ANTH 602- Theory and Method in American Archaeology Seminar
Section (01) (20107)
Fall, 2012
Dr. Joe Ball
SEMINAR SCHEDULE–TENTATIVE
28 August
Introductory Meeting– Systematics, “Rules,” and Logistics
American Archaeology Today and Archaeology at SDSU– Observations on a
Changed Paradigm
04 September American Archaeology Today, Part 1– Our Real “Roots” (American Archaeology:
“Archaeology,” “Anthropology,” or “????????”)– From the 1960s through the
1980s: The Processual and Postprocessual Revolutions
Suggested Reading: Johnson, pp. 1-101 [Chapters 1-6].
11 September American Archaeology Today, Part 1– Our Real “Roots” (American Archaeology:
“Archaeology,” “Anthropology,” or “????????”)– From the 1960s through the
1980s: The Processual and Postprocessual Revolutions
Suggested Reading: Johnson, pp. 1-101 [Chapters 1-6].
18 September American Archaeology Today, Part 2– And Where Are We Now???
Transformations and Developments Since the 1980s
Suggested Reading: Johnson, pp. 102-184 [Chapters 7-10].
Bintliff and Pearce, entire book.
25 September American Archaeology Today, Part 2– And Where Are We Now???
Transformations and Developments Since the 1980s
Suggested Reading: Johnson, pp. 102-184 [Chapters 7-10].
Bintliff and Pearce, entire book.
02 October
What Do Archaeologists Do? Archaeology as Archaeology; Cultural Resource
Management– Contemporary Theory and Method, 1
Suggested Reading: Thomas F. King, entire book
09 October
What Do Archaeologists Do? Archaeology as Archaeology; Cultural Resource
Management– Contemporary Theory and Method, 2
Suggested Reading: Thomas F. King, entire book
16 October
The Real New Paradigm(s) and Its/Their Roots: Cultural Resource Management,
Historical Archaeology, and Archaeology as Applied Anthropology: Historical
Archaeology
Suggested Reading: Barbara J. Little, entire book
Johnson, pp. 185-198 [Chapter 11]
Smith & Waterton, entire book
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23 October
The Real New Paradigm(s) and Its/Their Roots: Historical Archaeology;
Archaeology as Applied Anthropology; “Heritage,” and the Uses & Ownership
of the Past
Suggested Reading: Barbara J. Little, entire book
Johnson, pp. 185-198 [Chapter 11]
Smith & Waterton, entire book
30 October
Archaeology as Applied Anthropology–In Theory and in Practice
Suggested Reading: Johnson, pp. 199-215 [Chapter 12]
Shackel and Chambers, entire volume.
06 November Archaeology as Applied Anthropology–In Theory and in Practice
Suggested Reading: Johnson, pp. 199-215 [Chapter 12]
Shackel and Chambers, entire volume.
13 November Archaeology as Applied Anthropology–Practice, Reality, & Ethical Issues
Suggested Reading: Rowan and Baram, entire volume.
20 November Archaeology as Applied Anthropology–Practice, Reality, & Ethical Issues
Suggested Reading: Rowan and Baram, entire volume.
27 November Ethical Issues in Archaeology– Being Professional: Obligations & Responsibilities
to Stakeholders, Constituencies, & the General Public
Suggested Reading: Rowan and Baram, entire volume.
Scarre and Scarre, entire volume.
04 December Ethical Issues in Archaeology– Being Professional: Obligations & Responsibilities
to Stakeholders, Constituencies, & the General Public
Suggested Reading: Scarre and Scarre, entire volume.
Johnson, pp. 216-235 [Chapter 13].
Potential Seminar discussion-texts for Fall semester, 2012: [previously used selections,
tentatively inactive]
[Ball, Joseph W. (compiler)
2006 Archaeology at SDSU: Selected Readings in Archaeology by SDSU Archaeologists,
Collection 2: 1965-2005. 2nd ed. Montezuma Publishing, SDSU.]
