ANTHROPOLOGY 403:
CULTURE HISTORY OF THE SOUTHWEST

COURSE OUTLINE

August 25- Introductory; geography & climatic patterns

Sept. 1- The Entrada and after: Zuni, Green ed., Intro. and Foreword; Handbook of North American Indians, v. 9, pp.1-21

Sept. 8- Green ed., Zuni (pp. 37-134)

Sept. 15- (pp. 135-204)

Sept. 22- (pp. 205-314)

Sept. 29- (pp. 315-363; 392-400; 407-429)

Oct. 6- Two sessions on the southern Athabascan peoples, the Navajo (Oct. 6) and Apache (Oct. 13). Downs and Basso books. Optional- Handbook v. 10, browse through pp. 368-683.

Oct. 13- (The Apache)

Oct. 20- The Papago: modern name=Tohono O'odham (Underhill, The Papago Woman)

Oct. 27- Plog, Ancient Peoples of the American Southwest, Preface, Chapters 1, 2, & 3 (pp. 7-55) Nov. 3- Plog, Chapters 4, 5, & 6 (pp. 56-153)

Nov. 10- Plog, Chapters 7, 8, and Epilogue (pp. 154-198) And Chapter 10. "Integration (AD 1000 to 1250)" in Linda Cordell, ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWEST, 2nd ed., pp. 303-363. [N.B. The Cordell readings will be available as photocopies]. Optional reference-- Lipe, "The Southwest", from Jennings ed. 1983, Chapter 10

Nov. 17- Chapters 11 and 12 in Cordell 1997, "Abandonment: a Complex Social Phenomenon" (pp. 365-397); and "Reorganization" (pp. 399-441).

Nov. 24- THANKSGIVING VACATION

Dec. 1- Johnson, "Dynamics of Southwestern Prehistory", Chapter 11 (pp. 371-389) in L. Cordell & G. Gumerman eds., DYNAMICS OF SOUTHWESTERN PREHISTORY, Smithsonian Inst. Press, 1989.

Dec. 2- TERM PAPERS DUE-- 2 copies, please -- BY 5:00 P.M.
(please turn in at Anthropology Office)

The course grade will be based on attendance/class participation/discussion leading (40%), and the term paper (60%). Papers must be submitted no later than December 2 (two copies, please: one for the instructor and one for the class file). NO LATE PAPERS AND NO INCOMPLETES!

TEXTS:

• Basso, K. The Cibecue Apache, 1970. Holt, Rinehart.
• Cushing, Frank H. (J. Green, ed.), 1970. Zuni; Selected Writings of Frank Hamilton Cushing. U. of Nebraska Press
• Downs, J. 1972. The Navajo. Holt, Rinehart.
• Plog, Stephen 1997. Ancient Peoples of the American Southwest. Thames and Hudson.
• Underhill, Ruth. 1979. Papago Woman. Holt, Rinehart, Winston (reissued in 1985 by Waveland Press).

  TWO OTHER IMPORTANT BOOKS RELEVANT TO ZUNI ETHNOGRAPHY AND TO CUSHING:

• Green, Jesse. 1990. Cushing at Zuni: The Correspondence and Journals of Frank Hamilton Cushing, 1879-1884. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
• Tedlock, Barbara. 1992. The Beautiful and the Dangerous:Dialogues with the Zuni Indians. New York: Viking Penguin, and Penguin Books.