ACHM 506 Archaeological Methods and Theory
Fall 2007, Dr. Gül Pulhan
M&W 11:00-12:15 Science Z33
Office: SOS 202, gpulhan@ku.edu.tr
Phone: (212) 338 18 17, Cell: 535 711 02 78
Week I:
(Sep.17th Monday-19th Wednesday)
Introduction and History of Archaeology
Greene, Kevin
Archaeology: An Introduction (4th edition). London: Routledge.
2006
P.1-48 The Idea of the Past.
Renfrew, C. And P. Bahn
Archaeology Theories Methods and Practice. New York:
2004
Thames and Hudson, p. 21-52.
Özdoğan, M.
1998
“Ideology and Archaeology in Turkey”, L.Meskell (ed.) Archaeology Under
Fire. Nationalism, Politics and Heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean and
Middle East.,Routledge, London. p. 111-123.
Matthews, R.
‘’Year Zero for the Archeology of Iraq’’ retrived in 28th September 2006,
from world wide web:
http://www.baghdadmuseum.org/en/index.php?title=Year_Zero_for_the
Archaeology_of_Iraq
Week II:
(Sep.24th Monday -26th Wednesday)
Development of the Discipline of Archaeology with Special Reference to the Near East
Renfrew, C. And P. Bahn
Archaeology Theories Methods and Practice. New York:
2004
Thames and Hudson, p. 21-52.
Gosden, Chris
Anthropology&Archaeology. New York: Routledge, p. 1-32.
1999
Matthews, Roger
The Archaeology of Mesopotamia. New York: Routledge, p.1-26.
2003
Steibing, W.H Jr.
Uncovering the Past. Oxford University Press, p. 85-118.
1993
Greene, Kevin
Archaeology: An Introduction (4th edition). London: Routledge.
2006
P.1-48.The Idea of the Past.
Week III:
(Oct. 1st Monday-3rd Wednesday)
Discovery and Investigation
Greene, Kevin
Archaeology: An Introduction (4th edition). London: Routledge.
2006
P.50-84. Discovery and Investigation.
Renfrew, C. And P. Bahn
Archaeology Theories Methods and Practice. New York:
2004
Thames and Hudson, p. 53-74.
Week IV:
(Oct. 8th Monday-10th Wednesday)
Surveys, Excavations, Field techniques: case study Tell Leilan
Greene, Kevin
Archaeology: An Introduction (4th edition). London: Routledge.
2006
P.87-138. Excavation.
Renfrew, C. And P. Bahn
Archaeology Theories Methods and Practice. New York:
2004
Thames and Hudson, p. 75-108.
Week V:
(Oct. 15th Monday -17th Wednesday)
Dating methods and Chronology
Greene, Kevin
Archaeology: An Introduction (4th edition). London: Routledge.
2006
P.140-180.Dating the Past.
Renfrew, C. And P. Bahn
Archaeology Theories Methods and Practice. New York:
2004
Thames and Hudson, p. 121-164.
Week VI:
(Oct. 22nd Monday-24th Wednesday)
Neo-evolutionism and the New Archaeology
Gosden, Chris
1999
Preucel, R. W.
1991
Anthropology&Archaeology. New York: Routledge, p. 86-116.
Trigger, Bruce G.
1990
White, Leslie A.
1988
A History of Archaeological Thought. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ.
Press, p.289-328.
“Foreword” in Sahlins and Service eds. Evolution and Culture.
The Univ. of Michigan Press, paperback ed., p.v-xii.
“The Philosophy of Archaeology” in R. W. Preucel ed. Processual and
Postprocessual Archaeologies Multiple Ways of Knowing the Past Southern
Illinois: Center for Archaeological Investigations, p.17-29.
Redman, Charles L.
The Rise of Civilization. From Early Farmers to Urban Society in the
1978
Ancient Near East. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman and Company,
p.1-15.
