All students enrolled in the course are required to obtain computer accounts and supply their email addresses to the professor and teaching assistants in order to facilitate online communication. Course assignments will require that all student have some familiarity with the World Wide Web and are able to operate Web browsing software. If you do not own a personal computer, you should familiarize yourself with the computing facilities that are available to all KU students at the Computer Center, Watson Library, Fraser Hall, and other locations on campus.

This Web site is only a supplement to the course. It does not replace either the lectures or the required readings, upon which the exams will be based. However, students are encouraged to take full advantage of Internet resources to help them learn more about the discipline of archaeology and the particular topics covered in the course. If you have any questions about these materials, or need help navigating the Web, please do not hesitate to contact Prof. Hoopes or the teaching assistants India Hesse and Will Banks. You may do so via e-mail, phone, fax, or in person during their office hours.

The principal links to specific supplemental materials, organized in the order that they will be covered during the semester, can be found on the course schedule page. There, you will find hypertext links corresponding to topics covered in each week of the semester. These will lead you to additional information that can serve as additional study material. Be aware that this Web site will be constantly growing and changing. It is recommended that you bookmark the pertinent pages and return to check on them often. A comprehensive list of the other pages on this site can be found on the topics page.

All of the information on the Internet is available for downloading and printing. You can make copies of graphics as well as text. It is highly recommended that students copy Web site files to a personal floppy disk in order to save time browsing and downloading the material.

The instructor for the course is John W. Hoopes, Associate Professor in the Dept. of Anthropology. Please do not hesitate to contact him directly if you have any questions about the course.
[Note: If you are operating Netscape Navigator on a computer that is not your own, you will need to enter the correct values for mail server, user name, and identity under "Mail and News Preferences" on the "Options" menu before you can send e-mail. Be sure to delete these values when your session is finished!]

There are two texts for all students in the course: Discovering Our Past (2nd edition, 1996) by Wendy Ashmore and Robert J. Sharer and Images of the Past (2nd edition, 1997), by T. Douglas Price and Gary M. Feinman.  In addition to these, all students are encouraged to obtain a copy of the Mayfield Quick Guide to the Internet for Students of Anthropology.

My philosophy of teaching is that lectures should serve to stimulate interest in the topic by presenting ideas, images, and facts. Lectures supplement the readings, which are the main material for the course. Attending lectures without doing the readings will only provide you with a superficial knowledge of the subject. For that reason, it is crucial that you keep up with the readings in your textbooks.

You are expected to complete all assigned readings on a regular basis. In order to accomplish this, set aside at least two hours each week for reading the assigned chapters in In the Beginning and Images of the Past. Be sure to have done the required reading before attending your weeking discussion section. If you have any questions about the reading, your discussion section is an appropriate place to ask them.

In studying for the quizzes and exams, you should be reviewing your notes and readings--NOT looking at them for the first time! Students will be responsible for all material covered in lectures, required readings, videos, discussion sections, and handouts.

Note: If you are interested in following this course from a distance, and are not able to come directly to the KU Bookstore to purchase the textbooks, you can also get these via the Internet. The KU Bookstores Web site has a form for ordering textbooks online. You can also place orders via e-mail by writing directly to textbook@union.wpo.ukans.edu.

Regular attendance and participation in discussion sections is a major course requirement. All students will be assigned a grade for their discussion section work. Exams will include information from sections that is not covered in readings and lectures, and grades will include performance on in-class quizzes.

Your comprehension of reading assignments will be evaluated in discussion sections with short, weekly quizzes and other assignments. Section grades will be based on: 1) attendance, 2) knowlege of course materials, and 3) active participation in the discussion of course materials. Simply attending section is not enough! You must have done the readings and be prepared to discuss them intelligently with other students.

An email listserver called ARCHAEO-L has been set up especially for this class. All students in the course are required to subscribe to the listserver. Once you are subscribed, any email message sent to ARCHAEO-L will be distributed to everyone on the list. The ARCHAEO-L list will be used to inform you of additions or modifications to the Web site, to provide you with information on current events, to alert you to job and fieldwork opportunities in archaeology, and to communicate other information relevant to the course. You may also use the list to communicate with the instructors and other students.

To subscribe, you need to send a specific email message to the list processor. Leave the "Subject" line of the email message blank. The only content of the message, typed exactly as follows should be:

join ARCHAEO-L <Your Name>

Where <Your Name> is the name that you would like to appear in messages to the list. If you do this correctly, a message describing the list and providing instructions for its use will automatically be sent to your email address. Please note: It is crucial that your subscription message be sent from the email account where you would like to receive messages from ARCHAEO-L.

Send this message to: listproc@listproc.cc.ukans.edu

This course counts for four hours of college credit. You are expected to attend every lecture and section meeting and to do ALL of the assigned reading. If you do not fulfill these basic requirements, you should expect to receive below-average grades.

Anthropology 110 (for freshmen & sophomores, recommended level for non-majors)

Final grades for ANTH 110 will be based on a system of 1000 points: 50 points for each of two 20-minute quizzes, 100 points for each of three hour-long exams, 300 points for the comprehensive final exam, and 300 points to be assigned on the basis of short assignments and regular participation in discussion sections. The examinations will consist of questions based on material presented in both lectures, readings, and handouts.

Anthropology 310 (for juniors & seniors, recommended level for majors)

Final grades for ANTH 310 will be based on a system of 1000 points: 50 points for each of two 20-minute quizzes, 100 points for each of three hour-long exams, 200 points for the comprehensive final exam, and 400 points to be assigned on the basis of five written assignments and regular participation in discussion sections. Information on the written assignments will be provided in discussion sections and will be available on the course Web site.

Individual quizzes and tests will be curved on the basis of overall class performance. Letter grades on quizzes and exams will be assigned on the basis of the numeric scores of all other students enrolled in the course. These grades will be based on the assumption that an "A" represents excellent work, "B" is above average, and "C" represents an average performance. A grade of "D" represents poor work and "F" is a failing grade.

Students will be allowed to take missed exams or turn in late assignments only in the case of medical or family emergencies. Permission to take missed exams or turn in late assignments will be granted at the instructors’ discretion. If any of the scheduled exams are conflict with the observation of religious holidays, alternative dates or makeup exams can be arranged.

YOU MUST NOTIFY EITHER THE PROFESSOR OR THE TEACHING ASSISTANTS IN ADVANCE (BY PHONE, FAX, EMAIL, OR ANY OTHER MEANS) OF ANY CIRCUMSTANCES THAT PREVENT THE COMPLETION OF COURSE REQUIREMENTS ON THE DATES AND BY THE DEADLINES ANNOUNCED IN CLASS.

Makeup exams or extensions on other assignments will be granted only to students who can present valid excuses (doctors’ notes, letters from parents, etc.) for missing scheduled exams or assignments.

Students who anticipate problems with fulfilling course requirements because of the way they see, hear, read, or get around campus should advise the instructor within the first two weeks of class. Special arrangements will be made in cooperation with staff at the Student Assistance Center (864-4064).

Grades for course assignments will normally be available one week after an assignment is due. Please do not ask for grades before one week has elapsed!!! Grades will not be given over the phone. They will be made available to students in person only if they can present a valid picture I.D.

Cheating and plagiarism on tests or written assignments will not be tolerated. Violators will be subject to full disciplinary action by the University.