Excavation

It has been widely accepted that Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas. There is undisputable evidence which proves that in fact, other civilizations had first sailed to the Americas. Some of those civilizations are the Viking/Norse and the Polynesians. Who was Christopher Columbus? Columbus was an Italian navigator, who sailed westward across the Atlantic, in his search of new routes to Asia. During the voyage, he indeed reached land, but it was no Asia. He landed on what is known today…

Latinized his name to Avicenna, and by the 13th century his work had become the standard medical reference text throughout Western Europe. Archaeology has further illuminated medical practices in the ancient world. Certain skeletons discovered during excavations demonstrate evidence of rather astonishing surgical successes. Perhaps the most startling evidence of sophisticated ancient surgery can be found in skulls that show signs of trepanation, a procedure still used today that is performed by…

One of the seven wonders of the modern world, the Panama Canal is a man-made waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key point for international trade. The earliest idea of a canal going across the Isthmus of Panama goes back to 1534 when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain, ordered a route through the Americas that would make it easier for ships traveling between Spain and Peru. The route…

historically relevant. In the article, Fischman quotes Manfred Korfmann saying, "The town makes Troy about 15 times larger than previously thought." (Fischman 56) In this statement, Korfmann is describing the discoveries that had been made from the excavations near the Citadel Wall. These findings expanded the area that was thought to be Troy. Before these discoveries were made, the known portion of Troy was far too small to be the place where the great battles of the Iliad were…

Archaeology is not just ‘digging’, although the excavation of artefacts is important, there are many more aspects involved that are all as significant. Archaeology can best be described as the study of extinct human cultures (Woodbury, 2008). There are 3 different fields of archaeologist, these being Field archaeologist, university archaeologist and museum archaeologist. A field archaeologist main point of concentration is on the excavation of sites and documenting records of their work. A…

When we visited the Field Museum in Chicago, we saw some incredible things. Even though we were only in one section of the museum, the “Evolving Planet,” we were still flooded with information and exhibits. Fossils of every type of living thing for the past billion years were at the museum. We saw fossils of almost every species of dinosaur, plant, mammal, and even some of the earliest humans. Despite all of these displays, the one that stood out the most was Sue, the best preserved…

essay will examine the different ways in which Roman culture is detectable archaeological throughout the landscapes of both Campania and Etruria. Through the different archaeological, techniques epigraphy, ground surveys, Roman architecture and excavation we will discover that Roman empire was busying itself and expanding it influence. For this discussion, one will look at Pompeii in Campania, Cosa in South Etruria and Volaterrae in North Etruria and will find that there is a difference in…

after he attempted to fish out the equipment on the DOL with the rented Spear, which got caught in the hole while they tried to retrieve the lost equipment they eventually recovered the Spear, as they recovered all the other assemblies during the excavation. Mr. Deol alleges he has a listing and an origin of ownership of the said previously mentioned items lost, and claimed that the items lost are under the property of his other DBA: Quality Equipment, LLC, which he and his three other business…

A reason for the seemingly Austrian-focus of the Hallstatt culture harkens back to the significance of the salt mine, which would have been an important economic epicenter of the time (Celtic Hallstatt Culture 2010). Despite its long history of excavation, the site was not declared a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization…

(Yoffee 2003, 860). Hodder’s amount of academic contribution to the discipline spans a multitude of areas and issues. Several of these seem to have made especially large impact, such as his extensive excavations at the site of Çatalhöyük, which later became an experimental ground for his reflexive excavation theories. This essay will attempt to shed light on Hodder’s contribution to the development of archaeological thought through examples of his work in the development of reflexive archaeology…