Assignments


 * 1) Weekly readings (16 % grade)
 * 2) You are expected to keep up with the readings as this course won't make any sense if you don't have an understanding of the societies and cultural processes we are examining.
 * 3) You are expected to turn in each Wednesday the answers to any assigned questions for that week. These questions are designed to help you understand the material you are reading and the processes described in the various chapters.
 * 4) Web quests (n = 4; 12 % grade)
 * 5) Web quests are opportunities for you to conduct some research using internet and paper resources in order to build a portfolio of information you will need to complete the major assignment. If you turn in inadequate web quests you are unlikely to produce a good analysis of the major assignments (Projects 1 and 2).
 * 6) Web quest 1. Theory: Rank Societies and their evolution. (3 %
 * 7) Web quest 2. Theory: Identifying social status in human burials (3 %)
 * 8) Web quest 3. Data: Excavations at Tlaltilco (3 %)
 * 9) Web quest 4. Data: Identifying social status in human food ways (3 %)

Major Assignment # 1. Mortuary Analysis of Tlatilco burial data Catalog files Major Assignment # 2. Household Archaeology and State Formation
 * 1) Burial Analysis: Part 1. Theory and Data Context 24 %
 * 2) Burial Analysis: Part 2: Presentation of Results 20 %
 * 1) Household: Part I Theory and Data context 14 %
 * 2) Household: Part 2 Presentation of Results 14 %