Your assignment includes final output of two products: a poster and a 5-7 page paper. Library resources will be invaluable for both aspects. Your professor has suggested several steps in the process:
The e-book Water and Power in Past Societies contains excellent background content and ideas relating to the role of water in selected prehistoric societies around the world. Below are suggested resources and strategies for doing library research in support of each of these steps.
Water and Power in Past Societies by Your "Humans and Water in the Past" assignment packet includes an excellent starting list of possible archaeological sites for this assignment. The following e-books on archaeology are available at the MC Library:
The book Water and Power in Past Societies provides information about the role of water in selected prehistoric societies around the globe, and may be useful in exploring and developing themes for your proposal:
Water and Power in Past Societies by Use RaptorSearch and AnthroSource to get relevant sources on water issues for your archaeological site. See "Research Sites Using RaptorSearch" and "Research Sites Using AnthroSource" boxes in the right-hand columns.
Use our help pages on how to create an annotated bibliography:
This PowerPoint will walk you through the steps of researching archaeological sites and water using the RaptorSearch federated searching tool.
This PowerPoint will walk you through the steps of researching archaeological sites and water using the AnthroSource database.