Archaeology of the Americas

Archaeological Anthropology Question 1: First Appearances of Religion When we think of religion, we often are reminded or churches or temples, morality, and an all-powerful, all-knowing, and benevolent being often referred to as a God, Goddess, or in some forms of recent religions, multitudes of the formers. As cited by the Oxford Dictionary there is one common definition of religion which is the “The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.”…

In the example of the copper axe, copper was no easy thing to find, smelt, and cast. This made it a very valuable material, the kind of thing the common person in america would not have. This means that it was reserved for the wealthy or was a sign of once importance in that society. A copper axe, was a tool, it's technomic purpose, but it was also a status symbol. To own a copper tool, meant that that person was above…

Bruce J. Schulman describes the 1970s as the decade that “defined the terms of contemporary America” (4). This decade serves as a moment that American society shifts socially and culturally. The seventies yielded the remnants of the 1960s social justice activism, as marginalized groups continued to aim for equality. Still bridled with social injustices…

enabled me to take a second look at the conspiracy theory through a new lens of experience. To understand where this idea of a hoax originates, we need to understand what was going on before the Apollo 11 moon landing. Starting in the 1950s, America was in a cold war with Soviet Russia, which was less of a physical battle and more of a challenge of who had a better structured government. It was a challenge of superiority that eventually led to the space race in 1955. Russia came out in…

It’s more than just what the books tell and have a deeper meaning than what society today believes, unless a person truly knows their roots, there isn’t a way to go back in history and see it all or learn it all, besides what a book says. Slavery in America first began in 1619, when African…

I want to talk with you about the Bible. I think the Bible is a very interesting subject because it is such a worldwide book, everybody has their own idea about the Bible. Maybe you can think of your own thoughts on the Bible. Some say it is a book of God. Still, others say it is just a book written by humans many years ago. I wanted to dig deep to see what the facts are about this book that many have devoted their life to, The Book of God. The Bible itself says that it is inspired by God but to…

The Mound Builders are a group of people, who pseudoarchaeologists claim, are another species or life form from the Native Americans. For years, Europeans that came to the New World claimed that they were some other life form because they didn’t believe that the Native Americans were capable of that kind of culture and mental capacity. These pseudoarchaeological claims stem from the racism of the Europeans. The Mound Builders were Native Americans who, during time periods between 2,200 and 1,600…

practices started by Jefferson is still used by American architects. Jefferson architecture was grounded upon his Republican philosophies. His political approaches led him in an exploration for a flair which would bond the political freedom of the new America with a proper architecture. He realized that that the legacy of all great kingdoms was exemplified over their architectural memorials. Jefferson committed hunt for this ideal led him to journey the south of France to study the antique Roman…

In the early morning of November 29, 1864, elements of the first and third Colorado volunteer regiments surprised hundreds of Cheyenne and Arapaho people camped on the banks of Sand Creek in southeastern Colorado Territory. That day, more than 150 Cheyennes and Arapahoes, the vast majority of them being women, children, and elderly men nominally under U.S. protection, were slaughtered by the Colorado volunteer regiments. Today, I was invited by the National Council on Public History to deliver…

of our similarities anatomically. Some primates are studied in depth because humans share an ancient common ancestor with them. There are four-sub fields in anthropology; physical anthropology, cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology and archaeology. I have had to take introductory courses for the four sub-fields and have been in other courses where the sub-fields intersect. It is important to incorporate multiple sub-fields when doing certain kinds of anthropological studies to have a…