Archaeological site

“These islands aren 't causing this problem. And because of that, they 're powerless to save themselves” (CNN). As a resident of East Tennessee, I do not see the effects of global warming on a day-to-day basis; if I’m being honest, I do not believe I have ever really experienced this besides an abnormally warm winter’s day. I have always heard of global warming being a thing, but I never realized how it impacts the lives of hundreds of thousands of people each day. After reading these articles,…

of both archaeological practices and archaeological theory in relation to animal bone discovery. My focus will be on dugong bones in particular; looking at the pattern of sustainability their hunting has endured over time. I will assess the methods used to deconstruct the meaning of midden mounds in the Torres Strait Island, as well as the relationship between the dugongs and humans. Ultimately I will argue that through multiple archaeological methods and surveys of different island sites,…

curiosity during the eighteenth century and early nineteenth century CE (Standard 1904:3). However, according to Mary Newton Standard’s 1904 archaeological document, Jamestown and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, the travelers believed the entire town was washed away by the river and only a few walls scattered throughout the Jamestown site remained intact. Interest in the Jamestown settlement as…

thinking skills. They take an unknown area of history and think to ask questions that no one has ever attempted to answer. How an archaeologist excavates an archaeological site is moderately straightforward but why an archaeologist excavates an archaeological site is slightly more complex. In this essay I will explain the physical side to an archaeological excavation and I will also attempt to break down the barrier…

concepts covered in the course, Anthropology 2 – Introduction to Archaeology, by considering the limitations and potentials of archaeological research. It is in this paper that I will assess the limitations of data, methods, and theory for the past investigation at the West Berkeley Shellmound and use critical evaluations to construct an alternative research design for the site in the question. Background The West Berkeley Shellmound is located at the junction of Second Street and Hearst Avenue…

More recently, from 1998 to 2004, within the project of the Unification of Archaeological Sites of Athens, under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Culture, limited cleaning works had been performed in auditorium, whereas maintenance works in are taking place on a regular basis in the ancient theater of Dionysus. However, in 2010 the Ministry of Culture announced a 6 million euros project for the restoration of the monument. However, as Leonard points out (2010, 12) after the announcement of…

the Cherokee settling in the area can only be hypothesized since data recovery is limited at older sites and there are usually no historical documents to support archaeological theories. In Pox, Empire, Shackles, and Hides, Marcoux centers his research on the Townsend Site in Tennessee that holds three archaeological excavation sites. Marcoux wisely does not rely only the data collected at the sites, but also utilizes historical documentation of oral and eye witness accounts. In doing so,…

Question 4: The Importance of Analogy Analogy is a key aspect of archaeology because it is an important method to gaining a wide range of information about the past that is not always present in the archaeological or written record and it informs us on the nature of the archaeological record (Johnson 2010:50). Archaeologists use analogy for even the most basic of interpretation such as the identification of types of artifacts. For example, how do we know an arrowhead is an arrowhead? Or a bowl…

raid. The site of Birka was an early Viking trade center that was occupied for hundreds of years. It was one of the busiest and richest seaports in Scandinavia that connected the Vikings with much of Eastern Europe. Archaeological evidence from the site indicates that Birka housed about 600 people that lived in daub, wood, and woven saplings homes. Other finds on the site have helped archaeologists recreate some of the techniques used by the Vikings for crafting jewelry and weapons. The site has…

who which Binford a life that has now largely vanished from man’s experience. The article also covers many important aspects of a hunter-gatherer society ranging from the topic of collectors, foragers, group sizes and how it affects mobility, the sites themselves, and finally he closes with his thoughts on inter assemblage variability. His key points include a heavily detailed view on collectors and foragers in a hunter-gatherer society. The author expertly lays out a vast amount of information…