Syllabus

Syllabus

Princeton University - Université de Bordeaux I
Summer Program in the Southwest of France
Anthropology 315: Human Origins
11 June - 20 July 2012

N.B.: This 2012 syllabus is still being revised.

At the University, class meets 10 AM to 12 PM and 2 PM - 4 PM

Date	Topic
Monday 6/11	AM Introduction to the course: Outlining the major questions the course will address (Mann). PM Modern human origins: Theories and speculations. The place of neandertals in human evolution (Mann). 6PM: tour of old part of Bordeaux and dinner in the city
Tuesday 6/12	AM The chronological framework of prehistory. How we have constructed our ideas of prehistory (Mann). PM
Wednesday 6/13	AM Dr. Nicolas Teyssandier PM Visit to the Musee d'Aquitaine with Dr. Michel Lenoir (Institut du Quaternaire, Université de Bordeaux 1): demonstration of the manufacture of Upper Paleolithic tools. Dinner in Bordeaux
Thursday 6/14	AM Dr. Francesco d'Errico (Institut du Quaternaire, Université de Bordeaux 1): "The Issue of Modernity: What is Modern Human Behavior?" PM Dr. Jean Clottes (President, International Committee on Monuments and Sites): "The First Art: the Evidence from Chauvet Cave."
Friday 6/15 through Sunday 6/17	Free Days: at liberty for visits to vineyards, St. Emilion, ocean beaches, or rest.
Monday 6/18	Field Trip in the Dordogne. AM travel to village of Les Eyzies with free time in village and lunch PM visit to site of Le Moustier and abri Pataud. Evening at the Hotel de France, Les Eyzies.
Tuesday 6/19	Field Trip, in the Dordogne AM visits to the sites of Cro-Magnon, Laugerie-Haute, Le Poisson, with lunch at Chez Philippe PM visits to Font de Gaume, . Evening at the Hotel de France, Les Eyzies.
Wednesday 6/20	Field Trip to the Dordogne AM Visit to La Ferrassie and the National Museum of Prehistory PM Visit to Cap Blanc Evening at the Hotel de France, Les Eyzies
Thursday 6/21	AM visit to Rouffignac, village of St. Leon PM visit to Lascaux II and back to the university for a pizza dinner
Friday 6/22 through Sunday 6/24	Free Days: at liberty for visits to vineyards, St. Emilion, ocean beaches, or rest.
Monday 6/25	AM Review and discussionof the trip to the Dordogne (Mann) PM Professeur Pascal Murail (Laboratoire d'Anthropologie, Université de Bordeaux 1): "An Introduction to the Study of Human Skeletal Biology".
Tuesday 6/26	AM Professeur Bernard Vandermeersch ( Laboratoire d'Anthropologie, Université de Bordeaux 1): "Modern Human Origins: the Evidence from the Middle East". PM Professor Maria Dolores Garralda (Facultad de Biologia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain): "A Critical Appraisal of the Earliest Modern Humans in Europe"
Wednesday 6/27	AM Dr. Priscilla Bayle (Laboratoire d'Anthropologie, Université de Bordeaux 1): Three Dimentional Imaging of Fossil Specimens). PM Dr. Anne-Marie Tillier (Laboratoire d'Anthropologie, Université de Bordeaux 1): "The question of deliberate burials in the Middle Paleolithic and their implications."
Thursday 6/28	AM Dr. Sébastian Villotte (Bradford University, United Kingdom): "Bioarcheology of the Gravettian: From Subsistence Activities to Burial Practices PM Professor Karen Rosenberg (Department of Anthropology, University of Delaware, Newark Delaware): "The Evolution of Human Birth".
Friday 6/29 through Sunday 7/1	Free Days: at liberty for visits to vineyards, St. Emilion, ocean beaches, or rest.
Monday 7/2	AM Dr. Eva Maria Geigl (Institut Pasteur, Paris): the Genetic Evidence for Human Origins): the Evidence PM Dr. Bruno Maureille, co-Director of the course (Directeur de l'UMR5199 - PACEA, Université de Bordeaux 1): "A history of the excavations and results at the Les Pradelles site, village of Marillac-le-Franc, Charente".
Tuesday 7/3	AM Bruno Maureille, co-Director of the course (Directeur de l'UMR5199 - PACEA, Université de Bordeaux 1): Continued discussion of the Les Pradelles site PM Pascal Bertran (Institut du Quaternaire, Université de Bordeaux 1): Les Pradelles: Site Formation and Geological Analysis.
Wednesday 7/4	AM and PM Dr. Bradley Gravina (Institut du Quaternaire, Université de Bordeaux 1): "Analysis of the lithic technology from Les Pradelles".
Thursday 7/5 through Saturday 7/7	. Free time Thursday through Saturday afternoon. We expect students to arrive by train at the town of La Rochefoucauld Saturday afternoon or early evening; we will pick you up at the train station and take you to our residence house in the village of Marillac-le-Franc (about 4km away). SATURDAY: Students depart from their rooms at Village 2 on the University campus.
Sunday 7/8 through Friday 7/13	Excavation at the Les Pradelles site
Saturday 7/14	Free day: At liberty for relaxation, visit to local swimming hole or to the city to catch up on e-mail.
Sunday 7/15 through Wednesday 7/18 morning	Excavation at the Les Pradelles site
Wednesday 7/18 afternoon	PM Summary and discussion of course work and excavation
Thursday 7/19	AM Final Examination Evening Party!!
Friday 7/20	Departure day from Marillac and completion of the program.