ASM568 Intrasite Research Methods in Archaeology
Keith Kintigh - School of Human Evolution & Social Change
Fall 2008

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COURSE OUTLINE (26 sessions)

Readings shown in italics are required but will not be assigned for presentations; readings in parentheses are optional. Readings followed by [problem] have some serious problem that you should identify and be prepared to discuss. Problem sets are assigned on the day listed and due in class one week later.

1. Course Organization - Aug 25
2. Human Use of Space & Formation Processes - Aug 27
3. Diversity - Sept 3
4. Human Use of Space & Formation Processes - Sept 8
5. Maps, & Contouring - Sept 10
6. Villages & Towns - Sept 15
7. Village Architecture & Structure Use - Sept 17
8. Tree Ring Dating & Structure Use - Sep 22
9. Grid-based Approaches - Sept 24
10. The Poisson Distribution, Density, Artifact Movement & Conjoining Pieces - Sept 29
11. Activity Areas - Oct 1
No Class - Oct 6 (Kintigh in Washington)
12. Nearest-neighbor Analysis - Oct 8
13. Systemic Assemblages and Discard - Oct 13
14. Local Density Analysis & Hodder and Okell's A - Oct 15
15. Cities (cont.) - Oct 20
16. Pure Locational Clustering - Oct 22
17. Correspondence Analysis - Oct 27
18. Unconstrained Clustering, Presab - Oct 29
19. Comparison of Methods - Nov 3
20. Subsurface Tests - Cores, Augers, STPs, & Telephone Booths - Nov 5
21. Subsurface Testing - Augers, Trenching & Mosaics - Nov 10
22. Surface Collection (Non-Site Archaeology?) - Nov 12

Working Sessions - Nov 17, 19 24

Optional draft term paper due Nov 17

No Class - Thanksgiving - Nov 26

23.-26. Presentations of Student Papers - Dec 1, Dec 3, Dec 8, Dec 10

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