Archaeological Studies Program
Course
Outline
(32
meetings)
Course
Title: Archaeological
Heritage: The Past is not a foreign land
Course
Description: A survey of archaeological
research and its role in the development of knowledge about the human collective
past, the past of specific cultures, especially those of Southeast Asia, and the
nature and role of heritage in the contemporary world.
Prerequisite:
None
Course
Credit:
3 units
Domain:
Social Science and Philosophy
1.
What is Archaeology? What is Heritage? (2 meetings)
2.
What is left? The archaeological materials. (2 meetings)
3.
Where? How do we find our sites. (1 meeting)
4.
When? How do we know the age, how do we put dates. (1 meeting)
5.
How were societies organized? Small groups to complex societies. (3
meetings)
6.
What was the environment? The changing landscape as seen by humans. ( 3
meetings)
7.
What did they eat? Diet, agriculture, arboreal culture. (3 meetings)
8.
How did they make and use tools? From stones, shells and bones to metals,
not to mention wood. (3 meetings)
9.
What contact did they have? Understanding exchange and trade. (3
meetings)
10.
What did they Think? Faith, folklore, religion and art. (2 meetings)
11.
Who were they? What were they like? Peoples, cultures, population
movements. (e meetings)
12.
Why did things change? The stories we can tell. (3 meetings)
13.
Whose past? Our heritage, their heritage, a heritage for all. (3
meetings)
14.
Finals (1 meeting)
Requirements:
1.
Class participation and Reaction Papers
2.
Supervised essays
3.
Finals
All three requirements are
of equal weight