RELS 317 Study Guide - Final Guide: Uluburun Shipwreck, Type Site, Radiocarbon Dating

• School: Texas A&M University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELS 317
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Biblical archaeology exam 1 review: formed from 2 greek words. Study of the past: deals with the nuts and bolts of the past. Architecture, tools, weapons, cultic objects, ect : studies physical remains of humanity"s past. Deductive reasoning: deducing things from evidence we have. Artifacts: the building blocks of archaeology, any item: Ex: architecture, shipwrecks, tombs, funerary artifacts, ceramics(pottery), weapons, cult items, statues, ivory, jewelry. We can tell dif things from bones: Diseases: ancient plants, foods, and human remains. We can tell dif things from feces: Paleo-environment (paleoclimatology: old environment, the environment they lives in and how it affected them. Measurement of the past : what we can do with archaeometry: Obsidian from franchthi cave: naa (neutron activation analysis) Obsidian from uluburun wreck: lia (lead isotope analysis) Method of finding out where obsidian comes from. Tell/tel: tell- arabic, tel- hebrew, tels situated near: Socle: stone base below mud brick, prevents rain moisture from coming up; keeps ground dry.