmates' Online Video Presentations in NTU Cool.
While normally students would be giving presentations during lectures throughout the semester, because we have been online, we are using this week for students to watch their classmates' Online Video Presentation, so there will not be a lecture or discussion session May 26. The presentations are now available in the Week 13 Module in NTU Cool.
The Online Video Presentations are each ~15 minutes [with a few longer], so watching 7 of them will take less time than the required weekly lectures. NTU Cool might show that you are required to watch all of the videos, but don't worry about this-- you only need to view at least 7. Video viewing will count toward your participation grade (NTU Cool shows the teacher which videos you have completed). When you watch the Video Presentations, please leave comments for your classmates to see (these will show to everyone in the video timeline)-- they will appreciate seeing what you think.
After you have watched the presentations, please vote for your Top 3 Favorite presentations. A Survey is already available in the "Quizzes" section on NTU Cool. The survey is not graded, but I have assigned points to the questions to help me calculate your favorites.
The survey/quiz is set up so you can vote for your favorite presentations. In the survey, you will vote for your choices for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd best presentation. Your teacher will not share your votes with other students. We'll also have a rule that the students who made a video presentation cannot vote for themselves.
Voting Deadline is Sunday, May 31, 6 pm. After that, the teacher will announce your favorites! |
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Week 14-1 |
06/02 |
Southeast Asian Kingdoms and Empires
Study Notes Password: Great2020
Readings:
Scarre 581-593
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Week 15-1 |
06/09 |
North American archaeological discoveries: Pueblos of the American SW; Mississippian chiefdoms at Cahokia and Moundville.
Readings: Scarre Ch 18: 670-692
Retrospect and Prospect;
Interpretation and Explanation: Paradigms and Popular Perspectives.
Who Controls the Past?
Course Synthesis and Exam Review
Readings: Scarre Ch 20 (all pages)
Password for Study Notes: Great2020
Annotated Bibliography due June 13, 9:00 PM, by email
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