ANTHRO 114P
Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica
Description: Lecture, three hours. Archaeology of pre-Hispanic native cultures of Mesoamerica from late Pleistocene through Spanish conquest, with emphasis on formative sociopolitical developments, classic period civilizations, and Aztec society as revealed by archaeology and early Spanish writing. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Spring 2024 - Professor Cheetham is an intense guy. He has a lot of passion for his work and is clearly in love with his field of study. He provides students with a textbook which he puts together himself and requests only the printing cost. His lectures often go off onto tangents, but he is immensely personable and entertaining, plus he will send email PDFs of anything he didn't get to in class, so you are never behind on the material. Assignments were: 1) a map project in which you draw and illustrate a map with various sites which will be covered in class so you have a working knowledge of the geography of each place, 2) a final research paper on a topic of your choosing from pre-colonial Mesoamerica, 3) a midterm, and 4) a final. He was a generous grader on the map and paper assignments, and while the midterms and finals were more dense than anticipated by most of my class, he offered enough extra credit to even out the tougher questions. With the additional extra credit and harder studying for the final, I was able to maintain an A in the course. PS Ask him about his time on the History Channel show "Ancient Aliens"!
Spring 2024 - Professor Cheetham is an intense guy. He has a lot of passion for his work and is clearly in love with his field of study. He provides students with a textbook which he puts together himself and requests only the printing cost. His lectures often go off onto tangents, but he is immensely personable and entertaining, plus he will send email PDFs of anything he didn't get to in class, so you are never behind on the material. Assignments were: 1) a map project in which you draw and illustrate a map with various sites which will be covered in class so you have a working knowledge of the geography of each place, 2) a final research paper on a topic of your choosing from pre-colonial Mesoamerica, 3) a midterm, and 4) a final. He was a generous grader on the map and paper assignments, and while the midterms and finals were more dense than anticipated by most of my class, he offered enough extra credit to even out the tougher questions. With the additional extra credit and harder studying for the final, I was able to maintain an A in the course. PS Ask him about his time on the History Channel show "Ancient Aliens"!
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if you are not an antro major it can get somewhat boring (Some Archaeology). grading is based on participation and three out of four (5 pg) papers. papers are all based on articles from your reader. the class only requires one reader and the readings are not too long. Athough his lectures help you to understand the readings, you cannot depend on the lectures for your papers. overall the class is interesting and not too dificult. if you are looking for a class with out too much stress, this is the class for you. oh yea, i almost forgot, he also stresses on plagiarism, he sometimes dedicates an entire session to it.
if you are not an antro major it can get somewhat boring (Some Archaeology). grading is based on participation and three out of four (5 pg) papers. papers are all based on articles from your reader. the class only requires one reader and the readings are not too long. Athough his lectures help you to understand the readings, you cannot depend on the lectures for your papers. overall the class is interesting and not too dificult. if you are looking for a class with out too much stress, this is the class for you. oh yea, i almost forgot, he also stresses on plagiarism, he sometimes dedicates an entire session to it.
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