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Assignment 1 - Introduction to Archaeology

• Exercise 1-1, A Brief History of Archaeology
• Exercise 1-2, Chronological Methods

Assignment 2 - Finding the Past

• Exercise 2-1, Archeological Survey in the Field - The Basin of Mexico

Assignment 3 - Digging up and Analyzing the Past

• No Web Exercises

Assignment 4 - Human Origins

• Exercise 4-1, The Ice Age
• Exercise 4-2, Introducing the Skeletons in Your Closet
• Exercise 4-3, Principles of Lithic Technology
• Exercise 4-4, The Formation of Olduvai Gorge
• Exercise 4-5, The Archaeology of Olduvai Gorge
  
  

Assignment 5 - The Origins and Spread of Modern Humans

• Exercise 5-1, Homo erectus: A Comparison
• Exercise 5-2, Middle Paleolithic Stone Technology
• Exercise 5-3, The Technology of Emerging Homo sapiens
• Exercise 5-4, Peopling of the Globe
  
  

Assignment 6 - The Origins of Agriculture and Animal Domestication

• Exercise 6-1, The End of the Ice Age
• Exercise 6-2, The Gwembe Tonga Simulation
  
  

Assignment 7 - States: Ancient Egypt

• Exercise 7-1
  
  

Assignment 8 - States: Maya Civilization

• Exercise 8-1, Tikal: A Maya City
  
  

Assignment 9 - Archaeology and Society

• No Web Exercises

Readings will be assigned from the following (see Course Schedule for specific assignments):

	Anthropology 3 Study Guide
	Archaeology, A Brief Introduction Brian Fagan. Prentice Hall.
	World Prehistory Brian Fagan. Prentice Hall. Companion Site.