Universität Wien

060087 VU Prehistory of North America (2018W)

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Details

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 03.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Wednesday 10.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Wednesday 17.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Wednesday 24.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Wednesday 31.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Wednesday 07.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Wednesday 14.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Wednesday 21.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Wednesday 28.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Wednesday 05.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Wednesday 12.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Wednesday 09.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Wednesday 16.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Wednesday 23.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG
  • Wednesday 30.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 13 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 4.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Summary
This lecture series presents an overview and synthesis of North American prehistory, covering the major regions and extending from the first people in North America to interactions between Native Americans and Europeans.

Topics will include the first people in North America, early hunter-foragers, mound-building cultures, the Hopewell interaction sphere, the Northwest Coast, Great Basin, Pueblo southwest, Mississippians, Iroquoians, Algonkians, and the emergence of complex societies.

Methods
Lecture, readings, summaries

Assessment and permitted materials

2 article summaries (chosen by student under guidance by instructor and covering 2 separate areas)

Individual written assignment (paper c. 3000 words)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students are expected to attend all lectures and do weekly readings.
Students will be expected to select a research topic, perform independent research, and write a final paper.

Examination topics

Completion of Assignments & Class Participation

Reading list

Selected Chapters from:

Fagan, Brian. 2005. Ancient North America, 4th edition. Thames & Hudson.
Pauketat, T. R. & Loren, D. D. (eds.) 2005. North American Archaeology, Malden, MA: Blackwell.
Pauketat, Timothy R. (ed.) 2012. The Oxford Handbook of North American Archaeology (Oxford Handbooks) online, Oxford University Press.
Peregrine, P. N. & Ember, M. (eds.) 2001. Encyclopedia of Prehistory, Volume 6: North America. New York: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers.
Price, T. Douglas and Gary Feinman, 2010. Images of the Past, 6th edition. New York: McGraw Hill. (Chapter 7, Native North Americans)
Trigger, B. G. & Washburn, W. E. (eds.) 1996. The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Volume 1: North America, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Further readings to be assigned.

Association in the course directory

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