Anthropology 201

Daily Course Outlines

Last modified: 01/10/2000

Date	Topic
Jan. 12	Introduction
Jan. 14	Evaluating Web Resources
Jan. 17	No Class&emdash; MLK Holiday
Jan. 19	Time: The Context of Archaeology
Jan. 21	The Origins of Modern Humans
Jan. 24	Climate and Human History
Jan. 26	The Late Pleistocene
Jan. 28	The Dawn of Art
Jan. 31	Peopling of the World I
Feb. 2	Peopling of the World II
Feb. 4	Mesolithic Interlude
Feb. 7	The Neolithic Revolution
Feb. 9	The Neolithic of the Near East
Feb. 11	The Neolithic of the Near East (Continued)
Feb. 14	Çatalhöyük, Turkey
Feb. 16	Mesopotamia: Heartland of Cities
Feb. 18	Mesopotamia: Heartland of Cities (continued)
Feb. 21	Writing a Web Report
Feb. 23	MIDTERM EXAM
Feb. 25	Egypt and Africa: The Nile and Beyond
Feb. 28	Egypt and Africa: The Nile and Beyond (continued)
March 1	The Indus Valley
March 3	The Indus Valley (continued)
March 4-12	MARDI GRAS HOLIDAY
March 13	African Civilizations
March 15	The First Farmers of Asia
March 17	China: Oracle Bones & Buried Statues
March 20	China: Oracle Bones & Buried Statues (continued)
March 22	The Origins of Writing
March 24	The European Neolithic
March 27	Megalithic Builders of Ireland
March 29	Stonehenge
March 31	The Mediterranean Basin: Sea of Gods
April 3	The Mediterranean Basin: Sea of Gods (continued)
April 5	Origins of Agriculture in the New World
April 7	Good Friday Holiday
April 10	North America: Poverty Point
April 12	The Civilizations of Mesoamerica
April 14	Teotihuacan
April 17	The Maya
April 19	The Maya & The Aztec
April 21	Andean Civilizations
April 24	Andean Civilizations (continued)
April 26	Conclusion