Archaeology of the Americas

1491 Essay- Singles 1491 by Charles Mann tackles controversial theories about the Native American population before the arrival of Columbus and other Europeans. His thesis supports the claims that there were more Indians in America than expected by scholars, that they came over at an earlier time, as well as the belief that they were more complex and that the Natives greatly controlled the land around them. Mann provides evidence both before and against his thesis claims. He begins with the…

reign, it serves as a sort of time capsule. This provides more confidence in the analysis of patterns obtained from the study of ancient Egypt. However, throughout the study of history, strong limitations have been found for the application of archaeology. While it is known that Akhenaten created a new social and religious system, the impacts on the economy and society at large are greatly unknown. There are little to no written recordings of what occurred in the city during this time period,…

Lauren Gebhardt Professor Paga Urbanism in the Ancient World 22 February, 2016 Religion in the Ancient Egyptian City of Thebes Religion and ritual practices played a big role in the process of urbanization in ancient times. A major source of evidence of urbanization in Ancient Egypt is the city known as Thebes. To Ancient Egyptians, the city was known as Waset or Niwt, meaning “The City,” but the Greeks changed the name to Thebes because it was “the model for every city” (Snape 150). In Thebes…

The Kennewick Man is human skeleton discovered in 1996 whose ethnic affiliation has sparked legal controversy and scientific debates. Scientists asserted that the Kennewick Man neither belonged to Native Americans nor related to the tribes in the Northwest areas of Pacific region. These two groups advocated for the repatriation bones because they believed they were related to the Kennewick Man. The main law that warranted the return of the bones to natives was the Native Americans Graves…

Galgano, Robert C. Feast of Souls: Indians and Spaniards in the Seventeenth-Century Missions of Florida and New Mexico. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2005. This source talks about how the Indians were essential parts to the Spanish settlements in the New World, specifically New Mexico, and how the Franciscan missionaries attempted to convert them and assimilate them into Spanish society. The author argues that missions were the most important part of colonization, as the…

surface such as a wall. The marks may form an image or writing. In archaeology, the term may or may not include the more common modern sense of an "unauthorised" addition to a building or monument. Sgraffito, a decorative technique of partially scratching off a top layer of plaster or some other material to reveal a differently coloured material beneath, is also sometimes known as "Graffito". The basic categories of graffiti in archaeology are written graffiti, or informal inscriptions, images…

What is race? First of all, “race” like many words varies in its meanings. References to “race” occurs frequently in our everyday life, as we talk about “the human race”. Other reference s are used in our government offices with regards to forms, this purpose is generally used to determine the number of races for the Census. Still other meanings of the term “race” are more technical, for example a biologist talks about different races of a particular species. Because the meanings…

"Hilda Doolittle." Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004. Biography in Context. Web. 21 July 2016. In this article, a description of H.D.’s early life is provided. The author also mentions that H.D. is connected to past writers, Oscar Wilde and Sappho of Lesbos. The…

The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is one of the oldest and larges university museums in the country. The Museum has dedicated many years to expeditions through nearly every continent, and obtaining a sizeable collection with approximately one million artifacts. With this great collection, Penn Museum’s mission statement is simple: “The Penn Museum transforms understanding of the human experience.” To support their mission statement this institution has put…

“An unusual kind of archeological detective work yields new insights into the spread of culture through colonial New England. It also tests the science of archaeology for accuracy” (Deetz, p. x). Deetz’s method is finding evidence and testing it to see if it’s accurate, but how are you suppose to know if it’s accurate without documents to help back it up? Even though it maps the spread of colonization, there…