Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Fall 2018 - ARCH 321 D100

Select Regions in World Archaeology I (3)

Aboriginal Australia

Class Number: 3628

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2018: Tue, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Dec 5, 2018
    Wed, 3:30–6:30 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Instructor:

    George Nicholas
    nicholas@sfu.ca
    778.782.5709
    Office: EDB 9627
    Office Hours: TBA

  • Prerequisites:

    ARCH 272, 272W or 273 or by permission of instructor.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

An overview of culture history and methodological/theoretical issues for a specific region of the world.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course explores the lifeways of Aboriginal Australians as reflected in both archaeological and ethnographic contexts, covering a span of 60,000 years or more. Major topics include: description of culture areas; regional pre-contact culture histories; cultural diversity; human ecology and environmental settings; processes of change; technology; food production systems; hunter-gatherers as resource managers; economic, social and political organization; gender roles; kinship; magic and ritual; the Dreamtime and worldview; the impacts of colonialism; critical perspectives on the use of ethnographic data; and contemporary relations between Aboriginal peoples and archaeologists.

Grading

  • Mid-semester exam 25%
  • Final exam 30%
  • Term project 25%
  • Quizzes/exercises 20%

NOTES:

Updated July 23, 2018 to remove the following textbook as it is not available:

Aboriginal Economy and Society: Australia at the Threshold of Colonisation. Ian Keen. 2004. Oxford University Press.
ISBN: 9780195507669

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Archaeology of the Dreamtime, revised edition. Josephine Flood, 2004. Koala Publishing.

ISBN: 9781876622503

Additional articles on Reserve or Canvas.

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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