{"id":243,"date":"2025-07-29T16:19:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T16:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/program-philosophy\/?page_id=243"},"modified":"2025-08-26T20:46:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T20:46:35","slug":"site-papers-and-reports","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/program-philosophy\/site-papers-and-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Site Papers and Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-243\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-243-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-243-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-243-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>Fully 15% of the grade for this course is constituted by your work on the site you choose <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1whK-JaJwTW6Mxq7JU9PZhmvlw1UIu2K-nbIg7flcpxk\/edit?usp=sharing\">from among those we will encounter:<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10% on your paper about your site (4-5 pages, exclusive of bibliography, diagrams, and maps); these should be e-mailed to your professor no later than four days prior to departure;.<\/li>\n<li>5% on your oral site report you will give to the group when we are at the site.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-243-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-243-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-243-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_smcm-accordion panel-first-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-smcm-accordion so-widget-smcm-accordion-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"smcm-accordion  navy\"><div class=\"title-container\"><h3>Criteria<\/h3><i class=\"fa-solid fa-plus open-close\" ><\/i><\/div><div class=\"smcm-accordion-content\"> <div class=\"smcm-ac-content-wrapper\"><p>In addition to being, of course, composed clearly, the site papers should demonstrate research effort and incorporate relevant historical detail. A site report is not a mere reading of a site paper. It should be presented clearly and demonstrate a mastery of the content, for example, by not treating all facts about a site as equally important, and by being able to answer at least some questions after the site report.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-243-1-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_smcm-accordion\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-smcm-accordion so-widget-smcm-accordion-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"smcm-accordion  navy\"><div class=\"title-container\"><h3>What should a site paper and site report mention?<\/h3><i class=\"fa-solid fa-plus open-close\" ><\/i><\/div><div class=\"smcm-accordion-content\"> <div class=\"smcm-ac-content-wrapper\"><p>Here are some ideas, but this list is neither definitive nor exhaustive. The best way to approach this assignment is to answer the questions you would be likely to ask of a tour guide.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why is this site historically important? Just because we have as much of it preserved as we do, or did something interesting happen involving this?.<\/li>\n<li>Is some particular event or person associated with this site? (Esp. some event or person we encounter in the course)<\/li>\n<li>Describe the main features of this site, artistically or archaeologically.<\/li>\n<li>How did this site look in antiquity? How do we know that? (Picture on coins, literary passage, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>How did it come to look the way it does now?\u00a0 How was this used, both originally and subsequently?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-243-1-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_smcm-accordion\" data-index=\"3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-smcm-accordion so-widget-smcm-accordion-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"smcm-accordion  navy\"><div class=\"title-container\"><h3>Oral Presentation Tips<\/h3><i class=\"fa-solid fa-plus open-close\" ><\/i><\/div><div class=\"smcm-accordion-content\"> <div class=\"smcm-ac-content-wrapper\"><ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t rattle off too many facts of mind-numbing specificity, about dates, names, and the like. So no need to dump on us \u201cThis was dedicated April 12, 1538\u201d when \u201cThis was dedicated in the mid-1500\u2019s\u201d would suffice. (You should be more specific in your site paper.) Reciting lists of numerical data that any of us could find on our own has not been known to be helpful (like \u201cThis structure is 17.4 meters long by 21.3 meters wide, with a maximal height of 11.5 meters. Each column is 6.4 meters high\u2026.\u201d).<\/li>\n<li>For any information you do include, make sure you understand what you are saying. For example, if you say \u201cThis was constructed as distyle in antis\u201d or This was destroyed by the Herulians,\u201d then you jolly well had better understand what you\u2019re saying. We\u2019ll ask questions.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t give just a list of (even rounded-off) facts. Any good tour guide knows more about a site than the guide shows to those on the tour. A tour guide needs to find a narrative thread or two.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t hesitate to employ a diagram with relevant parts marked, since many of these sites are worn down with the weight of enough centuries that they are difficult to visualize in their original form using only an auditory description. (Consider bringing with you 5 or so copies of any visual aids, so that the rest of can look on in order to better follow your report. Sometimes the Blue Guide or other guide books will have a helpful diagram.).