Introduction to Archaeology

Anthro 304 / ARY 301 Spring 1998
Prof. Samuel M. Wilson
Department of Anthropology, University of Texas

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Final Review

Please review these readings:

• Renfrew and Bahn, Chapters 5, 6, 9, 12, 13, 14
• Higham and Thosarat, Thailand's good mound.
• Feder, How you know what you know
• Ehrenreich, Integrating the Sciences and the Humanities.
• Gordon, History unearthed
• Alva and Donnan, Tales from a Peruvian Crypt;
• Fash and Fash, Maya Resurrection

We have dealt with several topics since the midterm exam, including these:

• The origins of complex societies
• The organization of states and empires
• The "New Archaeology" and other theoretical trends that came after it
• The archaeology of complex societies
• Trajectories of things like population growth over the last few thousand years.

These sorts of terms will be useful to know:

social stratification; managerial roles of leaders; intensification of production; settlement pattern; chiefdoms; archaeological survey; interaction spheres; diffusion and diffusionist explanations; processual and post-processual archaeology; CRM or cultural resource management

Other concepts:

importance of trade in understanding complex societies; the issue, who owns the past?