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ANTH 3371/HONR 3303:
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TEXTBOOKS (REQUIRED)
Whitley, James. The Archaeology of Ancient Greece. Cambridge University Press, 2001
Wycherley, Richard E. How the Greeks Built Cities (2nd ed.). W.W. Norton, 1976
Thompson, Dorothy Burr. An Ancient Shopping Center: The Athenian Agora. ASCSA, 1993
Lang, Mabel (rev. John McK. Camp). The Athenian Citizen: Democracy in Classical Athens. ASCSA, 2004
All textbooks are available in paperback at the UTA Bookstore. In addition, a packet of readings produced for the course is available for purchase in the Main Library (basement copy center).
The following titles have been placed on reserve for this course in the Central Library (all are for 2-hour use in the library only so that they will remain available to all students for their research papers). Many are in print and available locally in paperback editions should you choose to purchase them. Readings will be assigned occasionally from these works.
Cook, B.F., Greek Inscriptions
Cook, R.M., Greek Painted Pottery
Hurwit, Jeffrey. The Acropolis in the Age of Pericles
Kraay, Colin, Greek Coins
Lawrence, A.W., Greek Architecture
Pedley, John. Sanctuaries and the Sacred in the Ancient Greek World
Roebuck, Carl, ed., The Muses at Work: The Arts, Crafts and Professions in Ancient Greece and Rome
Spawforth, Antony. The Complete Greek Temples
It is highly recommended that you read the Iliad of Homer (and you are encouraged to read his Odyssey as well) by the end of the semester if you have never done so. This epic owes a great deal to earlier (Bronze Age) myths, folktales and—to some extent, no doubt—actual historical events as well. It is a rich source of information on early Greek geography, social and political organization, religion and customs; and it is a great read to boot.
Other useful supplementary works include The Histories by Herodotus, The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, and The Description of Greece by Pausanias. All are widely available in good translations in Penguin paperbacks.
Students who know some ancient Greek are urged to read from these works in the original to the extent that they are able.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
1. Three exams, at more or less equal intervals (dates are indicated on the syllabus). They will be a combination of objective and short essay questions with an emphasis on the latter. Each exam is worth 20% of the course grade. The final exam will be cumulative, but will focus on the third part of the course.
2. A research paper, due Friday, April 20. The paper is worth 25% of course grade.
3. A quiz on ancient Greek geography and chronology and the Greek alphabet, to be written at the end of the third week of the semester (15% of course grade). A list of toponyms, dates and names of periods to be mastered, and pronunciation of the alphabet will be provided in advance.
HONORS SECTION (HONR 3303)
Students enrolled in the course for Honors credit will complete all requirements listed herein for ANTH 3371. In addition, they will complete one additional assignment (e.g., a second, shorter research or position paper or an oral presentation to the class). HONR 3303 students will meet with me during the first two weeks of class to discuss options and expectations.
Participation in class discussion can raise a final grade for a student who is on the borderline between two grades.
COURSE POLICIES
• Assigned readings are to be completed before associated lectures.
• Aside from the exams, paper, and quiz, no other written work will be necessary, and none will be accepted for extra credit or in lieu of missed assignments.
• A missed exam will receive a grade of zero. Except under the most unusual and dire of (documented) circumstances, no make-up examinations will be administered (ditto for granting of incompletes).
• The due date for the research paper is firm; it is to be turned in no later than 5:00 p.m., Friday, April 20. Late submissions will be docked one full letter grade per weekday.
• Roll will not be taken in this course, although your attendance is expected, and chronic absences will be noticed. All students are responsible for all material presented and discussed in class. If you must miss a session, be sure to arrange to read a classmate's notes.
• Although this is a lecture course, interruptions in the form of questions and discussion relevant to the topic under consideration are invited at any time.
• Recording devices may not be used during class without permission.
• Cell phones and pagers are to be turned off during class.
RESEARCH PAPER: GUIDELINES AND EXPECTATIONS
The following remarks are intended to guide you in the preparation of your research paper. If you have any questions about content and presentation involving points not covered below, please see me.
You will be provided with a list of recommended paper topics (in the Reader). You may select a topic from that list or you may develop your own (you are encouraged to do the latter). In any event, you should inform me of your chosen topic in writing no later than the first week in March.
All students must meet with me individually by midterm (March 9) to discuss paper topics. Topics must be approved by me before you embark on them.
You should spend the first half of the semester scouring the sources on reserve (and especially their bibliographies) for works pertinent to your topic, and reading around in it.
GENERAL COMMENTS
The intent of this assignment is to encourage you to delve into sources on classical archaeology beyond the level of the course readings. Your paper will give you the opportunity to demonstrate a mastery of your chosen topic and a familiarity with the relevant scholarly sources. Strive to identify and read the important works that bear on your topic. Since our library collections are not rich in specialized topics in this subject, you will doubtless need to use the services of the Interlibrary Loan Office (Main Library, first floor). Requests for books and articles may be placed online and are often filled within a week or so, but the more obscure titles will take longer. Do not put off ordering seminal works for your paper until the last minute. Interlibrary Loan is a valuable resource for research; it is expected that you will take advantage of it.
This is to be a formal paper, not an essay or creative writing assignment. Avoid using the first person. Subjective opinions and affective conclusions have no place in such a paper. If your thesis demands that you discuss and evaluate the competing arguments of several scholars, do not hesitate to cite which one seems most reasonable to you; but your conclusion should be argued--with reference to specific evidence--rather than simply asserted. Part of the exercise of doing a research paper is to hone your skills in evaluating and making logical arguments.
