mirrored file at http://SaturnianCosmology.Org/ For complete access to all the files of this collection see http://SaturnianCosmology.org/search.php ========================================================== Cuneiform writing on a clay tablet !! This is a PREVIOUS SEMESTER'S web site !! [1]Click here for the CURRENT site for Spring 2003 _The Emergence of Civilizations_ _Anthropology 341 - Sonoma State University - Fall 2002_ _Taught by Dr. Bruce Owen_ New items added on _December 13_. Files will gradually disappear to free up space for Spring 2003. * Tell Congress how you feel about war on Iraq: easy [2]email contacts * [3]Click for class notes [4]Click for handouts [5]Click for links to archaeology sites What's here on "Internet Reserve"? * The same lecture notes that you can borrow from the library reserve desk are available electronically from the [6]Lecture Notes List below. These are just the raw, personal notes that I use for each lecture. They may not be completely intelligible if you don't already know the material. I make them available as study aids, but they are no substitute for studying the assigned readings and attending class. I will add additional items every week or so. * The syllabus, study guides, and other papers that I hand out in class are also available here from the [7]Handouts List below. * Finally, there are links to other web pages about some of the [8]sites and civilizations featured in this class. Looking at these is completely optional, but they are highly recommended and fun. The easy way to view and print lecture notes Go to the [9]Lecture Notes List below. Click on the "View on screen" option for the lecture notes you want. You will see the notes on screen and can print them in a slightly clunky format. The better but harder way to view and print lecture notes Go to the [10]Lecture Notes List below. Click on the "Word 6.0" option to download the lecture notes you want as a Microsoft Word 6.0 file. This method allows you to print the notes in a more compact format, and to take advantage of the outlining features of Microsoft Word. However, it requires more steps and more computer knowledge on your part. Unless you have a recent browser that can display Word 6.0 files directly on the screen, you will probably get a message giving you two choices: get additional "plug-in" software to handle this format, or save the file on disk without viewing it. Click on the option to save the file. Note the full directory path and filename, so you can find the file later. After the file is downloaded to your computer, start Microsoft Word or any other current word processor, and use that to open, view, and print the downloaded file. Some word processors, like WordPerfect, may add numbered headings or blank lines; you may want to adjust the format before printing. 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Fourth, you can ask questions, and listen as others ask questions that you might not have thought of. Finally, I fill in details, explain arguments, and highlight the important points, which should make it easier to see the big picture rather than getting lost in the details. News If you have been here before, press your browser's "reload" button to see the latest additions. * The "Update Packet" for using Readers from previous semesters is on reserve at the library. PLEASE copy it if you have a used Reader; there are important additions and changes to the Reader. It is not available online because it includes new and updated maps that could be problematic to download. Lecture Notes List Click on the Lecture Notes that you want to download. If you have been here before, press your browser's "reload" button and scroll down to see the latest additions. * Class 1: Intro to Anthro 341: Emergence of Civilizations {[11]View on screen} {[12]Word 6.0} * Class 2: Society without civilization: The foraging way of life {[13]View on screen} {[14]Word 6.0} * Class 3: A brief introduction to archaeology: How we recover prehistory {[15]View on screen} {[16]Word 6.0} * Class 4: The origins of agriculture {[17]View on screen} {[18]Word 6.0} * Class 5: Examples of the first towns on Earth: Jericho and Çatal Hüyük {[19]View on screen} {[20]Word 6.0} * Class 6: Defining "civilization" and a few theories of how it came about {[21]View on screen} {[22]Word 6.0} * Class 7: Mesopotamia: Neolithic and early complex cultures {[23]View on screen} {[24]Word 6.0} * Class 8: Mesopotamia: 'Ubaid and Uruk {[25]View on screen} {[26]Word 6.0} * Class 9: Mesopotamia: More on Uruk, Jemdet Nasr, and the origins of writing {[27]View on screen} {[28]Word 6.0} * Class 10: Mesopotamia: Early Dynastic period {[29]View on screen} {[30]Word 6.0} * Class 11: Mesopotamia: Agade to Ur III, trends, and another viewpoint {[31]View on screen} {[32]Word 6.0} * Class 12: Predynastic Egypt {[33]View on screen} {[34]Word 6.0} * Class 13: Naqada III and Early Dynastic Egypt {[35]View on screen} {[36]Word 6.0} * Class 14: Old Kingdom Egypt {[37]View on screen} {[38]Word 6.0} * Class 15: More theories of the emergence of civilization {[39]View on screen} {[40]Word 6.0} * Optional, not on the final: Indus valley, Neolithic through Early Indus period {[41]View on screen} {[42]Word 6.0} * Optional, not on