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Ancient Middle America
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visual anthropology

Anthropology Videos and DVDs at the UMD Library

Archaeology and Classical Studies Videos and DVDs in the UMD Library

Video materials used in class illustrate many topics covered in this course. Consider these presentations similar to lab sessions, that is, watch them carefully and critically rather than simply watch another movie or video. The exams will include these materials, and it will be assumed that you have paid critical attention to them.

Meet Your Professor
(WebPage)
Slides: (show) (.pdf) (.pptx) (.ppt)
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[see note on slide formats]

handout:
"Syllabus for Fall 2010"(Calendar)

handout:
Anthropology and Its Parts

Introduction
slides: (show) (.pdf) (.pptx) (.ppt)
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[see note on slide formats]

Orientation
slides: (show) (.pdf) (.pptx) (.ppt)
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[see note on slide formats]

Main Characteristics of Anthropology
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the fields of general anthropology

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culture as a primary concept

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comparative methodas major approach

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holism as a primary theoretical goal

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fieldwork as a primary research technique

"Other Important Terms"
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Units of Analysis
slides: (show) (.pdf) (.pptx)
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Three Major Perennial Debates
slides: (show) (.pdf) (.pptx)
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slides:
Finding Information

slides:
How to Study for Exams

Major Features of Natural Areas
slides (show) (.pdf) (.pptx)
Paul Kirchhoff, "Meso-America"

Ethnographic Analogy:
Rural-Urban Patterns in Central Highland Mexico
(introduction, as time permits)

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Compound of the Nine Brothers, Nuevo Leon
slides (show) (.pdf) (.pptx)
(Detailed Nuevo Leon map)

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San Luis Potosi, SLP
slides (show) (.pdf) (.pptx)
(Detailed San Luis Potosi map)

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Central Highland Mexico: Tepeapulco, Hidalgo
slides (show) (.pdf) (.pptx)
(Detailed Hidalgo map)

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Rural Village Patterns in the state of Hidalgo
slides (show) (.pdf) (.pptx)
(Detailed Hidalgo map)

Who were the first Americans? (slides)

stages handout (scanned) Stages handout thumbnail.

Mesoamerican Stages (Periods)
stages class handout

(read from bottom to top)

V. Spanish Conquest

IV.

Postclassic

(slides)
(slides .pptx)

III. Classic (slides)
(slides .pptx)

II.

Preclassic

Mesoamerica Identifies Itself

(slides: Introduction, Early, Middle, Late)
(slides .pptx: Introduction, Early, Middle, Late)

"Hunting / Gathering"

Archaic, or Incipient Agriculturalists

(slides)
(slides .pptx)

Lithic, or Early Hunters Stage

(slides)
(slides .pptx)

video Culture and Math: The Maya
(15/31 min., 2006, CC, DVD 1110) (slides)

The Preclassic Period
- Class Preclassic slides: Introduction, Early, Middle, Late
  - Tehuacán
    - Tehuacán handout
    - Tehuacán slides
  - Olmec and Epi-Olmec
    - La Venta
    - Pictures of Record slides
  - Cuello
    - Cuello slides
  - Copilco
    - Copilco slides
  - Cuicuilco
    - Cuicuilco slides
  - Teotihuacán I (Tzacualli phase)
  - Monte Albán II
  - Chupicuaro
  - Early Tres Zapotes
  - Tikál
  - Dzibilchaltún

video The Sweat of the Sun
(52 min., 1975, VC 169)
(slides)

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Week 1 —

Meet Your Professor
(WebPage)
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
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[see note on slide formats]

Introduction
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
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[see note on slide formats]

Orientation
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
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[see note on slide formats]

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Finding Information on Different Countries and Cultures
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
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[see note on slide formats]

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Week 2 —

Week 2