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%