ANTH & CLAS 353: The ARCHAEOLOGY of ANCIENT GREECE

Fall 2007 / Tuesday & Thursday 2:20-3:35 / FRAN 153

Deborah Carlson, Ph.D.

Instructor: Prof. Deborah Carlson, Nautical Archaeology Program, Dept. of Anthropology

Office Hours: Tuesdays 4-5 pm and Wednesdays 1-3 pm or by appointment

Office: Anthropology 117 (inside the Institute of Nautical Archaeology office suite)

Contact: tel: 862-1208, e-mail: dnc@tamu.edu

Course Content: This course covers the archaeology of ancient Greece from the Stone Age until the ascent of Rome in the Hellenistic Period.  A survey as extensive as this draws upon many different kinds of archaeological evidence, so your attendance and completion of assigned readings will be essential.  There is one required textbook:  Pedley, J.G.  2002.  Greek Art and Archaeology.  (Prentice Hall, 4th ed.).

Course Structure: The format of this course is based upon weekly lectures, illustrated with digital images and the occasional supplementary video.  There will be two hourly exams and one cumulative Final Exam.  The format of the exams will include image identification, multiple choice, and short answer questions.  Many of the images projected in class appear in the textbook, and others will be posted to the course web page.  Be aware that, as the semester progresses, material will build upon and draw from terminology and content presented in earlier lectures and in the readings.

Finally, there will be a quiz (almost) every Thursday.  For each quiz, you will be asked to define two terms from that week’s assigned reading.  Each quiz will be worth four points, and your top five quiz scores will constitute 1/5 of your final grade.  Quiz answers should include a complete definition of the term (usually a person, site, or style), dates, and as much specific information as you can adduce.  The Thursday quizzes are optional, meaning that it is up to you to decide how many (or how few) points are earned and how quickly (or how slowly) these points accumulate.

Grades: Final grades will be calculated according to the following formula:

Make-up exams will be offered only for legitimate excuses as listed in the Attendance section of the University’s Student Rules (http://student-rules.tamu.edu/rule7.htm).  There will be no opportunities to earn extra credit, and no make-up quizzes.  Nevertheless, consistently high quiz scores will reflect positively on your final grade for the course.  Any student caught cheating on a quiz or exam will receive a failing grade. 

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