<\/li>\n<li>When we get to your site, we\u2019ll still try to give you a couple of minutes to orient yourself, but that\u2019s not much. So you need to prepare yourself well.<\/li>\n<li>Related, sometimes we will visit a site for your report right after having gone through a museum in which there happens to be an exhibit about your site. Be sure not to ignore what is to be learned from the exhibit; be flexible enough not to stick with any script you have, thereby ignoring the exhibit that we all will have just seen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-243-1-0-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_smcm-accordion\" data-index=\"4\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-smcm-accordion so-widget-smcm-accordion-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"smcm-accordion  navy\"><div class=\"title-container\"><h3>Grading criteria for site papers (out of 100 points)<\/h3><i class=\"fa-solid fa-plus open-close\" ><\/i><\/div><div class=\"smcm-accordion-content\"> <div class=\"smcm-ac-content-wrapper\"><ul>\n<li>Completeness<\/li>\n<li>Accuracy<\/li>\n<li>Clarity<\/li>\n<li>Use of appropriate sources (Not relying on touristy websites or other non-refereed sites.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-243-1-0-4\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_smcm-accordion\" data-index=\"5\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-smcm-accordion so-widget-smcm-accordion-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"smcm-accordion  navy\"><div class=\"title-container\"><h3>Grading criteria for site reports (out of 50 points)<\/h3><i class=\"fa-solid fa-plus open-close\" ><\/i><\/div><div class=\"smcm-accordion-content\"> <div class=\"smcm-ac-content-wrapper\"><p>Completeness \u00a0(Hits what\u2019s important?) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\/10<br \/>\nAccuracy\u00a0 (Gets the details right?)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/10<br \/>\nFocus\u00a0 (Avoids what\u2019s extraneous?)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/10<br \/>\nClarity of presentation\u00a0 (Confusing? Also,\u00a0projecting voice, pronouncing names; and for the site reports, explaining technical terms, appropriately using any handouts) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \/10<br \/>\nEvidence of preparedness\u00a0 (Smooth?) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\/10\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Total\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/50<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-243-1-0-5\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_smcm-accordion panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-smcm-accordion so-widget-smcm-accordion-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"smcm-accordion  navy\"><div class=\"title-container\"><h3>Sources<\/h3><i class=\"fa-solid fa-plus open-close\" ><\/i><\/div><div class=\"smcm-accordion-content\"> <div class=\"smcm-ac-content-wrapper\"><p>General-interest sites, like Wikipedia, are usually fine places to start for the site paper. They are never fine places to end. (Unlike for the Who\u2019s Who assignment; that one can usually be done with Wikipedia + maybe one or two other non-scholarly sites.).<\/p>\n<p>For some sites, places like the<a href=\"https:\/\/sourcebooks.fordham.edu\/ancient\/asbook.asp\"> Internet Ancient History Sourcebook<\/a>, maintained by Paul Halsall of Fordham University, will be fruitful.<\/p>\n<p>Place-Specific Sites<br \/>\nThe Greek Ministry of Archaeology has information about sites, especially those on the Athenian akropolis, Delphi, and Olympia <a href=\"http:\/\/odysseus.culture.gr\/h\/3\/eh30.jsp\">Odysseus Ministry of Culture.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stoa.org\/athens\/\">Athens<\/a><br \/>\nCorinth: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ascsa.edu.gr\/index.php\/publications\/browse-by-series\/corinth\">ASCSA<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nemeacenter.berkeley.edu\/\">Nemea<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/odysseus.culture.gr\/h\/3\/eh351.jsp?obj_id=2358\">Olympia<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fully 15% of the grade for this course is constituted by your work on the site you choose from among those we will encounter: 10% on your paper about your site (4-5 pages, exclusive of bibliography, diagrams, and maps); these should be e-mailed to your professor no later than four days prior to departure;. 5% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":258,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"full-width-content","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-243","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/program-philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/program-philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/program-philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/program-philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/258"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/program-philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/program-philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":245,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/program-philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243\/revisions\/245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/program-philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}