CLAS/ANTH/ARTH 4129/5129: Aegean Art & Archaeology

Fall 2016
MWF 2:00-2:50 pm
EDUC 155

Professor Dimitri Nakassis
Office: HUMN 1B25
Office hours: Monday and Thursday, 3-4:30 pm
Phone: (303) 492-8184
E-mail: dimitri.nakassis@colorado.edu

This course is a detailed study of the cultures of prehistoric Greece, the Cycladic Islands, and Crete, their art and archaeology, and their history within the broader context of the eastern Mediterranean, from earliest human settlement to the collapse of the Bronze Age at about 1100 B.C.E.

Evaluation:

Class participation:

Ten reading responses

Midterms (10/3, 11/4)

Final exam (12/15)

Research paper abstract (10/17)

Research paper (12/9)

20%

10%

25%

15%

5%

15%

 

  • Class participation: you will be evaluated not only based on your attendance but also on whether you contribute to class discussion and the quality of your contribution.
  • Ten reading responses: over the course of the semester, you must write ten short (no more than one page, single-spaced, 12 pt) responses to the readings (5129 students can respond to any assigned reading). You must turn in your response at the start of class (electronically or hard copy) to the readings assigned for that class. The reading responses aren’t pass/fail assignments; I’ll be evaluating them based on their quality. That is to say, I expect you to engage seriously with the readings; relate what you’ve read to what we’ve already learned, evaluate the arguments that the author is making, etc.
  • Midterms will involve a combination of short identifications and essays. There will be choice involved with each.
  • The research paper should be about 15-20 pages double-spaced on a topic related to the subject matter covered by the class. It’s due on the last day of classes. You must (a) turn in a short, one-page abstract summarizing your plans for the paper and 3-5 bibliographic items by October 17th and (b) discuss the paper topic with me (in person during my office hours) at some point after your abstract is submitted and before the Thanksgiving holiday.
  • The final exam will be on Thursday December 15, 1:30-4 pm.

 

Academic Policies

Disability services

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Religious observances

Campus policy regarding religious observances requires that faculty make every effort to deal reasonably and fairly with all students who, because of religious obligations, have conflicts with scheduled exams, assignments or required attendance. In this class, you must notify me at least 14 days in advance of any religious observance so that we can make alternative arrangements for your absence. See full details at http://www.colorado.edu/policies/observance-religious-holidays-and-absences-classes-andor-exams

Classroom behavior

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Discrimination and harassment

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Academic honesty

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Remarking

If you believe that your work has been incorrectly or unfairly graded, you may ask for a remarking. You must make this request as soon as is reasonably possible after receiving the marked work. If the test is remarked, you are required to accept the remark, whether it goes up or down.

Communication

I will make announcements verbally in class and electronically via D2L and e-mail. It is your responsibility to check D2L and your University e-mail address on a regular basis.

 

Schedule (Subject to update)

Date

Topic

4129

5129

M 22 August

 

 

 

W 24 August

History

Preziosi 1-31, Betancourt 1-7

 

 

F 26 August

Nuts and bolts

 

Shelmerdine 2008a (18 pp.)

Manning 2010a (18 pp.)

 

 

M 29 August

Stone Age: intro

 

Preziosi 33-44

 

 

W 31 August

Stone Age: Franchthi

 

Jacobsen 1976 (13 pp.), 1981 (17 pp.)

Tomkins 2010 (19 pp.)

F 2 September

Stone Age: controversy

Runnels 2014 (20 pp.)

 

Leppard 2014, Discussion and debate section

 

M 5 September

 

LABOR DAY

 

 

W 7 September

EBA: intro

Preziosi 44-61

 

Renfrew 2010

F 9 September

EBA: Cyclades

Betancourt 9-26

Hoffman 2002 (26 pp.)

 

Gill and Chippendale 1993, Hendrix 2003

M 12 September

EBA: mainland

Betancourt 55-66

Pullen 2008 (28 pp.)

 

Pullen 1992, 1994

W 14 September

 

[No class]

 

 

F 16 September

EBA: Crete

Betancourt 29-53

Whitelaw 1983 (22 pp.)

