Anthropology coursework

Endnote Styles for archaeology journals

nico — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:59:49 +0000

Endnote (X3) doesn't appear to have an Endnote bibliographical style (.ens) for Journal of Field Archaeology. I went ahead and modified the American Antiquity style to create a J of Field Archaeology style. The ENS file was developed in Endnote X1 for Windows but I believe these are widely compatible with other versions of Endnote.

The changes from American Antiquity style can be summarized as follows

I. Viewshed Analysis 2009

nico — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:52:17 +0000

This exercise will demonstrate two types of viewshed analysis.The first is a single site Viewshed, and the second is a general measure of visibility or exposure.

To begin with, please download and unzip the following dataset: 2009_View_Cost.zip (2mb).
Place the data in a directory under C:\ (not in My Documents) so that the path is simple and has no spaces. You might use
C:\gis_data\

II. Cost-Distance 2009

nico — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:49:46 +0000

Workshop 2009, No. 1 - Viewshed and Cost Distance

nico — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:32:53 +0000

Archaeological Research Facility at UC Berkeley
PRACTICAL WORKSHOP
Working with Archaeological data in Arcmap 9.2:
A brief tour of Viewshed and Cost distance functions
Friday Mar 5, 2009

Jan 17 - Patterson 1997 article

nico — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:00:45 +0000

Questions related to Patterson 1997 article in reader (it is also online).

Reading questions due in class on Jan 17. Answer two of the following three questions in a two part answer of at least 400 words.

1. Why is Patterson’s account of the English subjugation of the Irish during the 16^th century interesting in light of the way that race and ethnicity were used to define “Progress” and “Civilization” by the British and Spanish Empires during the ensuing centuries?

Jan 12 - Wenke and Olszewski 2007, Chapter 2 (pp. 41-72)

nico — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:01:34 +0000

You won't need to hand in these reading questions until class on Wed, Jan 17. Please note that you'll also have questions from the subsequent reading (Patterson, 1997) due then as well.

Answer two of the following three questions in a two part answer of at least 400 words.

Jan 10 - Wenke and Olszewski 2007, Chapter 1 (pp. 1-32)

nico — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:33:31 +0000

Jan 10 - Wenke 2007, Chapter 1 (pp. 1-32)

Answer two of the following three questions in a two part answer of at least 400 words.

1. Explain equifinality and why it limits the potential of historical reconstruction in archaeology.

2. How does the work of Karl Marx inform archaeological investigation of the origins of social inequality?

3. Describe is the connection between New Archaeology and Darwinian evolution.

Reading Questions

nico — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:28:43 +0000

Reading Questions Webpage

Anth 164 - Origins of Complex Societies

Reading questions will be posted below, please hand in responses before class begins on date indicated.

Syllabus (Anth 164, Winter 2007)

nico — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:53:24 +0000

The Origins of Complex Societies

Anthropology 164, UC Santa Barbara

Origins of Complex Societies

nico — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:10:36 +0000

Course surveying the theories and evidence concerning the origins of state-level societies in New and Old World. This course was designed and taught by N. Tripcevich as Anthropology 164 at UC Santa Barbara during the Winter quarter, 2007