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Read Me First
Introduction for
Students and Instructors of this
North American Archaeology course
Navigation: This
course is available here as a set of interlinked modules. Links are highlighted
with underlining. These may be used to move from one
module to another, and you can also use the "back button" on your
browser.
SAA
MATRIX Seven Principles:These
are implicitly infused throughout this class, but are referred to explicitly
in the Cross-Tabulation of North
American Archaeology Course Modules and SAA Seven Principles. This is
set up
with rows reflecting individual class topical modules followed by cells
containing the numbers1-7 (for each of the Seven Principles). Each of
the
Principles
("Stewardship" through "Real World Problem Solving") is
highlighted and links to a page containing the original language used to define
how each lesson can fulfill each Principle mandate.
The following is an example (as found in the Cross-Tabulation page).
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Contemporary
Archaeology and the Importance of Writing
Skills |
Overview
02 |
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4 |
5 |
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The first column is for the Class Module for "Contemporary
Archaeology and the Importance of Writing Skills." If you click on
"02" in the highlighted yellow
cell, you will be taken to the topic outline for that part of the
class.
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02 |
Contemporary
Archaeology and the Importance of Writing
Skills |
Overview
02 |
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2 |
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4 |
5 |
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The second column gives the name of the particular class
topic.
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02 |
Contemporary
Archaeology and the Importance of Writing
Skills |
Overview
02 |
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2 |
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4 |
5 |
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The third column has a link to the Lesson Overview for
that particular module.
Following the class topic column are the seven columns for each of the SAA
Seven Principles. Clicking on number "2" in column 5 (highlighted in yellow below) will take you to a new page.
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02 |
Contemporary
Archaeology and the Importance of Writing
Skills |
Overview
02 |
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2 |
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4 |
5 |
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This will have
the topic of the module
("Contemporary Archaeology and the Importance of Writing Skills"),
followed by a link to the class lecture outline for that topic—use the "back
button" to return to
the Cross-Tabulation page. Below this is the Principle Number,
followed by its
Name ("Principle 2: Diverse
Interests"), followed by clarifying text from the original definition. Below
that is
the Discussion— one or more paragraphs focusing on issues related
to
how that particular Principle is related to this specific course topic.
All of the MATRIX
Seven Principles write-ups can
be found on a separate web page here.
Copies of the original SAA
Principles of Archaeological Ethics and the Register
of Professional Archaeologists (ROPA) Code of Conduct and Standards of Research
Performance
can also be consulted.
Go to the Cross-Tabulation of North
American Archaeology Course Modules and SAA Seven Principles and explore!
Course
Content: The
main course description is found in the Course
Portfolio for North American Archaeology. From there, you
can link
to the Syllabus for this class.
Within the Syllabus are found
additional links to other North
American Archaeology-related Web sites relevant to the class. The
Daily Topics Schedule
also has links back to the individual lesson modules, lesson overviews,
and back to each of the sequential writing assignments (1-9). Bullets
highlight Special Events—exams and due
dates have black bullets (!).
Maya Society and other talks and presentations have blue
bullets (!)
Within each of
the individual Lesson
Overviews there are internal links to the lecture notes module
for the lesson and the syllabus daily topics schedule for
that lesson. Under "Lesson Overview" there is a paragraph or two
of information about the individual lesson, followed by a list of "Lesson
Objectives." After that are the SAA "MATRIX Principles" employed
for the particular lesson, with a link to the full list of MATRIX Principles as
applied to other modules.
The "Instructional Procedures" section varies with each lesson
module and reflects the way I have proceeded with each one in the past. As
part of "Assessment," there is a link to the
terms-and-concepts list at the end of the lesson module being profiled.
Individual lessons
are found in the associated Web-ready class modules discussed above. Each
one of them is derived from my
original lecture notes that took the form of an outline. There are
internal links at the top of each module taking students to the lesson overview
as well as to the syllabus Daily Topics Schedule, where related events and due
dates are found. As it is in outline
format, it should be obvious that it cannot be "read" in a
narrative fashion. Following each course topic outline is a list of terms and
concepts—something to look back over after dealing with the content in
the outline part, something to help test yourself after your reading and
before examinations!
The outlines in the various modules provide a vast array of
"facts" (perhaps best metaphorically viewed here as the
"trees"). Continuing along this metaphorical path, the
"forest" is not merely the sum of the "trees," but is
something exceedingly more—in fact much more synergistic in quality. Your
explorations of, questions about, and musings and interpretations about the
"trees" here will help you come to perceive the cultural
"forests" that characterized the peopled landscapes of ancient North
America over time. Remember, unlike the frequently-quoted statement of
"Sergeant Friday" in the old Dragnet television series,
"Just the facts, ma'am" will not work for a course like this—for
those using these notes to develop their own classes, as well as for students
hoping to use these notes.
As you proceed
through these notes, try to cultivate an
attitude where "it's the journey that counts." Allow the facts,
terms, and concepts presented here to assist you to try to empathize—to
think
as much as possible in the first-person—with "those who went
before"—their day-to-day experiences within the worlds that they saw,
heard, smelled, looked forward to, laughed about, and sometimes feared.
Remember to
use your browser's back button to move around!
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