Today=s

Date

Today=s Topic

Reading Assignments for Today=s Discussion & Miscellaneous Announcements

Fri, Aug 20

Introduction: Chronology

Mon, Aug 23

Introduction: Geography and Demography

$   Making, chapter 3

Wed, Aug 25

Introduction: The End of the Bronze Age

$   Murray, AMyth, History and Archaeology@ from Early Greece. Cambridge: 1993. (web site)
$   Making, chapter 2

Fri, Aug 27

Introduction: Lefkandi & the Transition to the Archaic Period

$   Morris, AThe Hero of Lefkandi@ from Archaeology as Cultural History. Oxford: 2000. (web site)

Mon, Aug 30

Introduction: How to Reconstruct Archaic Greece

$   Art, chapter 1
$   Making, chapter 1

Wed, Sep 1

Literature: Homer and Orality (presentation by Dr. Felson)

$   Making, chapter 5
$   Dr. Felson's article (web site)

Fri, Sep 3

Literature:  Hesiod

$   Hesiod, AWorks and Days@

Mon, Sep 6

Labor Day, No Class

Read ahead and review

Wed, Sep 8

Literature: Hesiod

$   re-read Hesiod, AWorks and Days@

Fri, Sep 10

Workshop 1: Archaeological Methodology

$   Bahn, AMaking a Date@ and AHow and Why Things Did Change@ from A Short Introduction to Archaeology. Oxford: 2000. (web site)

Mon, Sep 13

Archaeology: Introduction to Early Greek Pottery

$   Art, chapters 2 and 4
$   Richter, APottery and Vase Painting@ from Greek Art. New York: 1959. (web site)

Wed, Sep 15

Archaeology: 8^th Century BCE Burial Practice

$   Making, chapter 4
$   Data for 8th century burial (web site PPt)

Fri, Sep 17

Archaeology: 8^th Century BCE Cult Practice

$   Sourvinou-Inwood, AEarly Sanctuaries, the 8^th Century and Ritual Space@ from Greek Sanctuaries, ed. N. Marinatos and R. Hägg. London: 1993. (web site)
$   Snodgrass, AStructural Revolution: the Material Evidence@ from Archaic Greece. Berkeley: 1980. (web site)
$   Data for 8th century burial (web site PPt)

Mon, Sep 20

Archaeology: Introduction to Greek Architecture

$   Richter, AArchitecture@ from Greek Art. New York: 1959. (web site)
$   Coulton, AThe Problem of Beginning@ from Ancient Greek Architects at Work. Ithaca: 1977. (web site)

Wed, Sep 22

Archaeology: Archaic  Olympia & the Games

$   TBA

Fri, Sep 24

Archaeology: The Sanctuary at Olympia

$   TBA

Mon, Sep 27

History: Orientalizing among the Greeks

$   Art, chapter 3
$   Morris, AArt of Citizenship@ from New Light on a Dark Age, ed. S. Langdon. Columbia: 1997. (web site)

Wed, Sep 29

Archaeology: 7^th Century BCE Advent of Writing

$   Making, chapter 7

Fri, Oct 1

Literature: 7^th Century BCE Poetry & Hoplite Warfare

$   poems by Archilochus & Tyrtaios (web site)
$   Making, chapter 6

Mon, Oct 4

Test #1

Study for Test; see tips on the web site

Wed, Oct 6

Workshop 2: 7^th Century BCE Arms & Armor

 $ material on web site

Fri, Oct 8

Archaeology: Introduction to Greek Sculpture

$   Art, chapter 5
$   Spivey, ADaedalus and the Wings of Techne@ and AHeroes Apparent@ from Understanding Greek Sculpture. London: 1996.  (web site)

Mon, Oct 11

History: Introduction to Colonization

$   Osborne, AEarly Greek Colonization? The Nature of Greek Settlement in the West@ from Archaic Greece, ed. N. Fisher and H. Van Wees. London: 1998. (web site)
$   Balandier, AThe Colonial Situation: A Theoretical Approach@ from Wallerstein, Social Change: The Colonial Situation. New York:1966. (web site)

Wed, Oct 13

Archaeology: Introduction to Later Greek Pottery

$   Art, chapters 6 and 8

Fri, Oct 15

Archaeology: The Colony at Pithekoussai

$   Ridgway, APithekoussai: An Introduction@ from The First Western Greeks. Cambridge: 1992. (web site)

Withdrawal Deadline Is Today

Mon, Oct 18

Workshop 3: Foundation Stories

$   material on web site

All paper topics must be approved by today.

Wed, Oct 20

History: Colonization and Delphi

$   Londey, AGreek Colonists and Delphi@ from Greek Colonists and Native Populations, ed. Descoeudres.  Oxford: 1990. (web site)

Fri, Oct 22

History: Another Way of Looking at Trade

$   Foxhall, ACargoes of the Heart=s Desire: The Character of Trade in the Archaic Mediterranean World@ from Archaic Greece, ed. N. Fisher and H. Van Wees. London: 1998. (web site)

Mon, Oct 25

Archaeology: The Colony at Metapontium

$   Carter, AMetapontumBLand, Wealth and Population@ from Greek Colonists and Native Populations, ed. Descoeudres.  Oxford: 1990. (web site)

Wed,  Oct 27

Workshop 4: Countryside of Metapontium

$   material on web site

Th, Oct 28 -  Fri, Oct 29

Fall Break, No class

No Assignment; work on papers

Mon, Nov 1

Archaeology: The Colonies at Poseidonia and Foce del Sele

$   TBA

Wed, Nov 3

Archaeology: The Colony at Selinus

$   TBA

Fri, Nov 5

Archaeology: The Colony at Syracus

$   TBA

Mon, Nov 8

History: Greek Tyranny

$   Making, chapter 8

Wed, Nov 10

Archaeology: Kypselos of Corinth

$   TBA

Fri, Nov 12

Archaeology: Kroisos at Delphi

$   TBA

Mon, Nov 15

Archaeology: Peisistratos of Athens

$   TBA

Wed, Nov 17

History: Development of Athenian Democracy

$   Making, chapter 9

Fri, Nov 19

Archaeology: Images of Athenian Democracy

$   TBA

Mon, Nov 22

Slide Test #2

Study for Slide Test; see tips on the web site

Wed, Nov 24 - Fri, Nov 26

Thanksgiving Break

No Class

Review and work on papers

Mon, Nov 29

History: War with Persia

$   TBA

Wed, Dec 1

History: War with Persia

$   TBA

Fri, Dec 3

Archaeology: Greece & the Persian Wars

Mon, Dec 6

Student reports

Wed, Dec 8  

Student reports

Last Day of Class

Fri, Dec 10

Reading Day

Work on Final Exam

Wed, Dec 15

Final Exam, 8:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Take Home Exams due in my office by noon today. No Extensions For Any Reason.