AP465 Zooarchaeology

Class Outline - Spring 2001

| Texts | Grading | Open Lab Hours | Class Schedule & Reading Assignments |

This page last updated: Friday, January 19, 2001 18:02

Instructor:

Larry Todd (lctodd@lamar.colostate.edu)

Associate Professor, Anthropology

Office Hours (GSB 346):  Mon. 1:30-3:00; Fri. 9-10:00 am & by appointment

Office Phone: 491-5110 

 

LCT mumbling about zooarchaeology at the Kaplan-Hoover bison kill.

Graduate Teaching Assistant:

Oskar Burger ( o_burger@yahoo.com)oberg.jpg (9278 bytes)

MA Candidate, Anthropology

Office Hours (GSB350): Mon 2:00-4:30 pm; Fri. 2-4:00 pm

 

 

 

Oskar doing Fieldwork on the Oglala National Grasslands..

Undergraduate Teaching Assistants:

Ryan Hurtado (sesamoid@holly.colostate.edu)

Anthropology Major

Lab Hours: Thursday 1:00-3:00 pm

 

Ryan doing lab work with bison humeri.

Charles Egeland (cpe@holly.colostate.edu)

Anthropology Major

Lab Hours:

 

Charles excavating at the Kaplan-Hoover site.

Web Page: http://lamar.colostate.edu/~lctodd

Text books:

There are three required textbooks in this class. 

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Lyman, R. Lee (1994). Vertebrate Taphonomy. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

 

 

 

Reitz, Elizabeth and Elizabeth S. Wing (1999). Zooarchaeology.   Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

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Hilson, Simon (1996 reprint) Mammal Bones and Teeth: An Introductory Guide to Methods and Identification. Dorset Press, Dorchester. (ISBN 0-905853-30-X)hilson.jpg (3374 bytes)

 

 

 

 

Grading:

Your grades will be determined based on the following percentage breakdown:

Discussion/class participation 25%
Bone identification quizzes 25%
Midterm exam 25%
Research Project 25%

For more information on grading, see the Grades page.

Open Lab Hours:

    You will need to spend time in the lab (GSB 350) learning your bones and working on your class project. In general, there will be people in the lab most of the time, but to check scheduled lab times, see the AP486 page.

 

CLASS SCHEDULE - READING ASSIGNMENTS

Date Lyman Reitz and Wing Hillson
Week 1 Jan 17-19 pp. 1-11 pp. 1-11 pp. 1-10
Week 2 Jan 22-26 pp.70-113 pp. 32-84 pp. 11-24 Bone Quiz 1
Week 3 Jan 29-Feb 2 pp. 12-69 pp.12-31; 85-109 pp. 24-57 Bone Quiz 2
Week 4 Feb 5-9 pp.114-160 pp.110-142 Bone Quiz 3
Week 5 Feb 12-16 pp. 161-222 Bone Quiz 4
Week 6 Feb 19-23 pp.223-293 pp.142-170 Bone Quiz 5
Week 7 Feb 26-Mar 2 pp.171-238 EXAM 1

Spring Break (Mar 3-11)
Week 8 Mar 12-16 pp.294-353 Bone Quiz 6
Week 9 Mar 19-23 pp.239-306 Bone Quiz 7
Week 10 Mar 26-30 pp.354-403 pp.306-319 Bone Quiz 8
Week 11 Apr 2-6 pp. 404-451 Bone Quiz 9
Week 12 Apr 9-13 pp. 452-465 pp.320-334 Bone Quiz 10
Week 13 Apr 16-18 (no class on Apr 20)
Week 14 Apr 25-27 (no class on Apr 23)
Week 15 Apr 30-May 4
FINAL DUE

Noon Monday 7 May

Monday, May 7: all material used for the class need to be put away, all data collected turned in, and class loose-ends taken care of by 5:00 PM failure to do so will result in a 10% reduction in your grade.

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