E. Charles Adams

Professor of Archaeology and Curator of Archaeology
Arizona State Museum

Anthropology 447/547
PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY – FALL 2011

Tuesday/Thursday: 9:30–10:45 am
Steward Observatory 204

Course Description | Instructors | Course Grade | Text/Readings | Term Paper | Class Presentations | Graduate Student Topical Papers | Students with Disabilities | Statement on Plagiarism | Schedule

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Course Description

This course is a review of the archaeology of the Colorado Plateau emphasizing its agriculturally based occupants, the Ancestral Pueblo people or Anasazi. Lectures will focus on the analysis of specific regional Ancestral Pueblo traditions as springboards to discussion of in-depth topics, such as aggregation, complexity, culture contact, regional systems, migration, ethnicity, and so forth.

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Instructors E. Charles Adams ASM, Room 219 Email Dr. Adams 621–2093 Off. Hrs: TTH: 10:45–12:00

Jeffrey S. Dean TRL, Room 230 Email Dr. Dean 621–2320 Off. Hrs: MW: 9:00–11:00

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Course Grade

Graduates and undergraduates will be graded separately. Only undergrads will receive exams. Both the Mid-Term and Final Exams are take-home exams. Grad students are required to write two short topical papers and a term paper plus meet for an hour to discuss each of the eight special discussion topics. Due dates for the exams and class paper are listed below. All papers are due by 4:00 pm and should be handed in to Dr. Adams. Due dates are absolute and nonnegotiable.

	Grad	Undergrad
Mid-Term		25%	Due October 18
Final Exam		25%	Due December 13
Short Topical Papers	30%		Class after the presentation
Term Paper	40%	30%	Due December 6
Class Presentations	30%	20%	9/6, 9/13, 9/29, 10/4, 10/13, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15

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Text/Readings

The course text is Linda Cordell’s Archaeology of the Southwest. In addition to the text a Reading List (PDF*) for each subject covered in class lectures is provided. These readings are available in notebooks in the Arizona State Museum library, with the exception of journal articles, which can be downloaded for free at JSTOR on the UA Library website. The required readings should be completed prior to class lecture to facilitate discussion and understanding.

An Expanded Readings List is provided by topic to assist students in research for papers or class presentations.

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Term Paper

The term paper for undergraduates should be 10–15 pages long; 20–25 pages for graduates. Students must select a topic for the term paper by the October 4 class. At that time all students must submit a 1–2 paragraph summary or outline of the proposed paper with a short bibliography (about 5 references) for instructor approval. Students are encouraged to talk to both instructors concerning appropriate topics prior to the due date. Each student will be asked to present a 10-minute summary of their term paper to the class over the last two weeks of the semester. This will enable the class to broaden their understanding of the many issues discussed in the class and allow the instructors to evaluate the student’s grasp of the topic.

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Class Presentations

Class presentations involve assigning a group of students the responsibility for preparing introductory material on a topic and leading class discussion. Each student will be responsible within a small group for leading discussion on up to two topics, but all students are expected to read the material and participate in the discussion. Each group will involve at least one graduate student. The class presentations focus on eight subjects that are appropriate for term papers. These include the following topics: complexity, the transition to agriculture, regional abandonment, European contact, the transition to surface architecture, aggregation, ancient Pueblo social organization, and migration and ethnicity.

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Graduate Student Topical Papers

Each graduate student is expected to turn in a short paper of 3 to 5 pages summarizing the main points of their presentation topic and the most important references used. There will be two for the semester and they are due the class after the presentation.

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Students with Disabilities

Students with disabilities who require reasonable accommodations to fully participate in course activities or meet course requirements must register with the Disability Resource Center.  If you qualify for services through DRC, bring your letter of accommodations to one of your instructors as soon as possible.

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Statement on Plagiarism

To use anyone else’s idea without attributing it to them is plagiarism. In exams and term papers please cite the source of the ideas presented, if they are not yours. If this is not done, the student will receive a substantial reduction in their grade. Proper citation can be determined from the course readings. If you are uncertain, please check with the instructors.

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Schedule

Date	Topic	Lecturer
8/23	Introduction/Chronology	Dean
8/25	Paleoenvironment	Dean
8/30	Pueblo Origins – The Plateau Archaic	Dean
9/1	Establishing the Pattern – Basketmaker II	Dean
9/6	The Introduction of Domestic Plants	Class w/Dean
9/8	Regional Expressions – Basketmaker III & Pueblo I	Dean
9/13	The Pit house to Pueblo Transition	Class w/Dean
9/15	Eastern Pueblo – Mesa Verde	Adams
9/20	Eastern Pueblo – Mesa Verde	Adams
9/22	Western Pueblo	Dean
9/27	Western Pueblo	Dean
9/29	Perspectives on Social Organization	Class w/Dean
10/4	Abandonment and Specialization (class topic due)	Class w/Adams
10/6	Eastern Pueblo – Chaco Canyon	Adams
10/11	Eastern Pueblo – Chaco Canyon (Mid-Term)	Adams
10/13	Complexity and Regional Systems	Class w/Adams
10/18	Rio Grande and the Eastern Periphery (Mid-Term Due)	Ware
10/20	Warfare	Adams
10/25	Upper Little Colorado & Zuni	Mills
10/27	Pueblo IV & the Shrinking Pueblo World	Adams
11/1	Migration, Ethnicity, and Identity	Class w/Dean
11/3	Hopi and the Middle Little Colorado	Adams
11/8	Population Aggregation	Class w/Adams
11/12	Protohistoric Pueblo – Spanish Contact	Adams
11/15	Contact with Spanish	Class w/Adams
11/19	Pueblo/Navajo Contact & Relations	Dean
11/21	Undergraduate Student Presentation of Term Papers
11/24	Thanksgiving Break
11/28	Undergraduate Student Presentation of Term Papers
12/1	Grad Student Presentations
12/6	Complete Presentations, Review and Wrap-up (Term Papers Due, Final)
12/13	Final Exam Due at 4:00 pm

A Bold Date and Topic denote when student-led class discussions are scheduled. In addition to the regular class meetings, graduate students will meet with the instructors eight times during the semester to discuss each of the special topics for up to an hour. The time and place will be determined once the semester begins.

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