Archaeology of the Americas

other, the nature of pre-modern environments, and the processes that affect the formation of sites (Skibo, James M., Michael W. Graves, and Miriam T. Stark, 2007). Archaeology offers a unique perspective on human history and culture that has contributed greatly to our understanding of both, the ancient and the recent past. Archaeology helps us understand, not only when and where people lived on earth, but also why and how they have lived. This examines the changes and causes of changes that have…

Harvard University. The Peabody Museum fails to present and explain straight forward information on the cultural and religious aspects of Mesoamerica online. Both the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University and The Chicago Field Museum have conducted excavations in multiple parts of Central America. The Peabody Museum's excavation team explore Maya and Aztec culture from Mexico, Honduras, and Nicaragua. While, a big part of the Field…

all of these empires have shared the same fate; they found themselves in the history books as a failed empire. Moreover, there is a lot to be learned from these empires and anthropology can assist in teaching those lessons. The United States of America is…

To understand how the African Burial Ground (ABG) became a national monument today, one must examine the process and implications through which the African Burial Ground was established. This includes a recalling of the history of slavery in American and more important in New York from 1626-1827. The African Burial Ground gives us the opportunity to explore America’s past, it also gives us the chance to understand how a site about ideas, values, and significance has transform over time. Creating…

The United States is known as a country of immigrants. For centuries, people have immigrated to the U.S. from all over the world. With this knowledge, I was shocked when I came to America and witnessed how immigrants and people different from main-stream middle class families are treated. I especially became aware that I was different and that I might be treated differently. While I know that ethnocentrism is not only found in the United States, I did not expect some of the harsh treatments that…

1.0 Introduction This project deserves more recognition. As the first masterpiece of city revival plan, pull the Fiat Park residential area can be said which do not cross the advertised role for the development of city residence, built in the 50 years after the house into an indelible vitality also to the area of city development. It is the largest collection of buildings designed by Mies Van der Rohe in the world. Lafayette Park is the country's first planned city renewal project and has…

As a band turns to a tribe,and that tribe turns to a chiefdom, and grows further more into a State, the population grows with a requirement for more food and a higher necessity to support its members of society. Throughout the Americas societies have found several ways to gather food varying from hunting animals on lands to fishing the sea to finding fruits on trees to others having to experiment and grow crops on a variety of lands such as the Mayas, Incas and Aztecs. Although there aren't any…

I have selected and answered seven topic questions required for this paper. First, I discuss the difference between archaeology and pseudoarcheology. Next, I uncover the five forms of archaeological data, and define ethnocentrism. Later, I talk about what cultural resource management means and what it is used for. Then, I used my notes to describe the importance of mapping and data keeping. Following was a list of four subsistence forms and what they are. Lastly, I unravel the cultural evolution…

Chapter 4: Review of Archaeological Literature The history of the Redemptora as a shipwreck starts at an unknown date. Until now, little had been found about its abandonment, reflecting a common practice of disposing of vessels without fanfare. However, in the museum files (WA Maritime Museum file MA File No: 10/78-1) a very interesting article in the U.E.C (Underwater Explorers’ Club) News of October 1962 was unveiled, signed by the ‘Beach Master’. It reports on page six that the author had…

reported the incident, an archaeologist found the rest of the skeleton. They were able to find 90% of the Kennewick man’s skeleton. The man was about 45 years old when he died about 9,400 years ago. He is one of the oldest skeletons found in North America. The skeleton of the Kennewick man went through genetic testing to determine the ethnicity. Dr. James Chatters believed the man was not Native American,…