ANTH 2015 Lecture : Lecture 2 History Archaeology
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Anthropology 2015: introduction to archaeology, louisiana state university, heather mckillop. Lecture 2: "history of archaeology" word list creation stories- each culture has one. Lubaantun- same place as the crystal skull was found not authentically maya. Renaissance- time of great exploration to the new world. Pompeii- 1700 rediscovered was actually discovered in the renaissance. If they were people they had to convert to catholicism (black robe film) World was created in 4004 b. c. (6000 yrs. human history) Trying to find out when the first humans existed. William "strata" smith 18th c geologist said catastrophism is wrong and uniformitarianism- world was created by natural forces that exist were responsible to making the layers of the earth. Darwin: on the origin of the species 1859- theory of evolution darwinian evolution natural selection key to understanding origin and development of species and variation. John evans: 1859 society of antiquarians in london.
