AR101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Jacques Boucher De Crèvecœur De Perthes, Heinrich Schliemann, Taphonomy
23 Jan 2018
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Major events & key players in the history of archaeology. Archaeology is dynamic, constantly new ideas, methods, questions: science of about 150 years. Pompeii and herculaneum were early foci for excavation & collection of antiques. Europe sees growth in scientific exploration particularly natural history. 1738, charles of bourbon, hired antiquarian marcello venuti to excavate herculaneum. Venuti supervises the excavations, translates inscriptions, proves that the site is. American thomas jefferson: 1784 first systematic excavation, dug a trench through a burial mound, recognized strata (layers) and deduced that the mound was used repeatedly. Ingredients for a formal archaeology geologist, biologist and museum director. Grand canyon is an example of strata. Beginning of 18th (cid:272)e(cid:374)tu(cid:396)(cid:455) the (cid:271)elief (cid:449)as the ea(cid:396)th(cid:859)s (cid:396)o(cid:272)k late(cid:396) (cid:449)as fo(cid:396)(cid:373)ed at o(cid:374)(cid:272)e f(cid:396)o(cid:373) an ocean that covered the world; the great flood of noah. Scotsman james hutton did (cid:374)ot a(cid:272)(cid:272)ept the la(cid:455)e(cid:396)s of ea(cid:396)th (cid:449)e(cid:396)e laid do(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:271)(cid:455) the (cid:858)g(cid:396)eat.
