Course Syllabus Sample

 FIELD SCHOOL PRACTICUM IN MEDITERRANEAN ARCHAEOLOGY

CLA 343, Summer 2012

Schedule of Lectures

 Assigned texts drawn from the following sources:

• Hunt, D. Footprints in Cyprus. 1994.
• Renfrow, C and P. Bahn. 2004. Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice.
• Toumazou, M.K., Kardulias, P.N., and Counts, D.B. 2012.

Crossroads and Boundaries: The Archaeology of Past and Present in the Malloura Valley, Cyprus. Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research 65. Boston: American Schools of Oriental Research.

Week #1

• Monday, June 4   
  Site Tour at Malloura
  Crossroads and Boundaries, ch. 4

• Tuesday, June 5 
  Cyprus Museum Tour/CAARI Orientation (Nicosia)
  Lecture: Archaeological Concepts and Theory (Kardulias), Reading: Renfrew/Bahn, Intro. (pp. 8-10);  chaps. 1-2 (pp. 12-59) and 5 (pp. 143)

• Wednesday, June 6 
  Archaeological Surv,ey, Mapping, and GIS (Kardulias), Reading: Renfrew/Bahn, chaps. 3 (pp. 61-91) and Crossroads and Boundaries, ch. 7

• Thursday, June 7  
  Archaeological Dating (Kardulias)
  Reading: Renfrew/Bahn, chap. 4

• Friday, June 8 
  Methods of Excavation and Stratigraphy
  Data Preservation/Recording (Counts)
  Reading: Renfrew/Bahn, chap. 3 (pp. 92-103) and Crossroads and Boundaries, ch. 6

• Sunday, June 10
  Trip: Khirokitia, Kalavassos-Tenta, and Kalavasos-AD (with excavator, Allison South)

Week #2

• Tuesday, June 12
  Introduction to Bioarchaeology (Nathan Harper)
  Reading: Renfrew/Bahn, chaps. 6 (pp. 201-204) and 8 and Crossroads and Boundaries, chs. 19, 20

• Wednesday, June 13  
  Lithic Technology (Kardulias)
  Reading: Renfrew/Bahn, chap. 7 (pp. 208-211) and Crossroads and Boundaries, ch. 8

• Friday, June 15
  Cyprus from the Neolithic to Late Bronze Age (Toumazou)
  Reading, Hunt, pp. 1-46

• Saturday, June 16
  CAARI Symposium (Nicosia)
  Day-long workshop highlighting archaeological work on the island at CAARI.

• Sunday, June 17
  Trip: Kourion and Kolossi

Week #3

• Tuesday, June 19
  Cyprus in the Geometric Period (Averett)
  Reading, Hunt, pp. 47-64

• Wednesday, June 20
  Cyprus in the Archaic Period (Counts)
  Reading: Hunt, pp. 65-83

• Thursday, June 21
  Workshop on Cypriote Mosaics (George Kepolas, Athienou)
  Browse comments on Roman mosaics, in Hunt, pp. 110-135
  Consult: http://www.kepolasmosaics.com/

• Friday, June 22
  Cyprus in the Classical Period (Toumazou)
  Reading: Hunt, pp. 84-97

• Sunday, June 24
  Trip: Paphos, St. Neophytos Monastery, Petra tou Rhomiou

Week #4

• Tuesday, June 26    
  The Geology of Cyprus (Dr. Giannakis Panayides, Cyprus Geological Service)
  Reading: Renfrew/Bahn, chaps. 6 (pp. 173-177) and Crossroads and Boundaries, ch. 2

• Wednesday, June 27
  Faunal Remains (Dr. David Reese, Peabody Museum, Yale)
  Reading: Renfrew/Bahn, chap. 6 (esp. pp. 185-187; 195-199) and Crossroads and Boundaries, ch. 18

BREAK — FRIDAY, JUNE 29 – MONDAY, JULY 2

Week # 5

• Tuesday, July 3
  The Archaeometallurgy of Cyprus (Prof. Vasiliki Kassianidou, University of Cyprus)
  Reading: Renfrew/Bahn, chap. 7 (pp. 214-228)

• Wednesday, July 4            Independence Day!

• Thursday, July 5
  Cyprus in the Hellenistic/Roman Periods (Gordon)
  Reading: Hunt, pp. 98-135

• Friday, July 6
  Cyprus in the Byzantine, Frankish and Venetian Period (Toumazou)
  Reading: Hunt, pp. 136-225 and Crossroads and Boundaries, chs. 16, 17

• Sunday, July 8
  Trip: Asinou, Kakopetria, St. Nicholas of the Roof, and Kykko Monastery

Week #6

• Monday, July 9
  Trip: Old Nicosia
  Cyprus from the Ottoman to Modern Periods
  Reading: Hunt, pp. 226-294

• Thursday, July 12 
  Whose Past? Ethics and Archaeology (Toumazou, Counts, Gordon)
  Reading: Renfrew/Bahn, chap. 3 (pp. 92-103) and Crossroads and Boundaries, ch. 27
  Additional Readings:

  • • • §  M. K. Toumazou, “NEH Fellow Report: Looting in Athienou” CAARI News 10 (1995)

      • §  J. M. Dietzler, “The Case for Cyprus: Safe Interviews Pavlos Flourentzos.”

      • §  K. Eastland, “Still in Peril: Remembering the Occupied Churches of Cyprus,” The Weekly Standard.

      • §  Jody M. Gordon, “Making Boundaries in Modern Cyprus,” in Making Roman Places, Past and Present (JRA Supp 89, 2012)

• Friday, July 13                      READING DAY

• Saturday, July 14                 FINAL EXAM (self-scheduled; 3 hr. max)

Research Paper. Students will be expected to undertake an independent research project on a topic related to a particular aspect of the project’s research at Malloura. The papers should be 10-12 pages in length.  The final due date for submitting the research paper will be Monday, July 30.  However, we strongly encourage students to finish their papers prior to their departure from Cyprus.