Spring 2018 - ARCH 100 D200

Ancient Peoples and Places (3)

Class Number: 1004

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 3 – Apr 10, 2018: Tue, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Apr 14, 2018
    Sat, 3:30–6:30 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Instructor:

    Francesco Berna
    fberna@sfu.ca
    778.782.9674
    Office: EDB 9613
    Office Hours: TBA

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

A broad survey of human cultural development from the late Palaeolithic/PalaeoIndian periods (ca 40,000 BP) to the rise of civilization and empires, in both the Old and New Worlds. Breadth-Social Sciences.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course provides a journey into the origin of modern society and on how some profound subsistence and cultural changes shaped it through the millennia across the globe.  We introduce students to the emergence of our species in Africa, to the appearance of modern behavior and of the major civilizations in the Old and New Worlds. Along this path we examine major cultural and technological “revolutions”: the appearance of symbolism, the agriculture and the urban revolutions, the emergence of warfare and social inequality, and the first Chiefdoms, States and Empires. We’ll introduce the students to the origin and development of pre-modern civilizations such as the Sumer, the Egyptians, the Mycenaeans, the Chinese Dynasties, the Maya, the Aztec and the Incas.

Grading

  • Mid Term I (Multiple choice quiz) 25%
  • Mid Term II (Multiple choice, non-cumulative) 30%
  • Final Exam (Multiple choice, non-cumulative) 45%

NOTES:

Breadth: Social Sciences

Materials

RECOMMENDED READING:

Michael Chazan, 2015. World Prehistory and Archaeology, 3rd Canadian Edition, Routledge. NEW or USED
ISBN: 978-0-2058-9670-7

Department Undergraduate Notes:

Students with hidden or visible disabilities who believe they may need classroom or exam accommodations are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Students with Disabilities (1250 Maggie Benston Centre) as soon as possible to ensure that they are eligible and that approved accommodations and services are implemented in a timely fashion.

Deferred grades will be given only on the basis of authenticated medical disability.


Registrar Notes:

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