Topic of study: changing (archaeological/scientific) methods and contributions of nineteenth and twentieth century archaeologists to our understanding of Pompeii and Herculaneum Since the discovery and beginning of excavations at the sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum from the early eighteenth century‚ archaeologists have made many constructive impacts on the site which have led to our understanding of Pompeii and Herculaneum. The first attempts to excavation methodology at the site of Pompeii appears
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1 GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCES GSSC 1042 – MYTHOLOGY AND LIFE AS WE KNOW IT PROFESSOR: Dr. KONSTANTIN BOSHNAKOV kboshnak@georgebrown.ca Cell Phone: 647 308 7941 Assignment #1 Reading Prehistoric Symbols: “The Language of the Goddess” EVALUATION (6% of the final grade) Date: Week 3 Assignment Overview For this assignment‚ you will write a one-and-a-half page paper (double-spaced) on the socalled “Scene of Ovcharovo.” In this paper you will show your ability to describe
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The article Broken K Pueblo: Patterns of Form and Function by James N. Hill is a scientific article about the archaeological excavations and study of at the Broken K Pueblo in Arizona in the 1960s. The article seeks to compare the findings‚ patterns and analyses of the Broken K Pueblo with those of a modern‚ contemporaneously occupied pueblos Hopi and Zuñi‚ to study the results statistically and looking at the variability within the site. The Broken K Pueblo was occupied from AD 1150 until 1280.
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Stolen ArtifactsWorksheet ead through both “View the Evidence” and “Read the Court Records.” You will answer the questions on this worksheet and then use those answers to complete Quiz and a writing assignment. “Stolen From “View the Evidence” 1. What are the three daisy species that grow in the Anasazi archaeological site? A. B. C. 2. How many different forms of the protein compositase did the state botanist detect with gel electrophoresis? (select the answer) 1 2 3
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1. Where is Herculaneum located? What happened to the city? It was an ancient Roman island‚ near Pompeii. It stood in the shadow of an active volcano‚ which destroyed the island’s life form. 2. Why is Herculaneum important to archeology today? It is important because unlike other ancient cities‚ it was better preserved so they can really study the habitants that live in Herculaneum. 3. What are some of the challenges that archeologists face when examining the city of Herculaneum? Some of the
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Luzia: Paleo-Indian (South America) This BBC documentary showed how archeologists and people found strange paintings and unusual human remains in rock shelters. According to Annette Laming-Emperairee in the video‚ she says that the remains didn’t belong with the current fossils they’ve had and the ones they’ve found are as old as the ice age. If this is true‚ it shows that Indians and Mongolians weren’t the first thought people to enter the world. It also shows that certain theories about the
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The significance of the Kennewick man to Native Americans is that they desire to label it as one of their ancient ancestors‚ and honor it in the customary fashions typical of their people. The significance of the remains to the scientific community‚and particularly the archaeological field‚ is that from the established institutions and their documentation of prehistory‚ this being should not have even been in this location! The accepted accounts of mankind and evolution would say that this skeleton
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Archeology Kennewick Man I would like to begin with an overview of the current federal court case regarding the human remains found along the Columbia river in Washington state in the summer of 1996. On the 28th of July 1996 the bones of an unidentified man were found along the Columbia river in Washington state by two men at an off shore powerboat race‚ the first pieces of the skull were discovered ten feet from the shore line and reported to the authorities. There was a subsequent search
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Cultural History - In archaeology…’the culture region’ - regional chronologies - description of ‘tool kits’ - lots of emphasis on sites with long term occupations - direct historical approach…working back through time to understand histories Cultural History: Seriation - a relative dating technique to put things in a series - relative dating techniques depend on another line of information to know which end is the beginning and which is the end…stratigraphic level is the most common
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I am _______ ________‚ newly appointed Site Manager at Akrotiri. After exploring the site’s premises I have much to write about. There is a significant amount of site-management problems and issues‚ which exists at Akrotiri. Marinatos was right when he said that it would take several generations of archaeologists to uncover everything. Even today I know that it will be a long time before everything is unearthed and completed to its original state. There is a lot of work to be done and problems to
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