ANTH 9 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mount Vesuvius, Tutankhamun, Geoarchaeology
16 Jul 2020
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Archaeology- the study of the ancient and recent human past through material remains . Subfield of anthropology; study of all human culture. Purpose of artifact on understanding culture and people giving life to. Animate them to tell a story/facts about people who used artifacts them significance. How is this going to help others understand people of the past?" Egypt (luxor) loss of culture had a king under rule of england. Artifacts (museum) are disconnected from original context, loses the connection from where it was created/used virtually dead for archaeologists. Pompeii, italy (ca 80 bc- 79 ad) Buried under ash when mount vesuvius erupted. Ethics in archaeology (people visit this exhibit where people died. Archaeology began to take shape (19th century) Valley of kings, egypt (ca 1323 bc) Tomb of king tutankhamen- howard carter (1922) Geoarchaeology: study of the ground remove sediment to expose other sediment using.
