Egyptian & Near Eastern Archaeology - bmc.ARCH.B101.001.F26
Section outline
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Please read the syllabus!
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Reading
- N. Chevalier, “Early Excavations (pre-1914),” in CAANE, 48–69
- L. Meskell, “Imperialism, Internationalism, and Archaeology in the Un/Making of the Middle East,” American Anthropologist 122/3 (2020), 554–67
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Reading
- A. Calvert, “The world of ancient Egypt,” Smarthistory, February 28, 2022, https://smarthistory.org/reframing-art-history/world-of-ancient-egypt/
- S. German, “Rethinking approaches to the art of the Ancient Near East until c. 600 B.C.E.,” Smarthistory, June 28, 2022, https://smarthistory.org/reframing-art-history/rethinking-art-ancient-near-east/
- S. German, “Ancient West Asia: cradle of civilization,” in Smarthistory, August 8, 2015, https://smarthistory.org/ancient-near-east-cradle-of-civilization/
- M. van de Mieroop, “Introduction, Sources, Geography,” in HANE, 1–10
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In these two classes we will watch the film Grass (1925). This is the basis for Written Assignment 1.
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Reading
- M. Liverani, “The Neolithic and Chalcolithic Periods,” in ANE, 34–45 (i.e., first twelve pages)
- S. German, "Çatalhöyük," in Smarthistory, August 8, 2015, https://smarthistory.org/catalhoyuk/
- M. van de Mieroop, “Prehistoric Developments,” in HANE, 10–18
- N. F. Miller and K. M. Moore, “The Geography and Agriculture of the Middle East,” in JTC, 18–44
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Reading
- M. Liverani, “The Neolithic and Chalcolithic Periods,” in ANE, 46–58 (i.e., the rest)
- H. Pittman, “A View from the Highlands,” in JTC, 101–26
- S. German, “Bushel with ibex motifs,” Smarthistory, July 2, 2023, https://smarthistory.org/bushel-with-ibex-motifs/
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Map Quiz 1
Reading
- A. Curry, “Gobekli Tepe: The World’s First Temple?” Smithsonian Magazine, November, 2008, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gobekli-tepe-the-worlds-first-temple-83613665/
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Reading
- A. Calvert, “Ancient Egyptian chronology and historical framework,” in Smarthistory, February 4, 2022, https://smarthistory.org/ancient-egyptian-chronology-historical-framework/
- A. Calvert, “Predynastic and Early Dynastic, an introduction,” in Smarthistory, February 4, 2022, https://smarthistory.org/predynastic-early-dynastic-introduction/
- A. Calvert, “Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period, an introduction,” in Smarthistory, February 4, 2022,, https://smarthistory.org/old-kingdom-first-intermediate-period-introduction/
- N. Strudwick, “The Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period,” in OHE, 619–37
- Optional: J. Johnson, “Egyptian Hieroglyphic Writing,” in VL, 149–51
- Optional: A. Stauder, “The Earliest Egyptian Writing,” in VL, 137–47
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Reading
- A. Calvert, “Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period, an introduction,” in Smarthistory, February 14, 2022, https://smarthistory.org/middle-kingdom-and-second-intermediate-period-introduction/
- W. Grajetzki, “The Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period,” in OHE, 638–56
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Reading
- D. Laboury, “Senwosret III and the issue of portraiture in ancient Egyptian art,” Cahier de recherches de l’Institut de papyrologie et d’Égyptologie de Lille 31 (2016–17), 71–84
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Opened: Friday, September 11, 2026, 12:00 AMDue: Friday, September 25, 2026, 11:59 PM
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Reading
- A. Calvert, “New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, an introduction,” in Smarthistory, February 14, 2022, https://smarthistory.org/new-kingdom-third-intermediate-period-introduction/
- C. M. Darnell, “The New Kingdom,” in OHE, 657–83
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Reading
- British Museum, “Cuneiform, an introduction,” Smarthistory, February 28, 2017, https://smarthistory.org/cuneiform/
- S. German, “Sumer, an introduction,” in Smarthistory, June 8, 2018, https://smarthistory.org/sumerian-art-an-introduction/
- M. van de Mieroop, “Competing City-States: The Early Dynastic Period,” in HANE, 44–66
- Optional: C. Woods, “The Earliest Mesopotamian Writing,” in VL, 33–50
- Optional: W. B. Hafford, “The Royal Cemetery of Ur,” in JTC, 195–234
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Reading
- S. German, “Warka Vase,” in Smarthistory, September 28, 2017, https://smarthistory.org/warka-vase/
- H. Pittman, “The Uruk Vase,” in JTC, 55–58
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Reading
- S. German, “Akkad, an introduction,” in Smarthistory, June 8, 2018, https://smarthistory.org/art-of-akkad-an-introduction/
- M. van de Mieroop, “Political Centralization in the Late Third Millenium,” in HANE, 67–89
- Optional: M. Heinz, “The Ur III, Old Babylonian, and Kassite Empires,” in CAANE, 706–12 (i.e., first seven pages)
- Optional: M. Liverani, “The Akkadian Empire,” in ANE, 133–54
- Optional: M. Liverani, “The Third Dynasty of Ur,” in ANE, 155–70
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Reading
- British Museum, “Babylonia, an introduction,” in Smarthistory, August 29, 2016, https://smarthistory.org/babylonia-an-introduction/
- S. German, “Law Code Stele of King Hammurabi,” Smarthistory, August 8, 2015, https://smarthistory.org/hammurabi-2/
- M. van de Mieroop, “Hammurabi’s Babylon,” in HANE, 118–27
- Optional: M. Heinz, “The Ur III, Old Babylonian, and Kassite Empires,” in CAANE, 713–21 (the rest)
- Optional: M. Liverani, “Hammurabi of Babylon,” in ANE, 240–55
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Reading
- I. J. Winter, On the Art of the Ancient Near East, II: From the Third Millennium B.C.E. (Leiden: Brill, 2010), Ch. 22 ("The Body of the Able Ruler: Toward an Understanding of the Statues of Gudea”)