[Bawden, Garth (compiler)
2003 Readings in American Archaeological Theory: Selections from American Antiquity,
1962-2002. The Society for American Archaeology, Washington, D.C.]
Bintliff, John, and Mark Pearce, editors
2011 The Death of Archaeological Theory? Oxbow Books. Oxford and Oakville.
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[Derry, Linda, and Maureen Malloy (editors)
2003 Archaeologists and Local Communities: Partners in Exploring the Past. The Society for
American Archaeology, Washington, D.C.]
[Drennan, Robert D., and Santiago Mora (editors)
2001 Archaeological Research and Heritage Preservation in the Americas. The Society for
American Archaeology, Washington, D.C.]
[Funari, Pedro Paulo, Andrés Zarankin, and Emily Stovel (editors)
2005 Global Archaeological Theory: Contextual Voices and Contemporary Thoughts.
Springer.]
[Hodder, Ian, and Scott Hutson
2003 Reading the Past: Current Approaches to Interpretation in Archaeology. Third ed.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.]
Johnson, Matthew
2010 Archaeological Theory: An Introduction, 2nd Edition. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester,
West Sussex.
[Kantner, John (editor)
2004a The Status of American Archaeology. In The SAA Archaeological Record, 4(2):1-44.
(available as a free, on-line download at:
http://www.saa.org/publications/thesaaarchrec/index.html.)
2004b The Archaeology of American Ethnicity. In The SAA Archaeological Record, 4(4-5).
(available as a free, on-line download at:
http://www.saa.org/publications/thesaaarchrec/index.html.)]
King, Thomas F.
2005 Doing Archaeology-- A Cultural Resource Management Perspective. Left Coast Press,
Inc., Walnut Creek, California.
Little, Barbara J.
2007 Historical Archaeology-- Why the Past Matters. Left Coast Press, Inc., Walnut Creek,
California.
[Meskell, Lynn (editor)
2009 Cosmopolitan Archaeologies–Ethics and Politics of Heritage Preservation. Duke
University Press, Durham, North Carolina.]
[O’Brien, Michael J., R. Lee Lyman, Michael B. Schiffer
2005 Archaeology as a Process- Processualism and Its Progeny. The University of Utah Press,
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Salt Lake City.]
[Preucel, Robert W., and Ian Hodder
1996 Contemporary Archaeology in Theory: A Reader. Blackwell Publishing, Malden.]
[Renfrew, Colin
1984 Approaches to Social Archaeology. Harvard University Press, Cambridge.]
Rowan, Yorke, and Uzi Baram
2004 Marketing Heritage- Archaeology and the Consumption of the Past. AltaMira Press,
Walnut Creek.
[Sabloff, Jeremy A.
2008 Archaeology Matters: Action Archaeology in the Modern World. Left Coast Press, Inc.,
Walnut Creek.]
Scarre, Chris, and Geoffrey Scarre
2006 The Ethics of Archaeology: Philosophical Perspectives on Archaeological Practice.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K. and New York.
Schiffer, Michael B.
2010 Behavioral Archaeology: Principles and Practice. Equinox Publishing, London and
Oakville.
Shackel, Paul A., and Erve J. Chambers (editors)
2004 Places in Mind: Public Archaeology as Applied Anthropology. Routledge,
New York and London.
Smith, Laurajane, and Emma Waterton
2009 Heritage, Communities, and Archaeology. Duckworth, London.
[Teltser, Patrice A. (editor)
1995 Evolutionary Archaeology: Methodological Issues. The University of Arizona Press,
Tucson.]
[Whitley, David S. (editor)
1998 Reader in Archaeological Theory-- Post-Processual and Cognitive Approaches.
Routledge, London and New York.]
[Zimmerman, Larry J., Karen J. Vitelli, and Julie Hollowell-Zimmer (editors)
2003 Ethical Issues in Archaeology. AltaMira Press/Society for American Archaeology.]