Archaeology

eleven-metre hole was dug and methodically excavated by archaeology students from the University of Saskatchewan. This report will highlight the seventh and final year of exaction at Wolf Willow FbNp-26, focusing in on the finds of unit 26S 16E. The summer field school from the department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Saskatchewan runs for six weeks through May and June and is a primary source of excavators for archaeology at Wanuskewin. Lead by Dr. Ernie Walker, with the…

To fully understand the concept of rock art one must strip away all of the different and complex meanings placed on the word art by people of European descent. The European idea of art, art for art’s sake, or art whose only purpose is to please the eye, does not always apply to rock art. In many ways rock art is pleasing to the eye, and many tourists are attracted to it for that purpose. However, much rock art is used for a specific purpose or was made during a specific period of time and means…

The cave of Chauvet may be the most important discovery of cave work ever. Some historians believe that the Cave may possibly some of the oldest cave art know to the world. The cave is very beautiful and historical and it is very important to the study of cave art. The cave was discover on the eighteenth of December, Nineteen Ninety Four. The cave was accidently discovered when Jean-Marie Chauvet and his two other speleologists friends were wondering around the Ardèche Valley, in southern France…

The disciplinary approach is necessary in order to studying the Vikings’ form of living based on the type of sources they left to us. Many of these sources are difficult to understand because were written in different languages. Also, some of the evidence come from people that states they had a close relationship with them. In other words, these evidences are not totally reliable, which means is necessary to examine them carefully to get concrete answers. As time passed, thanks to the…

There are also other archeologists like Hormuzd Rassam, who dug up landscapes. Also Robert Coldeway and Walter Andrae. They spent years reconstructing Babylon with mud-brick foundations. The westerners didn’t believe that there was a historical truth to the scriptures. But the early archeologists wrote of the biblical legends coming true. That clay tablets with cuneiform and kings that conquered the ancient land of Mesopotamia were real. Archeologists also showed that the Babylonians and…

Object Biography: Mexican Spindle Whorl Though it may seem like a mere lump of clay to the average individual, in reality, a spindle whorl represents a ubiquitous and methodical practice of production that was used for thousands of years across the globe. However bland one may appear, in their time of use, spindle whorls were vital tools for countless cultures. Used to spin thread, these small tools were utilized by individuals in every corner of the globe for generations in order to ease the…

Reading through Jodi Magness’ The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, I could not help but think how different our knowledge would be had she actually worked directly with Roland De Vaux and how valuable he might have found her thinking as they were unearthing Qumran. Magness takes the stuffiness and statistics out of the equation and gives us a look at the community at Qumran with fresh eyes. In her description of how archaeologists actually work, it was such a shame to learn how…

Evidence of cultural preservation is hard to perceive in the daily life of an American, especially when being compared to The Cree. The Cree prioritize cultural preservation because it is essential to their survival. Before thirty years ago, Cree children were taught through cultural transmission or cultural learning rather than attending traditional schools like an American. They were taught respect for the land and “to survive by living in harmony with nature… to live off what the land and…

The legacy of residential school has enabled and limited an entire generation of Indigenous people from being able to effectively pass down information that is integral to their culture. Due to this fact, it has become imperative that other forums of information sharing are developed, in order to support and share what information is left of indigenous culture. However, at the same time, this new forum that is developed must show full respect for Indigenous culture and tradition, while properly…

The death of Kaakutja: a case of perimortem weapon trauma in an Aboriginal man from north-western New South Wales, Australia, published by Cambridge University Press, delves into how biological anthropology was used to date the remains of an Aboriginal man and discover how he may of have died. The article first introduces the problem by explaining that a skeleton has been found in New South Wales that exhibits fatal trauma evidence. At first glance it would seem the fatal trauma is indicative…