Knowledge of these formative issues is crucial to understanding current debates, and also to making sense of the idiom in which nearly all modern archaeological discourse is conduct ed. Students will be expected to think critically and write criti cally about these topics in relation to their own research. Each weekly discussion focuses on a topic and set of read ings. You will be given the full schedule of readings at the beginning of the course. During class discussions, your instructor will serve as moderator.
Participation is mandatory.
The order in which they are listed is deliberate, and it will be helpful, if not always practical, to read the selections in that order. It is, of course, up to each student to locate the materials in the li brary. Your instructor has checked to make sure all those listed are in the current holdings and in the stacks, or alterna tively, on reserve. Please inform your instructor immediately should an item be unavailable. In some cases another copy or substitute may be given.