The best papers (and the ones most worth doing) are problem-oriented, and classical archaeology, despite its reputation for hoariness, is rich in problems to investigate. Your paper should not be simply an exercise in description, but rather an attempt to wrestle with meaning and interpretation at some level within the scope of your topic. You should read generally on your topic, and identify a discrete subject that is worth pursuing. You are not expected to resolve the problem, but you should demonstrate that you can come to grips with it and write cogently about it.
USE OF WEB RESOURCES
In general, you are advised to be careful in using online sources. Websites are notoriously variable in their scholarly quality and reliability. In general, websites affiliated with universities (with URLs ending in .edu) are reliable. But you are advised to rely primarily on scholarly books unless you have a very good reason to cite web resources (e.g., in the case of recent discoveries and presentations by their discoverers, or new interpretations that have not yet been published). If you have any doubts about the reliability of particular websites, consult me. All web resources used for your paper should be cited in your bibliography.
Most of the fundamental scholarship in classical archaeology is not (and never never will be) online. One of the objectives of this course is to familiarize you with seminal works in the field, i.e., books, monographs and journal articles. Consult as many websites as you like (being mindful of the admonition above); but as a rule of thumb, I will expect to see at least one book/article cited for every URL listed in your bibliography, and preferably many more.
FORMAT AND PRESENTATION
• If you have never written a research paper before, you should invest in a copy of the latest edition of Kate Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations, which is available in the UTA Bookstore and elsewhere. This book will answer your questions about format, citations, and organization.
On a more general level, you will find it useful to read Strunk and White's The Elements of Style. This little book has been guiding authors for seventy years. You will find it a gold mine of information and tips on writing clearly.
• Your paper must be typed in a non-fancy, normal-sized font (10- to 12-point), double-spaced, on 8 1/2 x 11" white paper, with a cover page, stapled in the upper left-hand corner. Do not print it out on 3-hole punched paper. Do not put it in a report cover. I hate report covers, especially plastic ones.
• Length: 8-12 pages of text would be appropriate for this assignment, not including footnotes/endnotes, bibliography, illustrations, title page, etc.
• Your paper must be paginated, preferably at bottom center. Note that page 1 (not the cover page) is the first page of text.
• I am not particular about footnoting/endnoting styles, but you should choose one convention and stick to it consistently. I would prefer to see (and you will find it easiest to make) parenthetical references, in the text, as in this example:
By the late 8th century B.C., it seems that the Greeks were beginning to consider Geometric art "square" (Burn 1965:100).
• If you use footnotes or endnotes rather than parenthetical references, however, they should be Arabic numbers, not lower-case Roman numerals. I hate Roman numerals, especially lower-case ones.
• Whether you use parentheticals, footnotes or endnotes, your references should be as precise as necessary. If you are referencing a particular fact, datum or theory, the format is (Author Year:Pages). If you are merely referring to a study in a general way, (Author Year) will suffice. Your bibliography will, of course, list in alphabetical order by author all works cited in your references.
• Only items you have consulted should be listed in your bibliography. Do not pad the bibliography with works you have not consulted.
• Quotations of more than a few lines should be formatted as block quotes (single-spaced and indented).
• You are required to document fully all facts and ideas outside the realm of common knowledge, as well as direct quotations and paraphrases. If you are unclear about what constitutes plagiarism, please familiarize yourself with this phenomenon immediately. Plagiarism is a grave matter, and is quite unacceptable in the academic community. UTA policy on plagiarism provides for several responses, including expulsion.
• Do not cite online encyclopedias like Wikipedia. The degree to which they are authoritative and reliable is uncertain.
• Most topics will require that you provide some illustrations. You should also include maps if appropriate. Photocopies of published drawings and photos from books or images lifted from the web will suffice. These should be referred to at appropriate places in the text of the paper; otherwise they are superfluous. Each illustration should be numbered and accompanied by a caption and should include a credit (citation of the book or article from which it was taken), either in the caption itself or in a list at the end of the paper.
• Be sure to proofread your paper carefully (or have someone else do it) before you hand it in. Part of your grade will be based on the presentation of the final product. Organization, grammar, syntax and spelling are all important, and will be taken into account when assigning your grade. It is difficult to read for content when one is distracted by sloppiness.
• All written works consulted must be listed in a bibliography at the end of your paper. Your bibliography ought to include something on the order of ten sources at least. Journal articles as well as books should be represented. Try to avoid relying on elementary, breathless, unscholarly coffee-table, clear-air-of-Hellas surveys of classical civilization; they will not be relevant for this assignment, and they should not pad your bibliography. Nor should your bibliography contain works you have not consulted.
• Finally: papers not conforming to the above requirements will be subject to downgrading.
DEADLINES: NOTA BENE
You are strongly encouraged to submit a draft of your paper. This is optional; if you wish to submit a draft, please do so by April 9. I will read it and return it to you ASAP for final polishing.
Final versions of the papers are due Friday, April 20 no later than 5:00 pm in my mailbox in the Sociology and Anthropology office (UH 430). Late submissions will be docked one letter grade per weekday. "I had software/hardware problems" is the 21st-century equivalent of "The dog ate my homework," and is unacceptable as an excuse for tardy submission of the paper. You are urged not to leave production of your paper to the morning of April 20.
THE USUAL DISCLAIMERS
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Drop Policy: If you decide not to complete this course, it is solely your responsibility to officially drop. The final date to drop this course with a W is Friday, March 30. Thereafter, all students whose names appear on the class roll must receive a letter grade.