ARCHAEOLOGY 4190
Memorial University
Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
ARCHAEOLOGY 4190:
Iroquoian Archaeology
Instructor: Dr. Lisa Rankin Phone: 737-4808
Office: QC-4009 lrankin@mun.ca
Texts:
1. Lab manual, see Lisa Rankin
2. Articles on Reserve in Queen Elizabeth II Library
Description:
A lecture course examining the cultural developments of the Iroquoian peoples of Northeastern Canada and the USA. Using both archaeological and ethnohistoric materials, this course will outline and explain the changing social, political and economic traditions of this culture group from their origins through the early contact period. A majors collections based research project will be undertaken during the course of the semester.
Course Requirements:
This is a lecture course with a major practical project. Attendance is not mandatory, but you probably cannot expect to pass the class if you do not attend. The course grade will be calculated from two course examinations and a major research project which will be submitted in stages throughout the semester.
The due dates and mark weighting for the assignments and exams are as follows.
Research Project Part 1 - The catalogue: 10% of final grade
Research Project Part 2 - The analysis of collection 15% of final grade
Research Project Part 3 - Presentation of your results 10% of final grade
Research Project Part 4 - The analysis of all material 15% of final grade
Mid-term exam 25% of final grade
Final Exam 25% of final grade
Lecture Outline
Date | Topic | Readings |
Week 1 |
Introduction |
No Readings |
Week 2 |
Who Are the Iroquois? |
Reading 1 (suggested reading - Day) |
Week 3 |
Iroquois Settlement Patterns & Life in the Upper Trent Valley |
Readings 2 & 3
|
Week 4 |
Technologies |
Reading 4 |
Week 5 |
Agriculture and Subsistence
Turn in your catalogue |
Reading 5
|
Week 6 |
Mid-term Break |
No Readings |
Week 7 |
Mid-term Exam
Agriculture and Subsistence |
No Readings |
Week 8 |
Development of Political Systems |
Reading 6 |
Week 9 |
Social Organization and Warfare |
Readings 7 & 8 |
Week 10 |
Algonkian Interactions |
Reading 9 (suggested reading - McPherron) |
Week 11 |
Group Presentations |
|
Week 12 |
Contact period
Analysis of entire collection due |
Reading 10
|
Week 13 |
Conclusions |
No Readings |
Reading List
Reading #1
Fenton, William
1940 Problems Arising from the Historic Northeastern Position of the Iroquois. In
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections #100. Pp. 159-215. Washington DC.
Reading #2
Fogt, Lisa and Peter Ramsden
1996 From Time piece to Time Machine: Scale and Complexity in Iroquoian
Archaeology. In Debating Complexity: Proceeding of the 26th Annual Chacmool
Conference, D.A. Meyer, P.C. Dawson and D. T. Hanna eds. Pp. 1-7. University
of Calgary, Calgary.
Reading #3
Williamson, Ron
1983 The Robin Hood Site: A Study of Functional Variability in Late Iroquoian
Settlement Patterns. Monographs in Ontario Archaeology #1, The Ontario
Archaeology Society, Toronto.
Reading #4
Wright, J.V.
1972 Ontario Prehistory: An Eleven Thousand Year Archaeological Outline. National
Museum of Man, Ottawa. (Pp. 66-90 only)
Reading #5
Trigger, Bruce
1969 The Huron: Farmers of the North. Holt Rinehart and Winston Press, New York.
(Pp. 26-41 only)
Reading #6
James A. Tuck
1976 The Iroquois Confederacy. Scientific American: 32-42.
Reading #7
Wallace, Anthony F. C.
1970 Death and Rebirth of the Seneca. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. (Pp. 21-53 and
Pp. 149-183)
Reading #8
Richards, Cara E.
1967 Huron and Iroquois Residence Patterns. In Iroquois Culture, History and
Prehistory: Proceedings of the 1965 Conference on Iroquois Research,
edited by Elisabeth Tooker. Pp. 51-56. University of the State of New York,
Albany.
Reading #9
Rankin, Lisa
2000 Interpreting Long-term Trends in the Transition to Farming: Reconsidering
the Nodwell Site, Ontario, Canada. British Archaeological Reports
International Series #830, Oxford. (Chapters 1 & 4 only)
Reading #10
Wallace, Anthony F. C.
1970 Death and Rebirth of the Seneca. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. (Remainder of
book)
Suggested Readings
Reading #1
Day, Gordon.
1968 Iroquois: An Entomology. Ethnohistory:389-402.
Reading #2
McPherron, Alan
1967 On the Sociology of Ceramics: Pottery Style clustering, Marital Residence and
Cultural Adaptations on An Algonkian-Iroquois Border. In Iroquois Culture
History and Prehistory. Proceedings of the 1965 Conference on Iroquoias
Research, edited by Elisabeth Tooker. Pp. 101-107. University of the State of
New York, Albany.
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