Prehistory of North America
ANTH E-316
Larry J. Zimmerman
IUPUI, Spring 2010

Lecture Notes and Power Point Files

PowerPoint presentations and lecture notes are available below. However, using these are not a substitute for attending class. These and podcasts are also accessible from the class OnCourse site.


How do we know what we know? Science, humanity, and the epistemology of American archaeology

Epistemological Change and a History of American Archaeology   (PowerPoint to accompany notes)

The Goals of North American Archaeology (PowerPoint)

Who are the Indians? Defining the real object of our study (PowerPoint)

Isn't the past, the past? Historical memory, Time and the Other or How do American Archaeologists understand & control time & space? PowerPoint

 


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Background  image: Pueblo Bonito is the largest and best known site in Chaco Culture National Historical Park (New Mexico). It was built by ancestral Puebloan peoples and occupied between AD 828 and 1126. The Evaluating Models of Chaco virtual tour site has some extraordinary images and virtual tours of many of the Chaco sites including Pueblo Bonito.