the final: Indus valley, Mature Harappan period {[43]View on screen} {[44]Word 6.0} * Class 16: Neolithic China {[45]View on screen} {[46]Word 6.0} * Class 17: China, Lungshan Horizon to Shang Dynasty {[47]View on screen} {[48]Word 6.0} * Class 18: Andes: Late Preceramic {[49]View on screen} {[50]Word 6.0} * Class 19: Andes: Initial Period {[51]View on screen} {[52]Word 6.0} * Optional, not on the final: Class 20: Andes: Early Horizon {[53]View on screen} {[54]Word 6.0} * Optional, not on the final: Class 21: Andes: Moche {[55]View on screen} {[56]Word 6.0} Handout List Click on the Handout that you want. If you have been here before, press your browser's "reload" button to see the latest additions. * Syllabus for The Emergence of Civilizations, Anthropology 341, Fall 2002 {[57]View on screen} {[58]Word 6.0} * What plagiarism is and how to avoid it {[59]View on screen} {[60]Word 6.0} * How radiocarbon dating works {[61]View on screen} {[62]Word 6.0} * Essay assignment #1: Using a definition {[63]View on screen} {[64]Word 6.0} * Midterm study guide {[65]View on screen} {[66]Word 6.0} * Essay assignment #2: Testing a theory {[67]View on screen} {[68]Word 6.0} * Essay assignment #3: Comparing a theory in two regions {[69]View on screen} {[70]Word 6.0} * Final exam study guide {[71]View on screen} {[72]Word 6.0} Sites and Civilizations Interesting, illustrated, easy, optional... check these out. If you have been here before, press your browser's "reload" button to see the latest additions. * [73]Çatal Hüyük Newsletter: Current research at the coolest town of the Neolithic world * [74]Virtual reality tour of Çatal Hüyük: Views of the site, artifacts, excavations, video clips... best with a recent computer and a fast internet connection - it takes 40 minutes to download by 56K modem * [75]The Royal Tombs at Ur: Incredible artifacts buried with a Sumerian queen * [76]Early Dynastic and Predynastic Egypt: Excellent (but detailed) syntheses of the crucial early periods; great pictures of artifacts and early hieroglyphs with translations * [77]Old Kingdom Egypt: A visual tour of the step pyramid of Djoser * [78]The Indus region: Photos, 3D views, reconstructions, concise essays and new research findings; excellent presentation * [79]Prehistoric and historic China: Summaries of periods and themes from a different point of view, with links to good pictures. Follow the links; there is more than first appears. Click the pictures for larger, sharper views. If you get a message about downloading "Chinese text display support", just click "cancel" (unless you read Chinese!) * [80]Chavín de Huántar: Explore the site, including the internal galleries, in photographic virtual reality -- this is really fun You will need to download and install a browser plugin. Click on the "Realspace" viewer link at the bottom of the Chavín page. On the next page, click on "Zoom Viewer Plugin" ("Realspace" has been renamed). On the next page, click on the words "Get Zoom Viewer" hidden among the graphics. Then click on the Zoom Viewer Plugin (Windows or Mac version) from the list of choices. Don't pick the Zoom Server. The web site will ask for your email address. Make one up unless you want to get junk email. Your browser may ask if you want to run the program or save it to your disk. Either way, downloading will take a while. If you chose to run it, the installer will start automatically. If you chose to save it, find the file on your hard disk and double-click it to start the installer. The installer will ask you to accept some default values, and will then install the viewer. At last, you can go to the Chavín web page and explore the site. Once there, be patient; each view takes a little while to download, but then works smoothly. Hold the left button down and move the mouse to look side to side and up and down. Press the spacebar to make "hot" points appear. Click on a hot point to move to that point or see the object there. Zoom in and out with "Ctrl" and "Shift". Check it out! * [81]Teotihuacan: Pictures, map, description, chronology, hot news of recent discoveries * [82]Mesoamerican cultures: Art and architecture photos with captions for Olmec, Zapotec, Teotihuacan, Maya, and others * [83]ArchNet: An index of quality archaeological web sites. Highly recommended. Be sure to check the "new and uncategorized" section for lots of recent additions * [84]Anthropology in the News. Links to the latest finds, discoveries, and controversies in archaeology, biological anthro, cultural anthro, and linguistics. Updated frequently. Take a break and do something different! I guarantee that you will have fun visiting this place. This is not virtual, it is real. You will have to drive, but it is well worth it. The archaeological parts are great, and the setting is a cultural experience. * [85]The Rosicrucian Museum in San Jose: Incredible Egyptian and Mesopotamian artifacts, even buildings, well displayed and explained, plus a wild mystical spin that you won't believe. A Tumilaca pottery motif _The Emergence of Civilizations_ _by Bruce Owen_ Copyright (c) 2002, Bruce Owen. All rights reserved. Please send comments on content and presentation to [86]OwenBruce at aol.com. 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