Sahlins M. D. and E. R. Service (eds.) Evolution and Culture. Ann Arbor:
1988
The Univ. of Michigan Press, paperback ed., p.45-68.
Week VII: (Oct. 31st Wednesday -No class on 29th of October-Anniversary of the Founding of the
Turkish Republic)
Neo-evolutionism and the New Archaeology (continue)
Gosden, Chris
Anthropology&Archaeology. New York: Routledge, p. 86-116.
1999
Preucel, R. W.
“The Philosophy of Archaeology” in R. W. Preucel ed. Processual and
1991 Postprocessual Archaeologies Multiple Ways of Knowing the Past. Southern Illinois:
Center for Archaeological Investigations, p.17-29.
Redman, Charles L.
1978
The Rise of Civilization. From Early Farmers to Urban Society in the
Ancient Near East. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman and Company,
p.1-15.
Sahlins M. D. and E. R. Service (eds.) Evolution and Culture. Ann Arbor: The Univ. of
1988
Michigan Press, paperback ed., p.45-68.
Trigger, Bruce G.
A History of Archaeological Thought. Cambridge: Cambridge
1990
Univ. Press, p.289-328.
White, Leslie A.
“Foreword” in Sahlins and Service eds. Evolution and Culture.
1988
The Univ. of Michigan Press, paperback ed., p.v-xii.
Week VIII: (Nov. 5th Monday-7th Wednesday)
Approaches to the Study of Social Complexity
Renfrew, C. And P. Bahn
2004
Matthews, Roger
2003
Week IX:
Archaeology Theories Methods and Practice. New York:
Thames and Hudson, p. 177-226.
The Archaeology of Mesopotamia Theories and Approaches.
London and New York: Routledge, p.93-126.
(Nov. 12th Monday-14th Wednesday)
Approaches to the Study of Social Complexity
Renfrew, C. And P. Bahn
Archaeology Theories Methods and Practice. New York:
2004
Thames and Hudson, p. 177-226.
Matthews, Roger
The Archaeology of Mesopotamia Theories and Approaches.
2003
Week X:
London and New York: Routledge, p.93-126.
(Nov. 19th Monday- 21st Wednesday)
History, Archaeology and Explanation with special reference to Mesopotamian archaeology
Renfrew, C. And P. Bahn
Archaeology Theories Methods and Practice. New York:
2004
Thames and Hudson, p. 469-502.
Liverani, Mario
“History and Archaeology in the Ancient Near East: 150 Years of a Difficult
2000
Relationship” in P. Matthiae et al. Proceedings of the First International
Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, 1998, p.1-11.
Postgate, J. Nicholas “Archaeology and the Texts-Bridging the Gap” ZA 80, p. 228-240.
1990
Zettler, L. Richard
“Written Documents as Excavated Artifacts and the Holistic Interpretation of
1996
the Mesopotamian Archaeological Record” in J.S. Cooper and G.M. Schwartz
eds. The Study of the Ancient Near East in the Twenty-First Century. Winona
Lake: Indiana Univ. Press.
Week XI:
(Nov. 26th Monday-28th Wednesday)
Middle-range Theory and Ethnoarchaeology
“The Structure of Archaeological Theory” American Antiquity 53-3
p. 461-479.
“Who has not Eaten Cherries with the Devil? Archaeology under
Challenge” in Susan Pollock and Reinhard Bernbeck eds.
Archaeologies of the Middle East. Critical Perspectives. Malden, Oxford,
Victoria: Blackwell Publishing, p. 45-66.
Pollock, Susan.
“Archaeology Goes to War at the Newsstand” in Susan Pollock and Reinhard
2005
Bernbeck eds. Archaeologies of the Middle East. Critical Perspectives.
Malden, Oxford, Victoria: Blackwell Publishing, p. 78-97.
Kuijt, Ian and Meredith S. Chesson.