 

Wilson 2008, Tomkins and Schoep 2010

 

M 19 September

Minoan palaces

 

Preziosi 63-87

Manning 2008,Colburn 2008

W 21 September

Protopalatial Crete

Schoep 2010a (13 pp.)

Schoep 2010b, Schoep 2012, Knappett 2008

 

F 23 September

Neopalatial Crete

Preziosi 89-122

 

Younger and Rehak 2008a

M 26 September

Minoan art

 

Betancourt 67-108

Koehl 1986

W 28 September

Minoan society and religion

 

Preziosi 140-148

Davis 1995

Lupack 2010a

 

Driessen 2010, Younger and Rehak 2008b, Tomas 2010

F 30 September

 

[No class]

 

 

 

M 3 October

 

[Midterm 1]

 

 

 

W 5 October

The Cyclades

 

Preziosi 122-140, Betancourt 109-131

 

Barber 2010a, 2010b, Davis 2008

F 7 October

Akrotiri

Doumas 2010

Manning 2010b

 

Knappett and Nikolakopoulou 2008

M 10 October

Akrotiri

Morris 1989

Rehak 2002

 

Vlachopoulos 2015, Murray 2004

W 12 October

Thalassocracy

Weiner 2013

 

Broodbank 2004, Betancourt 2008

 

F 14 October

MBA mainland (1)

Preziosi 148-152, Betancourt 133-153

 

 

M 17 October

MBA mainland (2)

 

Wright 2008 (28 pp.)

French 2004, 29-49

 

[Paper abstract due]

 

Voutsaki 2010

W 19 October

Early Myc art

 

Hurwit 1979

Vermeule 1975

F 21 October

Myc palaces (1)

Preziosi 155-190

 

Wright 2006

 

M 24 October

Myc palaces (2)

Betancourt 155-184

Fitzsimons 2007, Maran 2006a, Nelson 2007

 

W 26 October

Linear B

Palaima 2010

Chadwick 1987, 33-43

 

Palmer 2008

F 28 October

Myc society

 

Shelmerdine and Bennet 2008

Shelmerdine 2008b

 

M 31 October

Myc death

 

Mee 2010

Elia 1995

 

Wright 1987, 2008b

W 2 November

 

[no class]

 

 

F 4 November

 

[Midterm 2]

 

 

 

M 7 November

Myc Crete

Betancourt 185-200

Preston 2008

 

Driessen and Langohr 2007, Wiener 2015

 

W 9 November

Myc art

Shaw 1986

Morgan 2005

 

Bennet 2015,Davis and Bennet 1999

F 11 November

Myc economy(1)

 

Killen 2008

Halstead 1988

Halstead 1992a, 1992b, Foxhall 1995

M 14 November

Myc economy (2)

 

Nakassis et al. 2011

 

Parkinson et al. 2013, Galaty et al. 2016

W 16 November

Myc trade

Burns 2010

Pulak 2010

Cline 1995

 

Cline 2007, Haskell 2004, Sherratt 2001

F 18 November

Myc religion

Lupack 2010b

Palaima 2004, 2008

 

Wright 2004, Stocker and Davis 2004, Hiller 2011

 

 

FALL BREAK and THANKSGIVING

 

 

M 28 November

Collapse (1)

Preziosi 193-219

Dickinson 2006, 24-57

 

 

W 30 November

Collapse (2)

Deger-Jalkotzy 2008

 

 

F 2 December

LH IIIC

Dickinson 2006, 58-78, Maran 2006b

 

 

M 5 December

Troy and Trojan war

 

Bryce 2010

 

 

W 7 December

After the BA

Dickinson 2006, 1-23

 

Papadopoulos 2014

F 9 December

Heroes?

Antonaccio 1994

 

Antonaccio 2006

 

Abbreviations

Betancourt = P.P. Betancourt, Introduction to Aegean Art (Philadelphia 2007).

Preziosi = D. Preziosi and L.A. Hitchcock, Aegean Art and Architecture (Oxford 1999).