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I was able to connect these practices to historical records and ethnoarchaeological sites at Wholdaia Lake. Spearing caribou at watercourse crossings is the most respectful hunting practice. Spearing caribou was common practice in the 1970s. I was the first individual taught by the Ethen Eldèli Denesųłiné how to spear caribou in more than…

clear sense of where the bleach jar was found and who would have used it, we can finally move forward to the skin lightener itself. The bottle is not large; only about 9 cm (see Fig. 5). In his site documentation, Crockett calls it one of the most intriguing, rare, and surprising discoveries from the entire site. “Only because of the extraordinary preservation conditions of the [lunch counter] deposit do we know of the bottle’s contents. If the label had not survived, all we would know is that…

Dian Fossey was born on January 16, 1932 in San Francisco, California. Her parents divorced when she was very young, so she grew up with her mother and stepfather. She was a very good student and always had a love for animals. Dian enrolled in college courses at Marin Junior College to focus on business due to her stepfather being a wealthy businessman. She worked during school and at age 19 during summer break, she worked at a ranch in Montana. At the ranch she fell in love with and became…

affected/destroyed along with Pompeii? The other area that were affected/destroyed along with Pompeii were the towns of Stabiae and Herculaneum which were left abandoned after the eruption. 5. When did archaeologists first begin excavations of the site of Pompeii? In 1748 a group of explorers looking for ancient artifacts, began to dig and found Pompeii under all that the ashes and dust. Not all of Pompeii was discovered and about three-fourths is still buried today, however most of…

Scientists and anthropologists work together to date objects found in their archeological digging, many being millions of years old. Various methods of dating are available, depending on what they are trying to date. In this essay, the techniques of dating objects will be explored and compared. Each method has its advantages and disadvantages, but all extremely complex and scientific, each with its own purpose. The methods that will be discussed will be Radio Carbon Dating, Relative Dating,…

Subject matter: Archaeology Brief Program Outline The first portion of the program the instructor will explain archaeology, directions, definitions and tools to the participants. Gridding will be briefly discussed as the site will already be gridded beforehand. A brief description of site area will be given to the students along with ideas of what might have lived here (Native American, colonists). Lastly, the instructor will go over how to properly and safely use the tools provided and the…

Archaeologists date food production by radiocarbon dating of carbon-containing materials at the site. So, by using this method, archaeologists can calculate a material’s carbon 14/carbon 12 ratio, to see how the carbon has decayed. However, radiocarbon has numerous technical problems, one of being you needed large amounts of carbon, so instead scientists…

Collapse Throughout history there have been many civilizations and complex societies that have come and gone, these people were forced off their land by disease, human impact on the environment, warfare, and environmental and climate change all have been used by historians and archaeologist to explain the collapse of these civilizations. This essay will focus on two of these complex societies, the Mesa Verde region of the American Southwest and the Maya civilization of Mesoamerica and exam the…

This book is an interesting take on the description of the groups of people who interacted with the influenced ancient Israel. It gives a detailed account of group’s origin histories, rulers, architecture, art, religion and other contacts with biblical Israel. A part of it goes over the Mesopotamian religion and it includes articles on the Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and the Persians. They are also articles about the Hittites, Canaanites and Amorites. The Sumerians in fact are the only…

The Lost City of Atlantis is one of the biggest mysteries that has not been solved. After thousands of years, Plato’s Atlantis still captures the attention and speculations of many; including children, adults, archaeologists, and historians. Some claim that they have found Atlantis while others believe that the city is just a myth. The only reliable information that historians have about Atlantis is Plato’s Timaeus and Criterias. According to the Greek philosopher, Atlantis was a very wealthy…