“Lumps of Clay and Pieces of Stone: Ambiguity, Bodies, and
2005
Identity as Portrayed in Neolithic Figurines” in Susan Pollock
and Reinhard Bernbeck eds. Archaeologies of the Middle
East. Critical Perspectives. Malden, Oxford, Victoria:
Blackwell Publishing, p. 152-184.
Schiffer, Michael B.
1988
Steele, Caroline.
2005
Forest, Jean-Daniel.
2005
Finkelstein, Israel.
“The State: The Process of State Formation as Seen from
Mesopotamia” in Susan Pollock and Reinhard Bernbeck eds.
Archaeologies of the Middle East. Critical Perspectives.
Malden, Oxford, Victoria: Blackwell Publishing, p. 184-207.
“Archaeology Bible and the History of the Levant in the Iron
2005
Age” in Susan Pollock and Reinhard Bernbeck eds.
Steadman, Sharon, R.
2005
Archaeologies of the Middle East. Critical Perspectives.
Malden, Oxford, Victoria: Blackwell Publishing, p. 207-223.
“Reliquaries on the Landscape: Mounds as Matrices of
Human Cognition” in Susan Pollock and Reinhard Bernbeck
eds. Archaeologies of the Middle East. Critical Perspectives.
Malden, Oxford, Victoria: Blackwell Publishing, p. 286-308.
Week XII: (Dec. 3rd Monday-5th Wednesday)
Post-processual and Interpretative Archaeologies
Hodder, R. Ian
“Postprocessual Archaeology and the Current Debate” in R. W. Preucel ed.
1991
Sheratt, A.
1993
Trigger, Bruce G.
1988
Processual and Postprocessual Archaeologies Multiple Ways of Knowing the
Past. Southern Illinois: Center for Archaeological Investigations, p.30-41.
“The relativity of theory” in N. Yoffee and A. Sheratt eds. Archaeological
Theory: who sets the agenda? Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, p.119-130.
A History of Archaeological Thought. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ.
Press, p.329-369.
Week XIII: (Dec. 10th Monday-12th Wednesday)
Post-processual and Interpretative Archaeologies
Hodder, R. Ian
1991
Sheratt, A.
1993
Trigger, Bruce G.
1990
“Postprocessual Archaeology and the Current Debate” in R. W. Preucel ed.
Processual and Postprocessual Archaeologies Multiple Ways of Knowing the
Past. Southern Illinois: Center for Archaeological Investigations, p.30-41.
“The relativity of theory” in N. Yoffee and A. Sheratt eds. Archaeological
Theory: who sets the agenda? Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, p.119-130.
A History of Archaeological Thought. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ.
Press, p.329-369.
Week XIV: (Dec. 17th Monday-No class on 19th Wednesday-Kurban Bayramı)
Post-processual and Interpretative Archaeologies
Cognitive Archaeology, Art and Religion
Greene, Kevin
2006
Archaeology: An Introduction (4th edition). London: Routledge.
P.230--276. Making Sense of the Past.
Renfrew, C. And P. Bahn
2004
Renfrew and Zubrow (eds.)
2000
Archaeology Theories Methods and Practice. New York:
Thames and Hudson, p. 393-427.
The ancient mind. Elements of cognitive archaeology. Cambridge:
Cambridge Univ. Press.
Week XV: (Dec.24th Monday-26th Wednesday)
Post-processual and Interpretative Archaeologies
Archaeology and Public
Greene, Kevin
Archaeology: An Introduction (4th edition). London: Routledge.
2006
P.230--276. Making Sense of the Past.
Renfrew, C. And P. Bahn
Archaeology Theories Methods and Practice. New York:
2004
Thames and Hudson, p. 547-576.
Knapp, B. A. and S. Antoniadou
“Archaeology, politics and the cultural heritage of Cyprus”
1988
L. Meskell ed. Archaeology under Fire. London: Routledge,
p.13-43.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Grade Distribution:
Class participation and presentations
30%
Mid-term
30%
Paper and presentation
40%