- For this paper you should describe and discuss the major characteristics
of your favorite archaeological site,
locality / region, or major
fossil find. In your discussion be sure to indicate why you
think the site, locality / region, or major fossil find is theoretically
important.
- This should be a different topic from the one you did for Case
Study #1
- Site Examples: Aramis, Chauvet
Cave, Hadar, Koobi
Fora, Kromdraai, La Chapelle-aux-Saints, La Ferrassie, Laetoli
(Tanzania), Lascaux,
Makapan, Olduvai
Gorge, Omo Valley (South Ethiopia), Spy, Sterkfontein,
Swartkrans,
West Turkana, Zhoukoudian Cave
- Locality / Region Examples: Afar Triangle,
Australia, Beijing, Dordogne
Region (France), East African Rift Valley, Gombe
Stream, Israel, Java, Olduvai
Gorge
- "Fossil Find" Examples:
KNM-ER-1470,
" Lucy,"
"Little
Foot," “Madeleine,”
"Luiza," "Ötzi,
The Iceman" (Italian), "The Iceman" (Canadian), Qafzeh, the
"Taung
Child," "The Millinium Man"
- Also try getting more information from JSTORE,
elelctronically stored journals, and look for other items from the UMD
Electronic Reference Collection.
- For this Case Study -- and all of the
Case Studies -- you may use traditional library materials, and, where
appropriate, interviews and videotapes. So have a look at one
or more of the daily papers to see what they're reporting.
- On-line Resources which might be helpful include:
- Infotrac®
- JSTOR©
- LEXIS-NEXIS®
- Soc-Anth-Hum/Cl-Cultural
Studies Search Engines and Reference Works
- UMD
On-Line Library Resources
- General
Reference Works
- Books
and Manuscripts On-Line
- Use the PCforum
to discuss your paper with others in the class
- Due Week 14
(Unexcused late Case Study papers will result in a loss
of 2% of the final course grade)
- Length: 5 - 6 well-written pages
- Case Study #2 counts for 15% of the final grade
- Criteria
for Grading College Writing
- Suggestion: Don't put off the Web Assignments.
The web doesn't always work when you want it to.
- When you write anything you should consider audience,
purpose, and your personal style. For your
case studies, your audience should be your classmates in this class.
(Do not write your college papers to the professor as
audience.)
- Information about Handing in Your
Paper
- See the "Preparing
the Final Draft" section of the Sociology
- Anthropology - Criminology - Humanities / Classics Writing Guide
to see the details of what your Case Study report should look like when
you hand it in. Basically, it should look like the
model of the first paper.
- Criteria
for Grading College Writing
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