In the first half of the quarter students will work on and present informative posters on the hunter-gatherer archaeology (Archaic Period) from a region of choice in the Americas.  Groups of 4-5 students will collaborate in the research, writing, design, and presentation of these posters. This will require detailed library research, working with sometimes difficult academic articles, drawing up illustrations, captions, and summary text, and combining it all into a collaborative exhibit. The week of October 18-22 are set aside for work on these projects and lectures will be suspended. 

On Oct. 27, These poster exhibits will be introduced to the class through short presentations, and the posters will be mounted on the basement walls of Denny Hall for students and others to view. More detailed instructions will be distributed within the first week of class.

The following topics are available. Once groups have been assigned, each will select three choices, rank them in order of preference, and submit them to the instructor.  Every effort will be made to accomodate one of the group's choices, but no two groups may work on the same area.

1) North American Midwest.
2) North American Southeast.
3) North American Maritimes: Maine, New Brunswick, Labrador, and Newfoundland.
4) North American/ Greenlandic Arctic/Subarctic.
5) North American Plains (Bison jumps)
6) North American Desert Archaic: Great Basin/SW.
7) American Northwest Coast
8) North America: Columbia Plateau (Fraser River, Columbia River)
9) MesoAmerica: Oaxaca, Valley of Mexico, Chiapas coast.
10) MesoAmerica: Yukatan
11) Central America: Nicaragua to Panama.
12) South America: Andes, Pacific Coast,
13) South America: Tierro del Fuego
14) South America: Amazonia.

The Poster Assignment link will take you to more detailed instructions on this project

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