Howard Carter was a British Archaeologist and Egyptologist who rocketed to fame when he discovered the pristine tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922. This discovery and his work in Egyptology made a huge impact on the world of archaeology. Carter was born in Kensington‚ London‚ in 1874. His father was a fairly successful artist‚ and Carter himself was talented. He grew up near Didlington Hall‚ the mansion of the Amherst family‚ which contained a decent collection of Egyptian artifacts which sparked
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Popular Archaeology Book Review Dunn‚ Christopher. The Giza Power Plant‚ Technologies of Ancient Egypt. Inner Traditions/Bear & Company‚ 1998 Christopher Dunn ’s book The Giza Power Plant lures the reader in with the idea that the pyramids were used for a much bigger purpose. This book has all the great makings to be a spectacular magic show. It goes from boring statistical fallacies to how the pyramid of Giza is actually a technically advanced machine. His elaborate explanations can really
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discontinuities within his work. One moment least a shift of emphasis does appear to be present is in the writings which emerged after the Archaeology of Knowledge and after the brief cultural and political event known as May 68 in France. Archaeology constitutes a way of doing historical analysis of systems of thought or discourse. To be more precise archaeology seeks to describe the archive‚ he term employed by Foucault to refer to “the general system of formation and transformation of statements’
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Some terms • Geographical informations system (GIS): Included digital elevation‚ streets‚ land use and cover‚ topographic map‚ hydrology‚ aerial photographs. Software app that brings spatial data together for consolidation. • Horizontal excavation: an excavation for which the goal is to excavate a broad area in order to expose the remains of a single point in time. • Vertical excavation: an excavation for which the goal is to excavate a significant depth of deposits to expose the record of a sequence
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"Archaeology has proved the historicity of the Trojan War." Discuss " he [Heinrich Schliemann] found layers of ruins and two bore unmistakable signs of violent destruction. One of these layers‚ the seventh according to more recent excavators‚ was no doubt the city of Priam and Hector. The historicity of the Homeric tale had been demonstrated archaeologically." - M.I. Finley‚ the World of Odysseus Introduction The Trojan War and its characters are detailed in the writings of Homer‚ Vergil
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Bibliography: 1. Otzi the iceman 2013‚ South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology‚ accessed 27 March 2013‚ <http://www.iceman.it/en/oetzi-the-iceman>. 2. Williams‚ Y 12/19/09‚ 10 facts about Otzi the iceman‚ Unexplainable‚ accessed 27 March 2013‚ <http://www.unexplainable.net/info-theories/10_facts_about_otzi_the_iceman
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Shepherd theory Traveller theory Warrior theory • Otzi’s people might have been farmers as well as travellers and if they were would have needed Shepherds. • Otzi had weapons that most shepherds carried with them. • The place where Otzi was found was an important crossing place for shepherds with their animals. • There were wars over copper and Otzi had a good copper axe and so he might have wanted to be a shepherd so that he wouldn’t be killed for the copper that he had. • No trace
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Chalcolithic Europeans. Several experts have meanwhile attempted to reconstruct the Iceman’s facial features. The Dutch artists Adrie and Alfons Kennis created the most recent reconstruction‚ which will also be on display at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology. It is based on the very latest research findings. Where and how was he found? On Thursday‚ September 19‚ 1991‚ on a sunny afternoon Erika and Helmut Simon‚ from Nuremberg in Germany‚ were enjoying a vacation walking through icy landscape high up
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The development of historical archaeology in the United States‚ stated with a historic preservation movement in the mid-nineteenth century after the civil war. The historic preservation movement‚ was the result of the American elite wanting to preserve their history in the United States. Many of the American elite believed that their history is being threatened by the social changes caused by immigration and the new industrial capitalists wanting to destroy historical monuments for their own economic
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The field of archaeology is influenced greatly by popular culture in society‚ which is either beneficial or harmful for archaeology. The television show Bones created by Hart Hanson is beneficial for archaeology because one of its producers‚ Kathy Reichs‚ is a forensic anthropologist herself‚ the show uses proper archaeological procedures and terminology‚ the show also avoids stereotypical archaeology. The main character in Bones is Temperance Brennan who is a forensic anthropologist that assists
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