Graduate students are expected to give a 20 minute presentation to the class summarizing the results of their term paper. Specific instructions for the presentation format along with dates and grading criteria are distributed in the second week of the course. Each student is required to write a critique of the book by Trigger following instructions given by the instructor which are handed out in the second week of the course. Submit the original and one copy. Students are expected to have completed the assigned reading before coming to class and to participate in discussions.
Note is made throughout the course of each student's level and quality of participation.
The assigned papers have been written by archaeologists for archaeologists. They are not narrative in style and for the most part cannot be read as one reads a novel. They are difficult going and must be read more than once. So, budget your time. Almost all of the reading in the course is issue-oriented, or polemical.