ANTH 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ian Hodder, Radiocarbon Dating, Friedrich Engels
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First excavations: thomas jefferson (1743-(cid:1005)8(cid:1006)6) is (cid:272)redited (cid:449)ith the first (cid:858)s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)tifi(cid:272)(cid:859) e(cid:454)(cid:272)a(cid:448)atio(cid:374) when he dug a trench through a mound. Careful and found layers deduced the mound had been used and reused for burials. James hutton (1726-1797) in his theory of the earth. (1785) suggested that geological events caused layers to form in the past were the same events were taking place now. Charles lyell (1797-1875) wrote principles in geology (1833) that strongly supported the theory of uniformitarianism. Events and objects in the past could be compared to present. Jacques boucher de perthes (1788-1868) published (1841) evidence the human artifacts were in context with extinct animals- before the biblical flood. John evans and joseph prestwich visited the site (1859) and were convinced of the validity of the argument. Charles darwin: on the origin of species (1859) establishing the concept of evolution. Better adapted individuals survived to reproduce therefore passing on their adaptations.
