Archaeology

When an elderly Eskimo man was asked how he would summarize his life in a few words he stated “Willow smoke and dogs’ tails; when we camp it is all willow smoke and when we move all you see is dogs’ tails wagging in front of you. Eskimo life is half of each.” This article by Lewis R. Binford focuses on the hunter-gatherer system of a mobile man pursing food, shelter and satisfaction. The author starts off the article by quoting the words of an Eskimo man who which Binford a life that has now…

All around the world more and more cultural artifacts are being stolen, looted and sold on the black market. Cultural artifacts or antiquites are objects and works of art that are ancient. These artifacts would be stolen, destroyed, or under appreciated significantly less if they were not returned to their region of origin. Cultural artifacts should not be returned to their regions of origin because, the artifacts could fall into the hands of a country that can't afford the upkeep, it's…

I strongly believe that they should relocate artifacts into museums. If they relocate artifacts, they are preserving the artifacts. Another reason why the should relocate artifacts is because they wouldn’t be destroying the artifacts. They would have more land if they removed the artifacts. The last reason why they should remove the artifacts is because of natural disasters. Relocating artifacts into museums means that they would be preserving the artifacts. In the articles, it states…

For my gallery report assignment I decided to visit The Museum of Natural History. I chose to go to this museum because it was my first time visiting and I thought it would be interesting to visit this. My first thoughts about the museum was that it had a fascinating display of exhibits ranging from animals, dinosaur fossils, and modern science. When I entered the Hall of Ancient Life there was a life-size cast of dinosaurs all over the gallery, including a 40 foot long skeleton of an…

Megiddo is not only important as a geographical site for its historicity, but also allows one to reflect theological importance peeling back the layers of the past. Megiddo, rather than being a simple site is a multi-layered treasure. Many times this dig has had beginnings and ends. Men such as Shumacher, Rockafeller, Yadin and Adam’s have worked to uncover revealing evidence regarding people of the past. Biblically, this city of old is mentioned twelve times within the Old Testament and once…

I believe that when we research history it’s very important to start with the paleo-Neo era because they are the most important parts of human life. The Paleolithic era is the stone age when we had begun using stone tools. The people of the old stone age era left no written records, they only left physical remains. While the Neolithic began at the end of the last ice age this era brought out the continuation of the social and technological evolution. The people of this era began to make weapons…

Centuries later, Earth was forgotten. Its people hadn’t known what their early ancestors had gone through. The Smirx was supposed to stay hidden, but was recovered by local archaeologists mining for ancient artifacts. The archeologist was Brett Herman, a graduate at Harvard University who recovered other ancient artifacts around the Earth. Brett revealed it to the world; everyone was astounded. Since he was so rich, he lived in a huge mansion in Italy that even the president couldn’t afford…

Question 1 The Native American in our group argued that because NAGPRA applies and that the location of the bones indicates Kennewick man could be of Native American ancestry, his bones should be returned to the tribe and reburied after DNA testing is completed in order to show respect to the tribe and their culture. On the other hand, the scientist in our group reasoned that Kennewick man does not actually belong to the tribes because he is not necessarily a part of their heritage as he is more…

There are two important sites where Lower Paleolithic tools were found and they are called Barranco León and Fuente Nueva 3 (“Toro-Moyano, Isidro”). Barranco León and Fuente Nueva 3 are located near the town of Orce in Spain. (“Toro-Moyano, Isidro”). Barranco León was first excavated in 1994 and Fuente Nueva 3 was excavated in 1995, both of these sites were still getting excavated in the mid 2000’s (“Schick, Kathy, and Nicholas Toth”). Since 1994 to 2004, 69% of the raw materials that were found…

Over 200 years ago strange events occurred in the underground vault of Christ Church located on one of the west indies islands of Barbados. In July 1807 Mrs. Thomasina Goddard was buried in the previously empty vault. The vault itself was built in 1724 but this reporter couldn’t find any information on why it was built. A year after Mrs. Goddard was buried another body was added to the vault, Mary Anna Maria Chase and the cause of her death was unrecorded. In 1812 Dorcas Chase’s dead body was…