Anthropology 3DD3 - The Archaeology of Death ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADE VALUES Reading Assignments, Discussions and Debates:

The explanations may consist of critical commentaries or discussion of the implications of points raised in the reading. [...] 2012) will require identification of the main goals, an outline of the main classes of mortuary evidence used in the study and a brief explanation of how the evidence is used to draw conclusions. [...] For each, you will be required to identify the theoretical approach, the specific goals of the study, its analyses of the evidence, the main conclusions and the validity and effectiveness of the arguments in support of those conclusions. [...] The proposal will not be an exhaustive review of all possible alternatives but will be a well-developed application of ideas and analytical or interpretive approaches examined in the course, toward the goal of developing a research program that will lead to an understanding of the past culture and its history from its mortuary remains. [...] 17-19: The evocative and the sensational in the archaeology of death.