Archaeology

Archaeology is a branch of anthropology which is rebuilds the daily life of people who lived in the past to explain the changing of the culture, and the gender behaviours, roles and attitudes in our culture. Gender archaeology is looking for evidence of gender roles and gender relations to help us understand the values and the relations between the genders in our society and what did each gender do in the past society, and how the society seeing women and men. Gender relations and roles, in all…

The discovery of the Uluburun shipwreck was a key moment for the practice of Underwater Archaeology. Underwater Archaeology has created a new and unique method of discovering historical artifacts from thousands of years ago. The scientific study of underwater archaeology is a recent revolutionary tool that can surge past what archaeology on land can do. The shipwreck of the Uluburun exemplifies the importance of this practice. The Uluburun shipwreck reveals the importance of trade during the…

However, a new chapter in human history has opened up and it’s called Forbidden Archaeology. Forbidden Archaeology has challenged the evolution theory by providing numerous facts and physical proof that our human time line may have been back up to 50 million years ago rather than 12,000 years ago.We have been taught by mainstream science that humans came to be by evolution around 12,000 years ago; however, Forbidden Archaeology proves the antiquity may ultimately…

Islam, Archaeology and Slavery in Africa On this article about slavery in Africa, we going to find out what is slavery mean? How Islamic slave people in Africa? How slave were trade from North Africa to West Africa? What kind of slave were using at that time? However, according to J. Alexander “the slavery is a term used so loosely in European languages and Christian societies” (Alexander. J, 2001, p. 44 45). This means that slavery is a word which was using before the Islamic started slave…

The field of archaeology is one that requires two key qualities: curiosity and determination. It is a field of study rooted, fundamentally, in asking questions, and seeking out new opportunities. Whether an archaeologist is attempting to date an artifact, or piece together the lives of people who came before them, an archaeologist must always ask multi-disciplinary questions, try out new theories and methods, and gain new perspectives to make new discoveries or challenge old ones. It is also a…

done. For example in the article, “Heinrich Schliemann: Father of Archaeology,” the author states, “In the next ten years, he would continue to make discoveries, including another ancient city.” This shows how the author wrote a simple fact with no opinions about Schliemann in it. Another example from the article,…

covering the last three centuries of human impact on the planet. Defining this epoch, in terms of both time and space, has also sparked heated debates between different social and geological sciences, specifically the disciplines of Archaeology and Geology. Environmental archaeology has contributed to the defining of the lines surrounding this heavily debated epoch through the…

The hit television series, Bones Season 1 Episode 22, followed a storyline into the disappearance of the lead player, Temperance Brennan aka “Bones” parents. Bones and her brother were abandoned by their parents when they were children (Fox Film Corporation, 2006). Over the years Bones found herself plagued with questions of what might have caused the nature of their disappearance. Did her parents simply abandon her and her brother, or where they dead? The Woman in Limbo episode brought to light…

Bureau of Labor Statistics, the career outlook for the field of anthropology (and archaeology) is expected to grow by about 21 percent between 2010 and 2020, which is slightly faster than average” (“Careers in Forensic Anthropology” 2013-2016). Forensic anthropology is a field that is not large due to the fact that most of the current holders…

Did you know that forensic anthropologists can tell you the age, sex, gender, race and cause of death all by examining the skeletal remains of a deceased individual? Well, it’s true! Forensic Anthropology may be a field that is relatively new to the criminal justice world, but new or not, it sure does add significant value to any investigation having to do with unidentifiable remains. The world of forensic anthropology is known by few, but the community is a very well educated and close-knit…